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• Rapid response: EMS needs to anticipate, prepare for violent attacks

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  Violent incidents in NYC and Arkansas are grim reminders that medics are regularly threatened, attacked and harmed by the people they have been called to assist

• Managing COVID-19 infection risks during cardiac arrest treatment

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  What the ILCOR recommendations for managing infection risks during CPR and intubation of patients who may be infected with SARS-CoV-2 mean for EMS

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  10 things EMS providers need to know about telehealth

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  Find out how telehealth applications can help expand the reach of out-of-hospital care to save more lives

• Rapid Response: First due priorities in a hazmat MCI

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  The LAFD was dispatched to a report of several children experiencing symptoms after jet fuel fell on their school, demonstrating the need for information gathering/reporting and decon in a hazmat MCI

• Rapid Response: Roadway incidents are a hot zone for EMS

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  Multiple roadway LODDs in early 2020 are tragic reminders of the importance of time, distance and shielding to reduce hot zone risk

• Rapid Response: Preplanning, unified command proves essential during Pa. Turnpike MCI

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  Pennsylvania Turnpike crash underscores importance of MCI planning, unified command efforts and rehab services for long-duration events

• Hurricane deployment is not Beach Week for Ambulance Strike Teams

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  Operating in the public eye under conditions that may require evacuation or assisting colleagues at a moment’s notice means responders must be ready 24/7

• Rapid Response: Is MCI response part of your community celebration planning?

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  Every community has a festival, fair or event that could be a target for violence, like the Gilroy Garlic Festival

• Ga. city ambulance delays are causing major concerns

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  From Sept. 1, 2018 to Jan. 10, there were more than 830 occurrences in which no ambulance was available in the 200 square-mile territory, according to county data

• Ambulance response times continue to lag in Ga. city

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  Dunwoody and Dekalb County signed a memorandum of understanding last fall to station more ambulances around the city

• Texas hospital officials explain EMS diversion due to population boom

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  “The reason for the diversion was that we were understaffed to safely manage the number of patients in the hospital"

• Detroit fire union blasts 'ignorant' EMS dispatch memo

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  "Do not automatic dispatch EMS to a fire scene," the memo reads, listing reasons to send a unit

• Provincetown Fire Dept. cited for delayed EMS runs

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  The notice cited the department's practice of responding to calls in a town ambulance and then having the patient transported to by a different ambulance

• Rapid Response: Appleton, Wis. LODD highlights need for situational awareness on routine calls

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  Remember any patient can turn violent, and make a patient assessment/search a part of your situational awareness approach to scene safety

• Fla. EMS transforms public bus into ambulance

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  The RAPTOR can respond to mass casualty incidents such as vehicle crashes, mass shootings or natural disasters

• Denver paramedics: Increased traffic creates rapid response challenge

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  More traffic and longer commutes are creating a challenge for Denver Health Medical Center paramedics

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