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.
By working on prescription compliance, smoking cessation and other risk factors, community medics can make a difference in the lives of stroke patients
Regardless of pushback, providers have a responsibility to put the safety of the patient above all else when on scene
Patients may benefit from air transport when one or more of these needs are identified
In addition to preventing bleeds, the treatment did not trigger problematic responses in the immune system, an issue that had arisen in earlier research
Last month, state officials updated its policies to allow police, fire and other emergency personnel to carry doses of naloxone nasal spray up to 4 milligrams
The air transport company is the subject of as many as six class action lawsuits over allegations of overpricing
The study found that 84 percent of EMS providers in the patient compartments of ambulances that crashed weren’t using their own restraints
Paramedics and doctors brought in fake body parts to show staffers of a school district how to tie tourniquets and pack open wounds with whatever they have
The state currently only allows paramedics and medical professionals — not EMTs, firefighters or police — to carry the drug.
When paramedics are called to care for hospice patients, many times the patients are taken to a hospital, which interrupts the hospice program.
The alerts are meant to protect officers and medical crews on calls to homes previously flagged as posing some type of threat to law enforcement.
Florence Stricker, 87, was being transported by Guardian EMS personnel when the ambulance and another vehicle collided at an intersection March 23, 2015
Health Information Exchange participation and funding for EMS agencies is a pathway to improving patient care and safety
A strong patient safety culture has the greatest impact on reducing adverse incidents and harm to patients
The study compared outcomes for two resuscitation techniques and recommended improving bystander CPR in minority communities
The study examined whether CPR proficiency could be improved with low dose and high frequency simulations in hospitals
Ada County Paramedics pooled funds from their own paychecks to equip three ambulances with the ABC of Safe Infant Sleep messaging
Train EMS personnel to adopt and follow these important cybersecurity best practices to protect patient data, personnel records and agency hardware
Cybersecurity, a real and credible threat to EMS agencies, is an additional risk for EMS leaders to understand and manage
The ambulance was transporting a patient when it was struck by an SUV
Two people were transported to the hospital for treatment
A two-pack of the Narcan nasal spray sells for about $150, which includes a counseling session on how to recognize the signs of an overdose and how to use the product
EMRs are also unable to start intravenous lines or administer nitroglycerin or glycogen
The flare at SUM Hospital began near the dialysis ward and quickly spread to others floors
The county’s EMS system was used in a study as a model of success in treating patients whose heart attacks were caused by a blocked artery
The unit is equipped with stroke-specific medications and a portable CT scanner
Paramedics administered four doses of naloxone on the man’s daughter after she overdosed
Drivers will learn CPR and first-aid for medical, trauma and environmental emergencies
After a car crashed into the ambulance, the rig hit two parked cars and critically injured a pedestrian
The amount Medicare and Medicaid spent on EpiPens rose to $486.8 million in 2015 from $86.5 million in 2011, a jump of 463 percent
The contest is aimed at developing a mobile phone app that will help a person having or witnessing an opioid overdose get the quickest access to naloxone