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• Pa. state EMS medical director receives NAEMT Lifetime Achievement Award

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  Douglas F. Kupas, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, began his 40-year EMS career as a volunteer at age 16

• Keep your cliches and lose the labels

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  5 patient communication strategies to improve response to interventions, increase patient satisfaction and outcomes, and decrease job-related stress

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  Documenting COVID-19 exposures with Mark43 can help command staff strategically deploy limited resources

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• Quick Take: De-escalating mental health/substance abuse crises

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  Creating a safe scene begins with understanding how your patient’s mental and physical health connect, and in avoiding these 5 don’ts

• Ketamine administration comes under the spotlight

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  Recent incidents in Colorado have brought prehospital ketamine administration policies, politics and police interactions under debate

• Video: Miss. EMT charged with DUI for erratic driving during transport

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  A concerned motorist who noticed the ambulance drifting on and off the road began filming and called the police

• Photo of the Week: A symbol of the times

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  EMS providers from MedStar Mobile Healthcare create art out of COVID-19 clearance bands

• A case for eliminating patient refusals in EMS

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  Changing models of patient centered care demand EMS revamp the traditional refusal model and adopt collaborative informed decision making

• 4 things to explain to patients to increase their comfort and compliance

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  Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions

• Patient dead, 4 injured after Fla. ambulance crash with county bus

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  Florida Highway Patrol officials say the private ambulance crashed into the Martin County bus while transporting a 77-year-old patient

• Human factors: How to use them to improve clinical outcomes

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  Identify the human factors – fatigue, stress, distraction – that can cause medical errors and change your organization’s culture

• Applying the wingmate concept to EMS

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  “There has never been a more crucial time to have a wingmate in EMS – a wingmate to watch your six and guide each other through the storm”

• Imaginary Barriers: How HIPAA promotes bidirectional data exchange

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  NEMSIS-TAC and PWW produce definitive guidance on HIPAA – essential to aid the progression of MIH

• Back to basics: Perfusion

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  Learn how to assess for deficiencies of a patient’s 3 Ps: pump, pipes and plasma

• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

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