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• Video: How to properly don and doff PPE on COVID-19 calls

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  Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue releases video detailing steps for proper PPE use

• FDNY hit hard by COVID-19: EMS Chief Bonsignore says historic call volume likely to increase

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  FDNY EMS Chief Lillian Bonsignore says “any and all options” are on the table to prevent a lag in response times due to the spread of COVID-19 among members

• Longitudinally tracking fire/EMS staff exposure to COVID-19

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  LA County Fire Department rapidly implements a COVID-19 exposure tracking system based on community paramedicine to measure personnel risk

• Why a cloth mask isn’t adequate healthcare PPE

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  Well-intentioned homemade cloth masks won’t protect EMS providers from COVID-19 and may increase risk of viral infection

• 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

• 11 unlikely sources of PPE donations

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  As the medical community adjusts to keep up with the pace of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are receiving PPE donations from surprising places

• Roundtable: COVID-19 advice, 911 no-nos and keeping your crews healthy

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  Four agencies explain how they're keeping their communities up to date on COVID-19, give advice on when to call 911 and how to avoid taking COVID-19 home or back to the station

• Interactive Timeline: The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

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  Learn how COVID-19 has impacted fire/EMS and how public safety has adjusted its response

• FEMA announces forum to crowdsource best practices for COVID-19 response

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  The ‘Ideascale’ space is looking for ideas related to protecting vulnerable populations and managing supplies

• How state EMS agencies are handling COVID-19 patients

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  In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the steps organizations are taking to prepare providers for interacting and caring for COVID-19 patients

• Stretching your service’s supply of N95 respirators

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  The CDC has posted NIOSH guidelines for extended use and limited reuse of N95 masks

• Ind. paramedic charged with driving ambulance while intoxicated

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  The paramedic told police he had taken over-the-counter cold medicine and some prescribed drugs before hitting another rig outside a senior care facility

• How long to quarantine COVID-19 exposed police officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics

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  Maintaining mission readiness: return to work guidelines for police, fire and EMS after a COVID-19 quarantine

• Patient shot and killed in NC ambulance

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  The patient was being treated by paramedics when they were shot multiple times

• CDC updates EMS, 911 guidance for COVID-19

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  The CDC has updated their PPE and EPA-registered disinfectant recommendations for all first responders who anticipate close contact with possible COVID-19 cases

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