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.
Our co-hosts tackle the week’s top stories, including an EMT who was handcuffed after hitting a cop car with the rig door while exiting to unload a patient
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The National EMS Advisory Council offers updates on EMS issues from roadway safety to ET3 and COVID response
An ambulance crew is suspended without pay after a news crew plays highway “gotcha”
Under the current risk programs, drugmakers fund voluntary training for physicians in safely prescribing their medications
The ambulance was going almost 90 miles per hour, well over the posted speed limit
It’s unclear how the scuffle started, but the two officers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries
The child, who was sitting in the back seat, picked up a gun that slid out from under the driver’s seat and fired it through the front seat
A 20-year-old man swerved through emergency vehicles set up as a roadblock and smashed into the tail rotor of the helicopter
The 2016 ERG provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with hazmat transportation incidents during the critical first 30 minutes
Body armor continues to be a heated topic of discussion in light of the daily threats responders’ face
Residents and pedestrians said city officials should consider widening the sidewalks and restricting access to emergency vehicles
Employers and EMS providers must use Standard Precautions to protect against transmission of Zika virus and other infectious diseases
On average, a child was hospitalized every day for some injury involving a laundry pod
Firefighter Benjamin Vernon was stabbed twice and suffered a punctured lung and firefighter Alex Wallbrett was stabbed multiple times
Kevin Swain, 19, was shot four times while responding to a welfare check
Our readers’ responses ranged from specific charges to pleas for others to wait for a trial instead of placing blame; where do you stand?
The EMT told police he was advising a prisoner shackled in the back of the ambulance to “get a haircut and join the military” when he lost his balance and hit him
The man was uncooperative and assaulted the paramedic, who sustained minor injuries
It’s time that we all get real and accept the uncomfortable truth that scene safety is and always has been a myth
The patient, who was secured to a stretcher, said the EMT struck him in the head with an iPad after a heated exchange of words
Caroline Dorton, who has been with the Orange City Fire Department since 2009, is in the hospital in serious but stable condition
Improperly used or maintained patient care and devices can cause harm to patients and providers
Investigators need to assess what’s reasonable given what his belief was about whether danger existed or not
LODD of firefighter-paramedic John Ulmschneider is a tragic reminder of the potential for violence on every EMS incident
Aron Mack Smith, 24, was found unconscious on the sidewalk of an intersection; he became responsive and uncooperative after Narcan was given
There were four crew members on board at the time of the crash; there were no patients on board
The 21-year-old students were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries; their former teammate has been charged with assault
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