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.
Crew resource management, quick reference handbooks and fatigue management strategies can improve patient care and enhance safety
The surviving medic is being treated after a UT East Texas Health System ambulance crashed into an 18-wheeler
The ripple effects of OSHA’s vaccinate or be tested requirement and CMS’ healthcare vaccination rule
He rescued a female BASE jumper who was slammed into the steel beams of the bridge, and was dangling at 500 feet above the Snake River
She thought she was throwing the first pitch but medic Cameron Hill popped the question instead; he met her three years ago on a call when she was stabbed 32 times by her former boyfriend
All 47 passengers that were onboard are unharmed and were able to retrieve all their belongings
A 17-year-old allegedly hit the van at 100 mph, sending it crashing into the ambulance it was following
He is in stable condition after being punched by a patient, falling backward and hitting his head
Louie Sanchez will serve three years for federal weapons charges after he finishes his sentence of three years for beating EMT Bryan Stow to the point of brain damage during a fight at Dodgers Stadium
We asked readers for tips to help new police officers better assist EMS
51 tornadoes brought torrential downpours so heavy a woman drowned after becoming trapped inside her underground storm shelter
All on board died after the small passenger plane hit a traffic light pole near the highway ramp, sparking an intense fire
There were no injuries and it’s unclear if either of the vehicles was the intended target
A vehicle going the wrong way hit a minivan head-on; three children in the minivan died, along a front passenger and both drivers
Here’s a look at how the rules are changing, training for oil train crashes, and some of the more recent crashes around the country
A total of 10 tanker cars caught fire; no injuries were reported in the crash
AMR was found responsible for the death of a 67-year-old woman who died after an ambulance crew dropped her on the ground
Responders worked together for 7 hours to extricate and transport a woman weighing 840 pounds
He responded to a call for woman who was knocked off her bike by a van
Even though a Pa. paramedic was acquitted of charges from altercation with a patient there are important questions and concerns to address
The fired medic is accused of endangering at least three patients; the EMS agency and EMS director were also named in the lawsuit
The tougher standards to reduce fire and explosion won’t fully take effect until 2020
Medics are challenged by bizarre, mundane, and violent incidents while working in systems in crisis
As his wife was taking a picture of a fish he just caught, he described the moment a sea lion grabbed the fish and his hand, and dragged him underwater
The vehicle went up in flames moments after the crew dropped off a patient
The European Union will require all new vehicles be retrofitted by 2018 with crash sensors that transmit the location, time, direction and number of people in the vehicle
The 21-year-old was hit around 4 a.m. as the ambulance was returning from an emergency call
Police and medics responded to a false report that a man had shot his mother and strapped a bomb to his father
Police say swatting wastes time and money, and puts lives at risk
