Patient Safety
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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”
The novel coronavirus landed in Washington State in early 2020, kicking off a nationwide reckoning and a new era of service for first responders
Dr. Alex Isakov offers updates and insights for EMS professionals on navigating the infectious disease landscape
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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
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?
A vacuum truck was used to help rescue a man almost completely buried in corn inside the Henryville grain bin
A carnival crisis, cliffhangers, underground escapes and fiery extractions: First responders answered the call in 2023
Colorado Solictor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics administered too much ketamine for McClain’s body weight
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley had a $60K bond refunded due to recent legislation
Parker County Hospital District paramedics faced an amputation and having to perform bilateral finger thoracostomies
Jury selection begins Monday for Aurora Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec
Capt. Jeffrey Scott Klein was in charge of a 2020 medical response that led to the death of a patient who was put in a prone position
What patient abandonment isn’t, and why it’s time to confront this EMS boogeyman
Police believe the driver who struck the Sun Prairie ambulance was impaired
Rescuers in Chaffee County were sent to rescue an ill-prepared hiker trapped by a snowstorm
Guilderland Emergency Medical Services will have improved crew, patient safety with a power stretcher, power load system
Exploring the infection control benefits of chlorhexidine, alcohol, betadine and povidone iodine-alcohol
First responders in Swansea had to stabilize the house before removing the car
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
Rescuers are in contact with one worker buried in the collapse of a multi-story plant in Martin County
A coordinated effort involving several departments saved a construction worker pinned by a foundation collapse
Firefighters and a patient fell to the ground when the roof of the Burlington structure collapsed
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