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.
Statewide data reveals a 42% increase in pediatric suicide and self-harm related calls, prompting new protocols and provider support initiatives
Discover actionable strategies for EMS teams to minimize errors through rest, focus and teamwork
EMS leaders hail the grant as a critical step toward better access and reduced overdoses
The lawsuit claims Gilbert EMS personnel minimized the patient’s blood pressure readings of 207/102 and 209/102, along with other complaints
How to navigate the opioid funding landscape to secure resources for opioid abatement, reimbursement and remediation expenses
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said there was a crash involving a vehicle that transports miners underground
EMS and law enforcement collaborative training helps prepare responders to treat and monitor patients experiencing a constellation of symptoms
Discover essential tools to help individuals with limited mobility navigate daily life more easily and securely
Optimizing resource management
This phrase has an amazing ability to get people in the middle of an angry rant to stop, listen, and reframe their argument
Improve safety for you, your crew, your patient and your community with these simple strategies anyone can implement
Body-worn camera video shows officers holding Rhyker Earl down while EMTs administered sedatives
Over 50 search and rescue teams are spread across several states as officials warn that the recovery will be lengthy
Over 50 search teams are deployed across Western North Carolina, rescuing stranded residents after flooding from Hurricane Helene made most roads impassable
The Martin County EMT was found not guilty on all charges
Deputies said the family in Angleton was working on leveling their mobile home when it collapsed on them
Birmingham police search for suspects in a fatal shooting in the city’s entertainment district
Body-worn camera footage shows Memphis EMTs not providing aid during the fatal incident
Allegheny General Hospital has partnered with Pittsburgh, Shaler and Ross EMS using ECMO-facilitated CPR
First responders from five departments and local construction companies worked to save a person trapped inside a grain bin in Livingston County
Louisiana tops the list, with an average of 33.88 reports per 100,000 people annually, while Idaho has the fewest, ranking last
Cameras & Video Systems
Flagler County Fire Rescue is adding 360-degree cameras to the back of their ambulances after a medic allegedly sexually assaulted a patient
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
The judge ruled Aurora Paramedic Peter Cichuniec had to make a quick decision the night of the arrest as the highest-ranking paramedic at the scene
First responders used rescue surfboards to reach the family off Nukolii Beach in Wailua
Putting traffic incident management into practice can help us influence high-frequency, high-risk environments we can’t control
Video showed the former Flagler County Fire Rescue paramedic molesting an unconscious female
What EMS needs to know about treating suicide attempts
Data from 600,000 stroke patients nationwide shows EMS providers were 20% less likely to give prehospital notification for Black patients
Invented by a 30-year firefighter/paramedic, the CPR board uses gravity to improve blood flow to the brain and heart
Fire chiefs say that Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s closing adds to the existing workload difficulties
Does bolus dose epinephrine or phenylephrine have a role in the prehospital environment?
A lawsuit claims Honolulu paramedics could have prevented a fatal ambulance fire. Was the crew’s response justified?
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