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.
One simple trick we can take from our fire service friends to stabilize a vehicle
Help keep you, your crew and your patient safe at motor vehicle collision scenes
The public’s First Amendment right to film is strongest when it comes to filming governmental employees engaged in their public duties in public places
Hundreds of ambulance calls and dozens of fires made Halloween the busiest night of the year for Dublin Fire Brigade
One of the county commissioners who wrote the policy for a Tenn. EMS agency said doctors should decide where patients go, not EMTs
EMS providers need to follow infection control guidelines for care and transport of patients with infectious, contagious and even deadly antibiotic-resistant organisms
In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for medications, airway insertion and confirmation, defibrillation and post-arrest care
A bystander shared a photo of the ambulance on Facebook, generating a big social media reaction
You were asked to respond for a woman who may have broken her arm; did you make the right decision?
The driver deliberately kept a UK ambulance crew from driving through a narrow road and refused to move
In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for chest compressions, AED use and suspected opioid overdose
Firefighters say they often have to wait 20 or 30 minutes for a Rural/Metro ambulance to arrive
The family of the patient claims the EMTs abused him while he was being transported to the hospital for a seizure
It took almost half an hour for another ambulance to arrive to complete the transport
Law enforcement and EMS should have a set of mutually agreed policies and procedures in place
Seven months after being hired, the firefighter/EMT was transferred to a different engine
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the use of synthetic cannabinoids is causing deaths and sending thousands of people to emergency rooms around the country for treatment
The ambulance was transporting an elderly patient, who was not injured, back home
The DC Fire and EMS paramedic was caught on camera sleeping while a patient was being transported to the hospital
What makes these recent cases even more worrisome is the fact that to satisfy their addiction, these medics put patients’ safety at risk
EMS agencies can utilize PSOs to improve the safety culture, protect data and receive expert assistance
Video captured by patient’s mother and shared on Facebook shows the Philly firefighter using his smartphone while transporting the boy; the Fire Commissioner promises discipline
Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ help denied in Buffalo because the EMS agency won’t pay a licensing fee to the city
A computer glitch sent an ambulance to the wrong address, delaying medic care for a cardiac arrest patient, who later died
Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with traumatic brain injury saves lives, here’s how
The motorcycle will be able to get though the expected gridlock and provide quick assessment
The paramedic used the patient’s record to find the woman’s phone number and later repeatedly texted her
The woman faked a seizure and collapsed after her boyfriend repeatedly punched her and threw her down a flight of stairs
Add your tips to this list of ideas on avoiding a collision with pedestrians
A case of suspected elder abuse in Calif. is raising awareness of the signs of neglect that EMTs can keep an eye out for when in a patent’s home
Her husband who held her at knifepoint allowed her to place an order at Pizza Hut, and under the comments section she asked for 911
