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
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
The soldier was transported eight hours by ground ambulance before surgery in a hospital parking lot
Without knowing the root cause of the behavior problem, fixing it is sheer luck
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception
Louisiana State Police trooper also injured at scene that happened after an impaired driver veered into another vehicle to avoid hitting the man on the bridge shoulder
Use the EMS “Go to Sleep” checklist to see if lack of sleep is making you or your partner dangerous to one another, your patients and the community
Errors in patient care and EMS provider health concerns are raising awareness of the risks of prolonger work hours
The Pine Grove Area Community Ambulance crew and patient escaped the fire unharmed
Being overweight is a threat to our patients, to our health and to our livelihood
The Nash County EMS providers did not sustain life-threatening injuries and cared for the injured vehicle occupants
