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.
Equipping citizens to put down the cell phone and save lives in an emergency
Managing high-risk/difficult refusals with the FEARS mnemonic
The defense attorneys representing one of the firefighters share the legal and operational lessons from this high-profile case, emphasizing documentation, training and BWCs
Travis Muller was cleaning out the bin when he became caught in the power sweep auger
One patient in the Spafford explosion was trapped inside by the debris of the explosion
Portland firefighters faced a car pinned partially underneath a semi in a jack-knife collision
The Franklinville man lost his balance and fell onto a London-style gate, with decorative spikes, being used to section off a room
The Ogdensburg International Airport was the location for training a simulated plane crash and fire
An attorney for one of the Aurora officers said, “Mr. McClain died because Paramedic Cooper injected him with 1.7, 1.8 times the ketamine for someone his weight and size.”
Patients from the Bedford Park event were transported to several area hospitals
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Family members say the Medway EMT forced the patient in respiratory distress to walk an “unreasonable distance” to the ambulance before the fall
The Department of Health Services said falls are 18% of ambulance runs in 2022
When New Ellenton firefighters found Maria Duthie, she had a faint pulse, was barely breathing and was blue
A construction worker was trapped in his excavator and suffered trauma to his head, chest and arms
Fresno authorities say patients were transported to three different hospitals
11 patients were transported to a hospital after a Delta flight hit severe turbulance
A future EMT’s submission to the NPR student podcast challenge seeks to educate the public about lights and siren use
Orange Beach Fire Rescue Chief Jeff Smith said the umbrella went completely through the leg and needed to be cut for stabilization
BWC footage captures medic telling officers not to lay the suspect facedown in a fatal in-custody investigation
Tampa General Hospital, region’s only Level 1 trauma center, will receive patients as the storm passes through
Charlotte firefighters had to use struts to stabilize the vehicle before removing three people inside
A driver is dead after his car collided with a school bus on I-90 near Wells
Initiatives using clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises are gowing
Kansas City crews moved 117 individuals to nine facilities around the city
Working with law enforcement to identify protocols and preferences can help them help you
Two people were injured when a section of a Willowick apartment building parking garage collapsed
First responders found the workers trapped under a fallen wall at the site in Bedford
Ventilators and monitors will be safely secured inside the 19 MEDIC EMS ambulances
EMS personnel in German Township transported at least 13 patients to hospitals
Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley said the first firefighters to arrive at Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital faced a total blackout
A paramedic fell while trying to stop the patient from getting out of the moving ambulance
Maryland State Police Trooper 5 conducted two hoist rescues of injured hikers
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