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.
Steve Whitehead gives you permission to break things in this episode of One for the Road
If children aren’t properly restrained in the back of your ambulance, it puts everyone at risk
An ambulance carrying a patient was hit at an intersection by a car, leaving the emergency vehicle resting on its side
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Violence prevention training and situational awareness can help keep EMS providers safe on scene
Robin Melinda Keane was arrested and charged her with assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery on ambulance personnel and interfering with a firefighter
Four hours after an EMS crew released Paul Tarashuk, he was struck and killed by a vehicle; David Givot breaks down issues of patient abandonment, negligence and responsibility
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Latest shooting highlights need to stop debating and start implementing ballistic vest plans, protocols and distribution
Know when to stop, how much assistance to provide and how to hand off patient care to responding authorities
Wall, surface and stretcher mounts help secure equipment within the ambulance, reducing the potential for injury to patients and providers
Prepare for awkward lifts with smart strategies and tools to boost patient confidence and avoid on-the-job injuries
This issue features articles highlighting the importance of patient and provider safety during ambulance transport and the need for an EMS overhaul
It’s important to clean and decontaminate the ambulance interior regularly to prevent the spread of germs
The human body is an ideal training tool, but fire/EMS training protocols and the law must be followed
Pre-plan, build, and stock equipment that can serve as a future ambulance and specialty vehicle in the event of emergency evacuation
Warriors heart finds alcohol abuse is the most common addiction in veterans and first responders
Avoid missteps, reduce errors and give hospital staff an in-depth preview of a patient’s condition
Learn how you can quickly assess and treat patients with sepsis as an EMS provider
Transitions of care are critical opportunities to communicate patient assessment and treatment information to other healthcare providers
From full-scale to tabletop exercises, preparing for a mass casualty incident should be part of disaster management training
Do your part to limit the spread of infectious disease and hospital-acquired infections by improving your hand hygiene practices
American Medical Response said they will increase staffing and add ambulances after an EMT was caught assaulting a restrained teen patient
After an EMT was shown punching a teen patient in an ambulance, city council officials want the state to give Dunwoody its own EMS certificate
EMT Deannah Williams can be seen screaming expletives and repeatedly punching the 17-year-old patient in the face
Anthony Mario Fortuna was sentenced for impersonating an EMS provider after receiving permission to be on a “ride along” in an AMR ambulance
The crash occurred when a driver failed to yield, and then jumped out of the car and fled from the scene
West Midlands Ambulance Service EMS provider Edd Davis said a mirror was broken off the ambulance and mud was thrown while a patient was being treated
EMS providers with TLC Ambulance said the potholes around Syracuse are causing bumpy rides, which can sometimes make symptoms worse for patients
The woman was hit by a car while running from an EMS crew that was trying to convince her to return to the hospital
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