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 cannot make the right decision if you are addressing the wrong issue
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the use of ketamine in EMS and new legislation that may restrict its use, as well as the broader implications of legislators weighing in on EMS practices
Every day is a good day to understand the impact of climate change, reduce our emissions and self-treat our stress with a dose of nature
Middle schoolers suffered minor injuries after a mechanical failure caused the driver to hit a tree; the bus company also had its registration revoked in 2009
Officials are encouraging CPR and AED training after a county treasurer went into cardiac arrest at her office
She pulled the gun’s trigger and the recoil sent the weapon over her head, causing him to be shot
He faces disciplinary action after saying the child had to be in distress and hanging up; a good Samaritan smashed the window
Driver fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor to the crash
The service is under further scrutiny after an ambulance lost a tire while transporting a sick infant, days after the state took 30 ambulances off the road
A motive for the attack was not clear but security guards and other hospital personnel were able to subdue him until police arrived
Responders broke a window to get her out after she was left inside while the owner of the car left to get a spare set of keys
Officials took 30 ambulances off the road after a complaint that some drivers may not have the proper medical paperwork
Two firefighters in the bucket are at a hospital burn unit; one is in critical condition and the other is in fair condition
Trying to protect civilians and ourselves is a difficult proposition, as those on the ground in Ferguson will attest
They were discharged after three weeks and doctors say their release poses no public health risk
A mental health call to a woman’s home went violently wrong, and ended with a 90-minute siege as EMS and police were backed into a corridor behind a glass door
He claims an EMS provider “started verbally abusing me and berating me and it ended up with him striking me in the face”
He was in the dugout when a man from the other team came running over; a player was suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration
The driver died on the scene; two EMTs were treated for minor injuries
A flood crashed through the locked doors at at Nebraska’s Good Samaritan Hospital, sending nine feet of water rushing into the building
His mother was present at the time and helped record the video; the teen suffered minor burns to his chest and neck
Six people have been killed, including a family of four, when an SUV speeding from police struck another vehicle southeast of Houston
The woman died at the scene; at least two others were treated for injuries
They were pulling out of the ambulance garage when they were struck by a box truck
The ambulance moved to avoid him as he was walking south on the shoulder of a highway, but he entered the highway and was struck in the northbound lane
The medic was able to call for police after he negotiated with the allegedly drunk suspect who threatened him with a kitchen knife during a medical call
It took five hours for the 24 people to be rescued from the Joker’s Jinx at Six Flags in Md.
He’s accused of stealing the vehicle while it was left running during a medical call, and leading police on a 10-mile chase
