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.
Resources to dispel three myths about hot response to improve clinician, patient and community safety
From gathering necessities to understanding the hazards once the winds have ceased, these seven steps will ensure your community is prepared for a major storm
EMS lift assists on the rise
What you need to know about lift assist devices, risks, patient assessment and fall prevention
An altercation between two groups escalated to gunfire
HEMSI medics were inside a home treating a patient when they heard gunshots
“There is no substitute for experience. Yet, regardless of experience level, it is important to consider how EMS education can teach situational awareness”
A fight between teens on a train turned into a shooting on the platform of a Bronx subway station
New Chapel EMS and AmeriPro Health are competing to see who will provide EMS for Floyd County
A look at how Orange County’s pioneering live stream video technology can set the stage for future adoption
Establishing clear policies, protocols and building trust: PCHD EMS shares their body-worn cameras implementation journey
Escambia County EMS union members say leadership has created an unsafe, toxic environment
Officers responded to a 911 call in East Lansdowne about a girl being shot immediately came under fire
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
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