Safety
The safety topic provides news, information and resources to keep EMS providers informed about key safety issues, developments and technology, including research and initiatives focused on violence against EMS professionals, how to prevent an injury, near-miss reporting and risk mitigation.
Learn how rehab sectors can identify and treat hyperthermia, ensuring paramedic/firefighter safety during high-temperature incidents
Text-message study links early-morning fatigue spikes, call volume and naps to crew alertness
Emergency response requires increased focus; this is a balancing act when approaching a scene with numerous factors in play
3,100 paramedics weigh in on reducing stress, staffing challenges and leadership shortfalls
A driver yelled for the ambulance to get out of his way, then fired several shots
A patient stabbed a Mount Sinai EMT several times in the leg, chest and arm
First responders are not immune from the opioid crisis; here’s what to know
While not a legal requirement like for police officers, firefighters and paramedics may witness inappropriate behavior in the field that necessitates intervention
The patient began hitting the Metro West paramedic around the head and then chased after the EMT with a rock
Sweltering weather spreads from the Southwest to California causing heat-related deaths
Police say two Birmingham firefighters were shot in the chest and legs
Researchers said once the AI model was familiar with firefighter-specific medical data, it was able to identify 6,000 abnormal ECG samples with 97% accuracy
A Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service provider was allegedly struck multiple times and shoved head-first into a cabinet by a patient in the back of the ambulance
Five takeaways for mass gathering planning from a carnival ride malfunction in Wisconsin
EMS personnel in Grantsburg were checking on a man lying on the road when he became combative and pulled out a firearm
A Lenoir County paramedic was wounded in the chest and arm while loading a patient into the ambulance
The NBC docuseries follows units in Los Angeles County, highlighting the positivity of the profession but also a problematic safety issue
A car struck a Chicago ambulance, sending it into another vehicle before crashing into a church
‘They’re not ready for prime time': San Francisco fire chief says robotaxis interfere with responses
Robotaxis have run through emergency tape, blocked firehouses and proved almost impossible to move out of the way
Haywood County paramedics uninjured after ambulance rolls down an embankment
Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises in the area of the Titanic wreck, which might indicate at least someone is alive on the Titan
Parma Heights paramedics were leaving the scene and were unaware the woman had approached the ambulance in the dark
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
Two Prince George’s County firefighters were inside their ambulance at an earlier accident
3 boys were killed and their mother wounded in a tragic shooting in Monroe Township
Richmond County EMS officers were on their way to a graduation when they came upon the shooting outside a Richmond theater
Video: Watch as a police officer manages the first critical minutes of a stabbing
8 patients were hospitalized at Denver Health Medical Center
Several patients were in serious and fair condition after what police called a “targeted and isolated” incident
Boulder County rangers say the cows were likely protecting calves in attacks that sent one jogger to the hospital
A Logan County paramedic once worked a 120-hours shift and transports sometimes have a 6-7 hour turnaround time
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
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