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.
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Try these tips to make seat belt use in the patient care compartment just as normal as your personal vehicle
5 insidious partner issues to avoid so that patients feel safe in our care
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
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?
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
The driver of a car failed to yield to the right of way and crashed into the ambulance, causing it to flip onto its roof
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a “complete medical team,” LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
