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.
Identify the risk factors that can diminish resilience and learn how to address six key areas of life that impact health and wellbeing
After extensive planning and training, the Long Beach IMR Pilot Program has launched to provide safe, timely and appropriate medical care to individuals in crisis
Our co-hosts dissect Editor-in-Chief Kerri Hatt’s recent article on fentanyl exposure based on her conversation with Simon Taxel, NRP, BA, crew chief and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS
EMS agencies everywhere can continue learning from and apply the lessons learned during events in Ferguson, Missouri
The bill says EMS providers face the possibility of being physically harmed or stalked because of the nature of their jobs
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to answer these questions before purchasing body armor for their medics
West End Ambulance Service will buy 10 bullet-resistant vests, or two per ambulance
The UK paramedic was airlifted to a hospital and was in serious but stable condition
A semitrailer failed to slow down and crashed into an ambulance stopped at the scene of a previous collision
Develop restraint polices, train to apply restraints and adhere to those policies when behavioral emergency patient restraint is indicated
The Williamson County EMS ambulance was left with a large dent in the hood
West End Ambulance Service board of directors is expected to approve the purchase of 10 protective vests
The 30-year-old UK woman became violent after medics came to assist her and caused $10,000 of damages
After recent mass shooting events, the fire chief saw the need for fire and EMS personnel to enter the warm zone
The Ohio EMT was assisting the victim of a previous crash when he was hit by an ATV driver who then fled
The new policy only allows a few exceptions for when employees can remove their ballistic vests
The EMS provider was stabbed in the neck while attending a call
Embedding tactical medics and physicians into SWAT teams over the past few years has proved invaluable for MCIs
Crews will wear them for protection when they double as paramedics
The Christmas day attack happened after a boy called 911 to report his mom had taken too much medication
Riders, using the hashtag #hoverboardfail, have reported fractures, concussions and fires
Geneen Richard, 41, is alleged to have pulled out a gun during an ambulance ride and fired three times
The woman was being transported to the hospital for unknown injuries
Chris and Kelly talk about scene safety and assaults on EMS providers in 2015
Alfredo Rojas and his partner were stabbed in the face and hands while treating a patient in October
These events generated vigorous discussion and passionate debate
The paramedic is on administrative leave after a violent encounter with a driver at a vehicle collision
The family of the man said OnStar refused to help the man, who was the subject of a statewide missing persons search, because he wasn’t a subscriber
Two armed men demanded the EMS crew’s cellphones and told them to run
About a dozen West Michigan EMS and fire organizations contacted a body armor company looking for protective equipment
Police arrested the man before he could hurt anyone and said he was emotionally disturbed
This bill amends the law to provide stronger protection than ever before for EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers
