Patient Safety
The patient safety topic contains news, tips and expert-written articles sharing how EMS providers can build safety into every system of care, ensuring that patients receive the safest and most reliable care.
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
“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”
The novel coronavirus landed in Washington State in early 2020, kicking off a nationwide reckoning and a new era of service for first responders
The new ambulances, designed to be lightweight, come equipped with a powered trolley bed system and a powered carry chair for patient transport
One simple trick we can take from our fire service friends to stabilize a vehicle
Help keep you, your crew and your patient safe at motor vehicle collision scenes
The public’s First Amendment right to film is strongest when it comes to filming governmental employees engaged in their public duties in public places
The “Lost in Translation” campaign highlights the challenges deaf people have in ambulances, EDs
EMS personnel reportedly called Rochester police to have the man removed after he assaulted a crewmember
A person inside a dumpster found themselves trapped inside a garbage truck in Escambia County
Rescuers spent five hours digging the plumber out from a collapse at a National City shopping mall
The Air Methods helicopter was transporting an infant girl when it crashed in Upper Darby in Jan. 2022
A construction crew found the unconscious man approximately 80 feet up the crane at the Durham site
Three takeaways from the conviction of Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain
Four people were trapped inside after their car snapped a utility pole and came to rest against the roof of a house in Pulaski.
Steve Whitehead shares the red flags that mean you’re moving too fast on scene
How I explained response speed to the question “why don’t you run to the patient?” from an EMT student
An ambulance security New Year’s resolution
Matthew Reum was pinned inside his pickup truck underneath an I-94 bridge, surviving on rainwater
First responders from several agencies worked to save a man trapped by rocks along a San Diego beach
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Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star
Painesville Fire Chief Tom Hummel said the powered chairs will reduce the risk of back and shoulder injuries
Matt Streger, Brian Hupp and Simon Claridge discuss patient and provider safety devices and protocols
Prosecutors said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain and ultimately gave him a significant overdose of ketamine
Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges
“In the process of entering the bore, the handgun was attracted to the magnet and fired a single round. The patient received a gunshot wound in the right buttock area,” the adverse event report states
The paper emphasizes the need for uniform FBI-compliant biometric criminal history checks for all U.S. EMS practitioner licenses
The St. James Ambulance District will run mutual aid while the Phelps Health EMS Base is repaired
Know the signs of escalation and how to diffuse dangerous encounters
Everyone must be comfortable speaking up, no matter their rank or years on the job
What if scheduling and finalizing a transport could be done in 60 seconds?
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