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.
From pulling people out of burning buildings, to rendering aid in a catastrophic traffic pileup while injured, these heroic stories of off-duty responders will stun you
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EMTs received multiple reports of people vomiting, and used a bus to transport those sickened to area hospitals
Frederick the friendly paramedic treats an injured skateboarder to help kids understand what to expect during a medical emergency
Surveillance footage shows the car flying over the ledge of a gas station and slamming into an auto repair shop
Driver t-boned the ambulance in the intersection after running a red light
The park will honor Janice Livingston, who was struck by a coal truck, and will contain a brick wall with the names of other responders killed in the line of duty
The ammonia was contained and poses no danger to the surrounding community
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A black widow crawled up her arm when she reached into a bag of grapes
A bystander and EMS crews performed CPR on a tree trimmer who suffered an electric shock and cardiac arrest
The dispatchers accepted his handwritten note, and during a tour of the dispatch center they showed him how prank calls put the public at risk
The light flashed into the cockpit, endangering the pilot who was transporting a patient
The fire chief filed a complaint saying agents often try to halt ambulances during an emergency transport, endangering patients in need of critical care
Paramedics waded into the pool full of “murky, filthy water with a lot of trash” and groped blindly for the boys
The driver was nearing the end of a 48-hour shift when the ambulance drifted across the highway and went off the road
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An ambulance and vehicle collision immediately transforms an incident from the patient’s emergency to an emergency shared with the EMS crew
Six people were also injured, two seriously, after the blaze tore through the facility which housed 51 residents
12 people in Texas are also missing after a vacation home was swept away by rushing floodwaters
Two EMTs were inside the ambulance on the way to a call when a single bullet struck the vehicle
The victim suffered three broken ribs and injuries to his leg after the impact launched him onto the hood of the vehicle
Reports say the driver was weaving in and out of traffic, and failed to yield to the ambulance, which had lights and sirens on
The off-duty officer and other witnesses are credited with stopping at the scene and helping to free the victims trapped in their burning vehicles
An investigation has been launched after a girl in elementary school was injured when her backpack got stuck in the door of the bus as she was getting off the vehicle
The role and authority of a safety officer is to observe and intervene when they see unacceptable risk to the patient or caregivers
The rubber tip of a toy dart he inhaled as a child flew out his his left nostril during a sneezing fit
Grand Teton National Park rangers and SAR personnel rescue four backcountry ski mountaineers after avalanche
Cops outside the Texas restaurant shot armed bikers when the incident began and may have prevented further deaths
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