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
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
Opening the facility and restoring power to essential areas are among the issues Beaufort County emergency personnel are addressing ahead of re-entry
Turnaround time for ambulances between calls have tripled and the need for more EMS crews has cost taxpayers an extra $16,000 a month
The agency is one of two in the nation to administer blood transfusions
The agency is the first in the state to administer the transfusions
The district has decided to place paramedics and EMTs on sidelines for football games with an ambulance stationed nearby
The business offers inter-facility transfers for Aberdeen and the surrounding area
School officials have said that the move to stock the antidote is not a result of students overdosing on school property, but as a precaution
The ambulance hit a utility pole and guardrail, injuring at least two people
