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.
You can’t help anyone if you don’t get there safely; always practice defensive driving, especially when you’re responding to an emergency call
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
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Kahlil Lock injured a Hazel Park paramedic before getting into the driver’s seat
The judge called the attack on the Orange County crew the most violent attack he had seen without a death involved
Attorney Amy Witherite, an expert in trucking safety, warns that these 80,000-pound vehicles may pose a special danger to first responders
PG&E had to secure power lines before Santa Clara County firefighters could begin extricating the patient
Electric vehicles tore through guardrails and hardly slowed after hitting concrete barriers
Is it the providers’ responsibility to stay until the patient can be located? If not, how long is long enough?
Citizens Hose EMT Kelly Jackson plans to use a fundraiser for her recovery to support a local foundation
Four people were injured in the crash on I-75 in Dayton
Firefighters jumped from the second floor after the patient pointed a loaded firearm at them
One of the AMR paramedics was critically injured in the crash with a wrong-way driver on I-10
A man jumped out of the ambulance, assaulted a police officer and refused commands to drop a metal object
Check your knowledge of carbon monoxide poisoning causes, symptoms and protective strategies on scene
Coroner’s staff arrived after the Springfield Township paramedics left the scene and found the woman trying to breathe
CO poisoning is a life-threatening emergency and victims must be removed from the environment immediately without placing the rescuers in danger
People were trapped on a mile-long floe about a half-mile off Catawba Island State Park
The red flags and steps to take to make the scene safer for yourself, other responders and the patients
First responders in Maury County used log chains, two straps to keep the pickup from falling into the river
Two of the four patients were pinned inside the car after they tried to go around a railroad crossing in Harvey
The whole-system approach to protecting your personnel from violence
911 audio from Fairfax County shows the caller wanting to “remain a little subtle,” and have the patient transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
How a hybrid paid/volunteer emergency service model can provide the best care
Findings from an analysis of over 5 million 911 calls offer a reduction in use of lights, siren for EMS personnel safety
One simple trick we can take from our fire service friends to stabilize a vehicle
Help keep you, your crew and your patient safe at motor vehicle collision scenes
The policy states that anyone who provides treatment before the patient arrives at the hospital must wear a surgical mask
A New York man collapsed on a sidewalk after police ordered him to exit an ambulance where he is alleged to have assaulted an EMS provider
EMS personnel reportedly called Rochester police to have the man removed after he assaulted a crewmember
Five ways to shape policies that enhance patient care, streamline operations and provide a safer working environment
A rescue boat capsized as first responders in Transylvania County tried to reach people in flood waters
The person who was killed was a guest at the resort and from out of town; two others were caught in the slide and extracted from the snow without injuries
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