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• Can public safety employers require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

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  Understanding the legal exemptions to vaccine mandates, and 4 next steps for public safety organizations

• Kris Kaull: How to stop making stupid mistakes

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  Combatting the specific risk factors that increase the likelihood of bad decisions when providing emergency medical care

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  Lactate and sepsis: 10 things you need to know to save lives

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  Lactate may be used to identify a common killer in the prehospital environment

• Closing the gap between EMS and inherent safety

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  A framework to quality improvement initiatives to solve your safety challenges

• Why cybersecurity is important for EMS leaders

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  Cybersecurity, a real and credible threat to EMS agencies, is an additional risk for EMS leaders to understand and manage

• How to lessen a fearful patient’s discomfort

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  While starting an IV or giving someone an IM injection doesn’t hurt you – the provider – a bit, that doesn’t mean it’s the most pleasant experience for the recipient

• Where should you start when it comes to benchmarking?

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  The AMIHI benchmarking project focuses on high-performance, high value operational measures

• 5 things to know about endotracheal intubation

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  From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future

• Video: Association heads thank first responders for dedication, commitment

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  In an end-of-year video, the leaders of eight national EMS and fire associations offered words of gratitude, encouragement and appreciation

• Ambulances are turned away at Los Angeles County hospitals

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  Virtually all hospitals in L.A. County are being forced to divert ambulances with certain types of patients elsewhere during most hours

• COVID, ketamine, crashes and Craig Manifold: 5 EMS One-Stop lessons 2020

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  From roadside safety, to recommitting to universal precautions, to promoting public health, reflecting on our journey

• Some Tenn. 911 services remain down after Nashville explosion

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  Emergency services and utilities pivot as outages continue in southern Middle Tennessee

• Rapid response: EMS needs to anticipate, prepare for violent attacks

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  Violent incidents in NYC and Arkansas are grim reminders that medics are regularly threatened, attacked and harmed by the people they have been called to assist

• Nick Nudell explains the working theory behind EMS COVID-19 vaccine guidelines

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  On this episode, our hosts are joined by the president of the American Paramedic Association who details the collaborative effort behind the vaccine guides with the National EMS Management Association

• COVID-19 reinfection FAQs

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  How to approach high-risk exposures in paramedics previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

• 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

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