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.
Urge your representatives to pass the Prevent Bleeding Act, to expand access to bleeding control kits
With skills, preparation and clear expectations, EMTs and paramedics can facilitate productive conversations with bystanders at an incident
Ethan Lutz was a college student working as an EMT deployed to New York during the COVID-19 crisis; as he watched the city grapple with the PPE shortage, he came up with an idea to make providers safer in the future
He was using a flammable chemical to remove carpeting before the explosion; colleagues transported him to the hospital and he faces a long recovery
He was treating a patient in the rig when a man allegedly made off with his personal property
A former EMS captain is teaching members of the Brooklyn neighborhood ‘how to save a life instead of taking a life’
The resident was charged with assault and didn’t stop until restrained; the EMT has bruises and swelling to the left side of his head
One person on the boat suffered burns to both legs; the injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening
An estimated 100 gallons of diesel leaked into the river; the man was cited and taken to the hospital with minor injuries
The bus when overturned on an exit ramp; a 19-year-old and his friend stopped to help before responders arrived
Technicians were not sure what caused the equipment problem; the affected equipment is about 10 years old
Tony Grider, 41, was the most seriously injured of the four firefighters when a high-voltage line arced the aerial set up for an ice-bucket challenge
Researchers are monitoring for mutations in the virus, which has killed at least 2,400 people
The employee recently diagnosed with the illness may have exposed the infants and about 40 other hospital employees
The officer, firefighter and two other people were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening
His body was limp and cold, his eyes glazed and he had no pulse — but then a medic realized the 6-year-old’s head was bleeding
The virus can cause mild to severe illness, with the worst cases needing life support for breathing difficulties
He suffered non-life-threatening eye injuries after an unknown object shattered the windshield while he was transporting a patient
Ten children were injured; the bus driver is in serious condition and was the only one seriously hurt
Norman turned the incident into a chain saw safety moment that went viral on Instagram
Two workers were taken to a hospital for what are expected to be minor injuries; the accident is under investigation
Giancarlo Stanton left the field in an ambulance; he sustained multiple facial fractures, dental damage and cuts that needed stitches
He was conscious when responders arrived; three other women were also stung
They applied a makeshift tourniquet to the woman’s remaining arm before paramedics arrived
The National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum was open for the first time on the anniversary
Seeking war-zone like trauma, Navy medics, doctors, and nurses are working with a Chicago hospital that has one of the busiest trauma wards in the nation
Army veteran, Anthony Caramanis, applied chest compressions after the wounded man collapsed inside the restaurant with a 10-inch gash in his chest
He would become close to his victims and assault them when they were drunk and vulnerable; one of the victims was an EMS colleague
The defense says he forgot the child and went to work; prosecutors will try to prove he intentionally left his child in the car
He attacked a medic and EMT after they administered the drug, then fled into the West Virginia woods
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