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.
5 patient communication strategies to improve response to interventions, increase patient satisfaction and outcomes, and decrease job-related stress
Gaining patients’ confidence can be achieved by deliberate actions, like connecting with caregivers, as well as small subtleties, like body language and facial expressions
Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions
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
Test your knowledge of COVID-19 best practices and up-to-date information
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
Share these COVID-19 myth busters with your communities and encourage them to seek direction from their healthcare providers
“For the first time in my career, the key to keeping my patients and paramedics safe was to keep them isolated”
The patient’s lawsuit claims the crewmember who was driving the ambulance was negligent in causing the crash that delayed his treatment
The ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital at the time of the incident
Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue releases video detailing steps for proper PPE use
FDNY EMS Chief Lillian Bonsignore says “any and all options” are on the table to prevent a lag in response times due to the spread of COVID-19 among members
LA County Fire Department rapidly implements a COVID-19 exposure tracking system based on community paramedicine to measure personnel risk
Well-intentioned homemade cloth masks won’t protect EMS providers from COVID-19 and may increase risk of viral infection
Identify the human factors – fatigue, stress, distraction – that can cause medical errors and change your organization’s culture
As the medical community adjusts to keep up with the pace of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are receiving PPE donations from surprising places
The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations
Four agencies explain how they’re keeping their communities up to date on COVID-19, give advice on when to call 911 and how to avoid taking COVID-19 home or back to the station
Learn how COVID-19 has impacted fire/EMS and how public safety has adjusted its response
The ‘Ideascale’ space is looking for ideas related to protecting vulnerable populations and managing supplies
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the steps organizations are taking to prepare providers for interacting and caring for COVID-19 patients
The CDC has posted NIOSH guidelines for extended use and limited reuse of N95 masks
The paramedic told police he had taken over-the-counter cold medicine and some prescribed drugs before hitting another rig outside a senior care facility
The patient was being treated by paramedics when they were shot multiple times
The CDC has updated their PPE and EPA-registered disinfectant recommendations for all first responders who anticipate close contact with possible COVID-19 cases
The package is free for EMS and healthcare organizations seeking to limit exposure through telemedicine and interfacility communication
Maintaining mission readiness: return to work guidelines for police, fire and EMS after a COVID-19 quarantine
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the best practices for keeping providers safe and equipment clean as the 2019 coronavirus spreads across the country
Resources include PPE donning and doffing videos, infection control and return-to-work guidelines
Firefighters broke the doors to let the patient out after the crew couldn’t open them
Use these tips to get an accurate oral temperature on patients with infection, COVID-19, influenza, hypothermia or hyperthermia
