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.
Drs. Antevy, Piehl, Spiro, Scheppke, Bernstein and Kupas discuss ketamine and other sedatives, and how to minimize risk when administering
A patient in need of an ambulance in Echols County, Ga. must wait up to 20 minutes for rig from a nearby city, be driven there, or wait for an air ambulance
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations’ disaster response success
Police union president said officers may park at the trauma center out of necessity and the department has never received a complaint
The company said reports that is has been failing contractual duties are erroneous, as the county investigates two incidents where no ambulances were available
Paramedics administered CPR on the way to the hospital, but the 11-month-old was later declared dead
Video shows plastic wrap holding together what’s left of an ambulance; the EMS provider driving is suspected of falling asleep behind the wheel in the 4:30 a.m. crash
Since July 4 three fatal incidents involving the launching of a mortar-type firework by resting the tube on the body have been reported
Two Americans and 1 Briton were among eight injured, most with bruises, during the annual festival in Pamplona
The firefighter said he knows the risks of the job, and being grazed in the head by a bullet will not keep him from the work he loves
New research reveals why heroin overdose deaths doubled in two years, and the need for increased use of naloxone
The father was critically injured and died after he was rushed to the hospital by paramedics
Crews plan to become more vigilant about their surroundings after a bullet grazed the side of a firefighter’s head as he treated a patient
For a Milwaukee medic it is important to leave his stress at the station and not bring home the violence he sees on the job
The firefighter suffered a graze wound to the head as crews responded to a patient having trouble breathing
AMR partnered with law enforcement as part of a pilot program to increase safety and save time by doing blood draws at jail instead of a local hospital
A man’s foot was cut at the ankle, through the bone, with a small amount of skin keeping his foot attached to his leg
A retired firefighter revived a woman, her pregnant daughter and an 8-year-old boy; at least 127 were rescued and 26 are missing
Victims of the Michigan highway collision were pinned inside both vehicles, and an occupant of the SUV died
A man rushed into the water after the alligator dragged his 13-year-old son into a pond
Responders flew a drone with a haul line attached to it to the middle of the river, and an 18-year-old used it to pull a life jacket from the shore before being rescued
Officials say both vehicles had emergency lights activated; no injuries were reported
Sean Patrick Farnand, 46, a paramedic captain, was fired after coming to work with bloodshot eyes and breath smelling of alcohol
Rare training footage shows the armed medics ready to deploy at a moment’s notice
The female paramedic maintained her professionalism and was physically unharmed despite having to stop the ambulance twice due to the patient’s behavior
An off-duty nurse and others performed CPR and the man is in critical condition; he was carrying his daughter, 4, who is in fair condition
Victims have been identified as a Tennessee doctor, his wife and his college-age daughter; four people in the home escaped unharmed
