Rapid Response
The Rapid Response topic features expert analysis on recent news events. These in-depth articles also provide EMS agencies and leaders with top takeaways to learn from and relevant resources to bring back and implement within your own agency to always be prepared.
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Focusing on swift triage, being good at the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
The fallout from the bankruptcy of a major NYC 911 EMS response agency will be felt most heavily by EMS providers on the street
EMS actions at an active shooter incident are likely improving as mass shootings become familiar, regular and routine
EMS, fire and police must work together to plan and train for HTV responses
New research has found that the mortality rate of white, middle-aged Americans has significantly increased since 1998
The citizen and EMS response to a masked Swedish man who stabbed four people affirms the continuing need for public access hemorrhage control
Apply hazardous incident response principles of time, distance and shielding to minimize risk from callous, selfish, distracted and criminal POV drivers
CVS to sell naloxone without a prescription in 14 states, making the drug as easy to obtain as a tourniquet or fire extinguisher
Radio traffic between dispatch and responding units during Oregon college campus shooting highlights how it’s done
The mass murder of college students strikes painfully close to home for me and we must not accept this as normal
Constant updates from a PIO reduces speculation and uncertainty, which is especially important for the friends and family of those directly involved
Violent actions against emergency responders are common, but what does it mean when the violence is random and public
Narcotic theft, often by the people entrusted to secure and administer those drugs, is damaging to providers, agencies and communities
Lack of training, confusing policy, and bystander conflict make halting or continuing resuscitation nearly impossible for medics to do what’s right
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