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.
If you’re embracing power devices to help move patients, don’t skip the first step
Stock up on these bleeding control products and be ready to respond to emergency trauma both on and off duty
It’s important to foster effectiveness, professionalism and excellency; as well as core values of human decency, empathy, kindness and respect
The passenger said the woman was unclothed from the waist down; flight attendants did nothing to cover her up
The interaction of health care providers and the high risk patient population poses many concerns and challenges
Court documents said the woman was having a seizure when he inappropriately touched her
Cody Bryans, 21, was behind the wheel when the ambulance struck a tree
Police say he was on the way home after spending a week in the hospital
The campaign aims to raise awareness about the emerging threats facing today’s responders, how a rescue task force response model works and what equipment and armor technology is available
Officials called 911 and had an ambulance take the woman to a hospital 30 miles away instead of caring for her in its own ER
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A growing patient population that poses unique challenges and risks to all health care providers
A study found the fungus on surfaces in hospital rooms and on the skin of nurses and patients
MedStar Mobile Health Care shares their experiences to improve driving safety and reduce repair costs through training, technology and culture change
Procedures/devices that ensure an open pathway for gas exchange between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere
You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press
The purpose of the guidance is to reduce the gap as much and as soon as possible, until evidence can be collected, analyzed and used to develop standards specifically for children
An organization’s culture reflects their perception of patient safety and influences the decisions and choices that are made
The selected topics came from the analysis which showed culture to be either a direct casual factor or contributory factor that led to safety events
Improving driving and passenger safety behavior is an immediate action for EMS leaders as safety innovations diffuse through new ambulance purchases
Weigh the expected costs in time and money against a product’s effectiveness in eliminating pathogens
Move beyond a hospital towel and spray bottle of disinfectant with specialized tools to fully eliminate dangerous pathogens from ambulances
Operations policies, driver and occupant training and behavior change come before and during the implementation of new ambulance safety innovations
Imagine how ambulance design and safety can improve when motivation and the desire to do the right thing come together to drive change
Presentations from experts will be given in Ted Talk style, work-out discussion sessions after each topic
The ambulance had its lights and sirens activated when a FedEx truck failed to yield to the rig
Responders were transporting a patient to a nursing home when the crash occurred
Due to an increased volume of patients, the hospital worked with EMS providers to decide whether a patient could be taken elsewhere
AMR will position state licensed doctors and paramedics in a chase vehicle to respond to on-track incidents
Due to the protest, EMS providers were required to perform an emergency medical procedure in the ambulance instead of at the hospital
The infant was strapped in a protective device weighing about 400 pounds when the crash occurred
Three paramedics and a patient were on board the ambulance when the crash occurred
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