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.
Moore and Rob Lawrence break down employer mandates and exemptions for mask wearing and vaccination
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss a number of recent attacks on providers in the field and the options available to protect industry personnel
Examining disciplinary culture, administration and perception in EMS
One resigns, one fired after not relaying information about the location of victims and an armed suspect as police and medics searched the area
Those injured were taken to an area hospital for cuts and bruises
An ambulance and fire engine were cleaned and put back into service after an ill woman who had traveled to Africa tested negative for the virus
Nina Pham, 26, received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat the virus
He ordered his crew out of the ambulance and stayed beside the patient as a bomb squad removed the explosive device from the man’s thigh
The youngest boy was critically injured and flown to a Boston hospital
The Halloween-themed hay ride careened down a hill and crashed into a tree, fatally injuring a 17-year-old girl; two others are hospitalized in critical condition
The CDC will investigate how the unidentified nurse took off protective gear after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first U.S. Ebola patient who died from the virus
Ill. police report that she was running lights and sirens and was eventually halted with stop sticks
Those being monitored have passed a critical time period without showing symptoms
One ED doctor going through the training said he now realizes how easy it is to have breaches in protective gear
Five major international airports will begin screening passengers from three West Africa countries when they enter the U.S.
Police say he grabbed a female paramedic and began choking her during a transport, then jumped out of the ambulance and fled down the highway
Drivers of police cars, fire trucks and ambulances caused at least 180 traffic collisions last year, up from 165 collisions in 2012
The man slammed one crew member against the ambulance, warping its rear door
With an armed gunman in pursuit after an attempted mugging, the man stopped a passing ambulance and escaped inside
Lifting is one of those predictable moments in our mostly unpredictable jobs, and changing your technique can reduce pain
Health officials are closely monitoring a possible second Ebola patient who had close contact with the first person to be diagnosed in the U.S.
The suspended Nova Scotia medic allegedly assaulted six female patients
The responders and the ambulance were isolated after the transport; they’ve been sent home but will be monitored for 21 days
Graphic footage shows truck driving over the top of a row of cars, then veering off course into a group on onlookers
The increased frequency and cost of leave has forced the fire department to spend millions of dollars in overtime
A Mass. EMT was hospitalized for injuries and the crash is under investigation
A tractor-trailer crossed the median and plowed into a Texas college softball team’s bus, killing four team members and injuring more than a dozen
The pedestrian bridge collapsed after the driver of a trash truck struck the overpass and was killed as it crashed onto a freeway
After being fired from a food processing plant, he severed a woman’s head and was attacking another woman before being shot and wounded by the CEO
The child was left unattended for an hour before responders unlocked the vehicle; she was located inside one of the theaters
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