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.
Pre-planning and prevention are key to safety and efficiency when your crews are most vulnerable
Brian Hupp, director of EMS at the Maury Regional Medical Center, joins the podcast to discuss tabletop MCI exercises
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Paramedics rushed the child to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead
The EMT suffered unspecified permanent injuries and scarring, resulting in lost wages and medical expenses
The victim, 21-year-old Islan Nettles, died Thursday, five days after being pounced and punched on by a man
Paramedics rush forward with wheeled stretcher and man is presumably taken to hospital as observers yell ‘Let him go!’
Pa. officials say they’re at critical time where violence is an issue and losing an ambulance is a threat to city safety
Jail records showed she was not in custody Tuesday afternoon
SUV was traveling at an apparent high rate of speed when it crossed over lanes, traveled between a group of trees and became airborne, crashing into home
The man, who was conscious and talking with police on the scene, was extricated from the vehicle with the help of the fire department
The man, who died from blunt-force trauma to his head, worked for the oil company and had been welding near the tank when it exploded
The collision was so violent that it flipped the ambulance onto its side
A semi behind the Jeep failed to stop and plowed into the SUV, pushing it into the back of the other semi, state police said
Chief Joanne Hayes-White issued the order after a battalion chief’s recording after the Asiana Airlines crash went public
She was taken to a local hospital, where she died Wednesday from multiple injuries
One paramedic and a civilian were stung more than 100 times and had to be hospitalized
The paramedics sustained bruises from the accident
The ambulance, which was carrying two medics and a patient, flipped onto its side
Fire officials say it’s necessary in the wake of a shooting of an Omaha firefighter-medic in the back of an ambulance in July
The driver of the car allegedly ran a stop sign and hit his motorcycle
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She was Chatham County’s 2013 EMS Dispatcher of the Year and had worked in the communications department for two years
Another ambulance was dispatched to transport a patient
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