Patient Transportation
Our co-hosts recount the EMS stories that generated the most debate on the podcast during the year; do you agree with their conclusions?
Doug Wolfberg raises concerns about New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health directive
“EMS providers are effectively being required to intervene and transport persons merely because they are homeless and apparently mentally ill”
Family members of the recovering COVID-19 patient said she was tucked into a stranger’s bed eight miles from her home
Carbondale Police Interim Chief Stan Reno said the officers’ actions would normally go against policy but were a “potentially life-or-death decision”
Though injury was deemed “incompatible with survival,” bodycam footage and records show patient was alive for hours before transport to hospice
Police said the man’s BAC was .184
Grant County Fire District 7 aims to improve patient care by providing quicker transports for injuries that are not life-threatening
Oklahoma City Fire Department officials have been criticized for their handling of the incident
George County Sheriff’s Office officials said Michael Allen Travers, 24, should be considered “armed and dangerous”
The 71-year-old driver, who is now in custody, was heading through a tunnel when he drove his Volvo station wagon onto the sidewalk
What the research tells us about incorporating CPSS into destination decisions when evaluating large vessel occlusion stroke
A paper from the Prehospital Stroke System of Care Consensus Conference offers guiding principles for triage and transport destinations
State Attorney General Ashley Moody and dozens of K-9 officers gathered Friday to promote the bill
Becky Hedrick described how her husband Delbert became unresponsive as she drove him to the hospital herself
Choctaw County officials released images of the suspect from a camera inside the rig
A study posted in JAMA finds stay and play is favorable to load and go in most cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest
On this episode, our co-hosts weigh in on a hotly debated topic within the first responder community regarding a pediatric transport in a fire engine
MCHD achieves 250% increase in FSED transports, a sustained change that benefits all stakeholders
Acadian Ambulance will offer treatment in place and alternative destination transport ahead of the launch of ET3, in which Acadian will participate next month
First responders need to train for prolonged patient care for the calls when ambulances are delayed or unavailable
The University of Connecticut Fire Department stepped in when the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association became overwhelmed with a spike in cases at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
The study of the city’s “scoop and run” practice, which allows police to transport some patients, found patients were generally just as likely to survive whether they were transported by cruiser or ambulance
The state bill would create protections for EMS providers who render medical care to law enforcement K-9s injured in the line of duty and transport them in an ambulance
The parents of the 3-year-old girl who suffered burns in a cooking accident said they waited 20 minutes for an ambulance before the firefighter offered to transport her
Oklahoma City fire officials said the firefighter’s actions went against both protocol and state law
Wait time – in a queue of ambulance outside the ED, or a line of stretchers in the hallway – can be improved with these strategies and expectations
Police say a woman stolen the van from outside a dialysis clinic and drove off with an 84-year-old man in the back
The Hurricane Fire & Rescue rig, donated by MVB Bank, recently passed inspection and was ALS certified
Polk County public transit officials said paratransit drivers have more frequent exposure to nursing home residents than EMS providers
Muskogee police will drive medics to calls and an ambulance will be dispatched if it is needed
Haywood County emergency management officials are working with area hospitals to get patients the right level of care amidst an influx of COVID-19 case
