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.
Educating patients at the highest risk for suffering a fatal overdose
By debunking human trafficking myths, EMS providers can assist the victims they encounter in their own communities
Helping a fall patient back into bed, a chair or onto the ambulance cot should launch risk mitigation in the patient’s home to prevent future falls
If he is found guilty, Robert Marshall could be sentenced to up to 7 years in prison
Another crew took over patient care
Advocacy, public health and medical specialty organizations signed a nine-page joint letter describing the ambulance bed crisis in a series of stories
Two EMS providers were picking up a Gainesville patient to transport him for treatment when they encountered Darrion Suave Fraley
During a welfare check, the firefighters found a woman who appeared to be deceased and reported this to a doctor, but neither had assessed the patient
Officers arrested Amanda E. Emery, who they say struck and intentionally spit on an EMS provider who was trying to render aid
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Quanirrah Y. Foster faces multiple charges
While Charlotte Ellswick needed aid, an Anniston EMS dispatcher labeled her residence as a threat and the ambulance crew staged the vehicle two blocks away
Charles LoTiempo could lose his job and will remain suspended with pay until a decision is reached
MedStar increased staffing and “dispatchers used ... pen and paper to keep track of where paramedics and ambulances were”
The ERSI has already tracked 34 first responder roadway-incident deaths in 2022 and an average of two struck-by incidents daily
Firefighters had to free the driver, who was stuck inside the rig after the collision
Four local agencies responded to the North Warren Emergency Squad incident, which was reportedly caused by a driver failing to yield the right of way
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The EMT suffered significant injuries in the assault almost a year ago
The captain who was driving was not injured, but the rig is now out of service
The two EMS providers were loading a patient into a rig at the time of the incident; the knife-wielding man was charged with attempted murder
Response to these medical emergencies should focus on intervention and treatment of the patient
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Rochester police officers are searching for the driver of an SUV who ran away after the collision
The Sotair was designed to protect the airway and minimize gastric insufflation
According to a police report, Mark Denton told EMS providers that he cut his toes with a lawnmower, but he later admitted that happened in 1971
5 people were transported after an accident that left an ambulance on its side, according to the Monticello Police Department
Not all safety improvements have to cost a fortune – some can be entirely free and can bring an immediate return on investment
Despite the finding, the 23-year-old massage therapist’s cause of death remains listed as undetermined
City council members will vote on a 2-year ban on all chemical sedatives used to restrain patients as well as any new sedatives for medical purposes
Colorado Public Radio and other news organizations asked Adams County District Judge Kyle Seedorf to force the report’s release under Colorado open records laws
“Six Minutes to Live or Die” has been re-released in honor of the newspaper’s 40th birthday
A 91-year-old patient died and a 36-year-old paramedic was severely injured when flames engulfed the back of the ambulance in a hospital parking lot
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