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.
Is it the providers’ responsibility to stay until the patient can be located? If not, how long is long enough?
Check your knowledge of carbon monoxide poisoning causes, symptoms and protective strategies on scene
The red flags and steps to take to make the scene safer for yourself, other responders and the patients
A review of the performance of ketamine in the agitated or excited delirium patient with an acute and potential life-threatening medical condition
Recommendations from SAE describe specific testing standards to minimize the risk of injury to providers and patients during an ambulance collision
The only thing between me and certain death at the hands of a psychopath is a seat belt and portable radio
We laugh about our own fatigue-related episodes, but such gallows humor belittles the real issue that lies beneath
The paramedics were forced to work a 20-hour shift to transport a patient; officials said crews regularly work shifts of more than 15 hours
Researchers find a growing number of patients without a spontaneous heartbeat who regain consciousness while receiving CPR
The forum was designed to educate first responders on how to recognize signs of child abuse
Reckless behaviors warrant careful investigation and potentially lead to remediation or termination of employment
Knowing when to use these management tools to identify and reduce at-risk work behaviors is critical to being a successful EMS leader
Prepare for behavioral emergencies by understanding pathophysiology, personal protection, patient handling and restraint techniques, and the importance of documentation
The driver of the car that hit the patient then fled the scene
Recently introduced legislation will improve the rapid administration of controlled substances to patients in need of emergency treatment
‘Free from Harm,’ a new report from the National Patient Safety Foundation makes follow-up recommendations to the IOM ‘To Err is Human’ report
The 10 EMS Forward topics identify risks to patient and provider safety as well as topics of greater concern in 2016
Rebecca Bender, a trafficking victim and advocate, describes indicators for evaluating if an EMS patient is a victim of human trafficking
Develop restraint polices, train to apply restraints and adhere to those policies when behavioral emergency patient restraint is indicated
The man survived and was transported to a hospital in critical condition
Eight Ohio first responders were trained to look for and mitigate unsafe sleep conditions while on routine calls
Big dreams to improve EMS with a windfall of funding for safety, health and wellness, research and leadership development
Three UMC paramedics cleared a man’s driveway and street after the city denied assistance
Chris and Kelly talk about stories of medics refusing to assist patients in 2015
Dashcam video captured the moment a patient fell out the side door of a moving ambulance
One of the cabs participating in the protest also knocked a police officer to the ground
The report, 15 years after IOM’s “To Err is Human”, tackles patient-safety issues, saying health care is not nearly as safe as it should be
Docs challenge ALS vs. BLS outcomes research and learn about prehospital care products at 2015 ACEP Scientific Assembly
Toronto researchers found AEDs near out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are unavailable in one-fifth of incidents
The collision caused the gurney in the back of the ambulance to roll out of place and pin a paramedic against the wall
Police investigating to see if shots were aimed at the patient, medics, or if it was just a random act
Researchers investigate the capability of bystanders to treat a simulated opioid overdose with intranasal naloxone versus auto-injector naloxone
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