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.
Bo Brabo joins The Ultimate Leadership Podcast to discuss after-action reviews and lessons from Washington
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
Changing just one of many variables that impact EMS response to 911 calls points to the complexity of changing average response times
Fire chief: “If they know they’re going to be charged, they’re going to be less likely to call in. They could put themselves in more danger”
Plantation Fire Rescue administers powerful sedative to suspected flakka users to calm them down for the safety of all involved
The boat struck a concrete abutment and four of the eight people on board were ejected
The EMT has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after allegedly driving an ambulance under the influence and hitting a group of teens on bicycles, killing one of them
Hinal Patel, 22, was completing what was supposed to be her last shift at Spotswood EMS, and she planned to attend medical school in the fall
Inside EMS co-host Kelly Grayson provides information from EMS colleagues who were witnesses at the scene, who say the incident appeared to be a case of excited delirium
Keeping fire and EMS personnel safe in low-probability, high-risk situations like those involving active shooters takes preparation — and a lot of it; here’s what the experts say volunteer chiefs can do to be ready
The blast leveled the factory and the death toll may rise once responders gain full access to the site
Police are investigating why the patient was unrestrained and able to take hold of the wheel
At least two men were in the water at the time; one person was critically injured and airlifted to a trauma center
It’s unknown whether the man was alive when EMTs first responded; his body was found by a second ambulance crew more than an hour later
In response to a comment about a video showing firefighters being stabbed on a medical call, he posted: “Sadly, I will delay treatment for more of them as well.”
Troy Goode was behaving erratically after 4-5 hits of LSD, fled from police, and fought with EMS and hospital personnel before his death
Body cam video was shown at preliminary hearing of man who attacked two firefighters during a June medical incident; both men are recovering from their stab wounds
The extent of the officer’s injuries has not been released
The man ran into a Fla. police station saying he took bad drugs, jumped from an ambulance and tried to break into homes
Police said Nicholas Daniels was thrown from his vehicle as a result of not wearing a seatbelt; his death has stunned the department
Three people died on scene after a car hit a group of onlookers; EMS crews transported four others who were injured, and one of them died at a local hospital
The paramedics turned on the ambulance’s emergency lights in an effort to get the vehicle off the road before a crash occurred
The driver of the ambulance lost control, hit a fence post on the side of the road and landed in a ditch
The children found a full, open vial of mercury in a freezer; the apartment unit was immediately evacuated
The ability to think and act quickly when encountering a patient in an excited delirium situation could spell the difference between successful treatment and a lost life
Host Chris Cebollero talks about the toll heroin is taking on a friend’s daughter and a report from the CDC that says heroin use doubled in two years
UK ambulance spokesman said emergency responders were not dispatched because “we’re here for people, not animals”
David Phillips, 47, responded to a call for a person suffering shortness of breath and tended to a heart attack victim who died, police say
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