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.
When good people get involved in high-risk, low-frequency events, you are much more likely to make a mistake; listen to learn why ongoing training is key for responders
Highlighting a joint statement from EMS associations, Chief Brian Schaeffer argues for a shift towards broader, evidence-based performance metrics to enhance EMS quality and effectiveness
This user-friendly resource aims to address a gap in PPE selection and enhance safety culture
Police said they witnessed Paramedic Bob Bennett kick and punch the patient
3 EMS lessons from Minneapolis: EMS duty to the patient, even in uncomfortable situations
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Conduct a needs assessment to establish how accessories will be used to save time and protect providers
When you become an EMS provider, you agree to act and serve to the best of your abilities to meet the expectations of your community and uphold an ethical code
Maintaining a safe environment during practical stations and psychomotor skill testing
How to assess and when to transport patients injured by tear gas, pepper spray or rubber bullets
An ambulance responding to a car crash was temporarily blocked from moving by protestors
A medical helicopter was called to transport one person who was seriously injured after an ambulance crash
Capt. Frank Leto, deputy director of the New York Fire Department Counseling Service, outlines how COVID-19 impacted members’ behavioral health, and how the department is meeting their needs
Understanding the sequelae of traumatic asphyxia, strangulation and positional asphyxia
What you need to consider when purchasing UV-C devices for cleaning ambulances to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogens
EMS providers know positional asphyxiation can kill, and have a professional and moral obligation to object to it
Prevent the spread of the coronavirus and promote provider health and safety with frequent and effective ambulance decontamination
EMS Chief Dr. Mike McEvoy reminds, “There is no other component of the fire service that saves more lives than EMS”
Implementing body-worn cameras and body armor to support EMS safety strategy
NAEMT’s National Survey of Violence Against EMS Practitioners identifies training gaps in EMS safety
These videos demonstrate how to predict scene safety, handle violent patient outbursts and maintain a safe scene on each call
Ambulance fleet management cost measurement, preventative maintenance to prevent critical failures can extend the vehicle life cycle
Highmark Inc, a healthcare company, donated nearly 40,000 cloth face masks to EMS providers in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia
The 10-day ban stems from a policy violation that reportedly occurred at the helipad on Sunday
Scenario: EMS work through resuscitation and management strategies when they respond to a call for pediatric drowning and find the child in cardiac arrest
The rig was en route to the hospital when the engine compartment caught fire, sending smoke into the cab
With unscrupulous manufacturers selling defective masks and citizens donating ‘homemade’ efforts, public safety agencies must establish face mask guidelines
EMS systems may experience and respond to behavioral health, substance abuse and domestic violence situations as social isolation impacts public health
Firefighter-paramedics rapidly implement new ideas to curb infection
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Fire and EMS leaders gather with the Center for Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends to discuss the path ahead for public safety
Examining the airway management studies findings on 72-hour survival, ROSC, survival to discharge and favorable neurologic status at discharge
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