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.
Follow these methods to successfully assess and treat older patients
This issue explores efforts to improve ambulance safety, shining a light both on technological advances and ways to improve driver behavior
Your patient takes a medication you aren’t familiar with and needs to be treated using a protocol you haven’t reviewed recently; do you have the right apps on your phone to assist?
The Logan Health Foundation is raising funds to buy a Bell 429 helicopter, which would give ALERT more space, safety and in-flight treatment
Medina County crews used a rescue sling and grain sleeve to free the man, who was buried chest-deep in corn
Four students and a security guard were taken to hospitals after the stabbing at Foss High School in Tacoma
The Ely Area Ambulance was transporting a patient to Duluth when it hit a cow moose on Hwy. 169
San Jose firefighters relied on a CAL FIRE helicopter to reach the worker after a medical emergency left him stranded high in a palm tree
The Broward County Fire Rescue lieutenant was arrested and fired after deputies said he assaulted a 65-year-old man during a medical call
North Ridgeville City officials approved the purchase of powered cots and automated CPR devices to replace aging gear
Putting traffic incident management into practice can help us influence high-frequency, high-risk environments we can’t control
We can apply the 5 Es of CRR to distracted driving to better protect our first responders operating on roadways
What the rule changes mean for EMS and how agencies can reduce risk, lighten administrative burden and support better patient care
A vote on the information request is postponed as Worcester officials call for broader discussion, amid lawsuit alleging the city’s 911 system improperly sends armed officers to behavioral health emergencies
First responders spent hours navigating steep terrain to reach and airlift a hiker who plunged up to 30 feet in North Cheyenne Cañon Park
In Worcester, a lawsuit and council review are raising questions about police-led responses to mental health emergencies
A federal judge dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging Bristol responders used excessive force and denied care to a 23-year-old during a medical emergency in 2017
The Council Bluffs Fire Department has partnered with OneDose to calculate medication doses, helping paramedics deliver faster and more accurate care
OneDose’s new eMACC app digitizes medication cross-checks for EMS, aiming to reduce errors and streamline protocol updates
Two Longview firefighters are recounting the rare high-angle rescue that brought two hot air balloon riders safely down from more than 900 feet after the balloon struck a tower
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police search and rescue teams rappelled 600 feet down Dark Shadows Wall to reach the injured climber, lowering him to safety after a complex operation
The balloon struck a cell phone tower in northern Gregg County, leaving two occupants stranded hundreds of feet above the ground
A 16-year-old was pulled from a Queensboro Bridge shaft after a five-story fall left him with major trauma and hypothermia, prompting a time-consuming high-angle rope rescue
A Fort Worth paramedic was arrested on an aggravated sexual assault charge after an alleged in-home assault in Saginaw
Newark-Arcadia Emergency Medical Services says the new program will improve documentation, strengthen training and enhance provider and patient safety
In some cases, our medical monitoring equipment alert is the precursor to a rapidly deteriorating patient who appears normal
In this eBook, learn about optimal patient positioning, securing an airway with facial trauma involvement and the benefits of the bougie in airway management
How NarcBox can help EMS agencies prepare for stricter controlled-substance accountability
A former Flagler County Fire Rescue paramedic was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting an unconscious patient during a 2021 transport
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