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.
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As additional COVID-19 variants reach the U.S., some medical officials are now suggesting that the public double up on face masks
Fire chief and paramedic Sam Lubin, 48, was driving when his car went off the road and struck several trees
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It would have made the charge a felony, and the driver’s license would have been suspended for a year
A woman over 100-years-old activated a personal emergency device around 1 a.m. but the homeowner was unaware and thought he was being robbed; a female EMT sustained minor injures after a “physical altercation”
Their current system was installed more than 25 years ago and has failed to alert some station’s about calls; they will spend as much as $36,000 to upgrade the system
Paramedic Gerald “Garry” Hammer suffered a fatal heart attack after arriving home from a 12-hour overnight shift
A mother told EMTs not to restrain her son because he gets violent during seizures, but they held him down anyway and police took him to a holding cell, the suit alleges
Two medics inside the ambulance were hospitalized; a patient inside the ambulance was not injured from the crash
The ship arrived back in N.J. and passengers are recovering
At least six people died in traffic accidents as a winter storm walloped southern states
She’s in intensive care — but talking and texting —after suffering a broken vertebrae and pelvis, and internal bleeding in her brain, lungs and liver
A Fla. man faces felony charges after he told a medic who was trying to restrain him that he was HIV positive, and then scratched him on the thumb
Benjamin Ward Samples, 38, a former EMT involved in a fatal crash in 2011, is to serve a one-year suspended sentenced on a negligent homicide charge
Medic Mike Stevens became distraught when he realized that two of the victims were his own wife and 5-year-old daughter
The woman kicked a medic as she was being transported by ambulance, and is undergoing a mental evaluation at a hospital
Responders heard people yell “look out!” as two vehicles slid into a crash scene, not realizing the road was closed
Tom Steidl is an EMT with Arrowhead Ranch Estates Volunteer Fire Department — one of eight crews that helped fight this fire that quickly ignited nearby dry brush and grass
A crew was inside a home treating a patient when the ambulance was stolen off the street
A passenger “went berserk” and attacked the bus driver, causing the bus to swerve violently and go off the highway before other passengers subdued him
Photos show at least a dozen tractor-trailers jammed together, and there may be more fatalities
Surveillance footage clearly shows a Mercedes-Benz running a stop sign and clipping an ambulance, causing it to flip over in a crash that killed a 58-year-old patient and injured a medic
The medic and driver of a sedan that ran a red light were hospitalized; the ambulance was transporting a patient from her dialysis appointment
An 11-year-old girl was thrown from a vehicle, and many of the children injured were not wearing seatbelts
The 26-year-old was crossing the street when she was clipped by the mirror of an ambulance, fell, and was hit by a car; four pedestrian deaths in one weekend have led to a push for safer streets
The EMT was stuck by flying glass shards and debris, but was wearing a bulletproof vest thanks to a new policy to combat an uptick in gun violence
A social studies teacher held at gunpoint talked the boy into dropping his weapon — officials credit active shooter drills for preparing staff and students
The fire truck driver was alerted to the girl; firefighters did not check the teen’s vitals to see if she was alive
