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.
Why quality improvement concepts should be integrated into EMS education
Inside Health 34 – UC Davis Fire’s mobile approach to non-emergent support and service navigation
Real-world data of high-dose naloxone administration by law enforcement officers found no added benefit to opioid overdose patients
Family members claim “more could have been done” to save the woman
The average price of a two-dose EpiPen package climbed to about $608 earlier this year, up from around $94 nine years ago
Pediatric intraosseous insertion can be stressful, but it’s a critical tool to have if you can’t get IV access
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Every ground ambulance and helicopter crash has different causal factors, but we must look at system design and safety behaviors to prevent further crashes
The woman’s family discovered her at the dialysis clinic after she failed to come home
Firefighters rescued the 86-year-old woman after her family alerted authorities of her absence.
Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, and requires multiple doses of Narcan to counteract
EMS1 columnists react to a Kansas law that prohibits public employers from preventing their employees from carrying a concealed weapon while on duty
Partygoers and professionals alike are embracing IVs for rehydration therapy
The service is challenging the nearly $300,000 penalty recommended by OSHA after failing a federal inspection
A complete patient assessment and consideration of multiple causes will help make sure the patient’s altered mental status is correctly assessed
The N.M. ambulance was crossing an intersection when it crashed with a truck
The effects of sleep deprivation are akin to alcohol intoxication; build a safe sleep room and a culture of watching over tired medics
Our concern for personal and partner safety needs to extend from scene safety to off-duty safety from intimate partner violence and abuse
The proposed rule will be available for public comment for 180 days
Use this hands-on training exercise to improve equipment familiarity, reinforce medication cross-check processes and increase provider confidence to treat sick kids
Two Acadian Ambulance EMTs and two bystanders were struck while tending to an accident victim
A recent story shows the importance of understanding how to handle patients threatening suicide and that we’ve got a lot of opportunity to improve training and response
Safe Haven founder paramedic Monica Kelsey will create a legal fund to defend women who could face charges from Indiana Department of Child Services
Epinephrine is now labeled for mass dose, like other medications, which is an important step toward patient safety
Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors
Gaylord EMS bought a new ambulance with a bequest from a farmer and gave their old ambulance to a neighboring department in need of a newer vehicle
Drug overdoses, accidental poisonings are up 78 percent over a decade and now exceed vehicle crashes as the top accidental killer in the U.S.
The game gives players the opportunity to exchange ideas, participate in interactive discussions on medication safety and to practice drug calculations
Police are investigating the driver’s interference of the ambulance which was transporting a patient
Indiana Dept. of Children Services warns Safe Haven Baby Box to not install any more boxes at fire stations
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