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.
There is nothing fake or pseudo about the mortality rate of patients with PNES
O’Hare joins the podcast to discuss training and lessons from his role in the Boston Marathon bombing response
Our co-hosts discuss an FDNY, NYPD collaborative pilot program that allows special teams comprised of mental health professionals and EMS providers to answer non-violent mental health 911 calls
Firefighters deconned kids at scene and no one was seriously hurt
He’s not drunk, he’s having a stroke; use these tips to make sure the patient, not the suspect, receives proper care
He suffered broken legs and torn ligaments in his knees
Jennings, who had been with Sunstar for four years, worked as an assistant supervisor and also was a SWAT paramedic
Lightning primarily causes brain and nerve injury, but serious burns seldom occur
Officials said her legs gave out hiking in soft sand, and her husband kept going to find a cell phone signal to call for help
No ambulances or crews were assigned to the stadium for fans Sunday
The woman was riding a six-to seven-foot-tall horse when another smaller animal possibly spooked it
Most injuries are in kids under 5; head and neck injuries including concussions are the most common
Fire officials say it’s not clear whether the infrared technology would have prevented her death
People began screaming and calling 911 after police tried to negotiated the woman into not taking her life
John English was presumed drowned after jumping off a pleasure boat for a swim
Box models like the Meriter ambulance don’t have many safety features
An ambulance spokesman claimed their staff could not have given a “higher standard of care”
Police escort allows Orange County paramedics to work during active shooter incidents
The firefighter was not hurt
Everyone involved in the crash walked away unscathed
She sufered only minor injuries and clearly owes her life to the very attentive bus driver
The ambulance was taking a patient to the hospital at the time
Authorities were talking to witnesses who reported seeing vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed and were investigating whether cars were drag racing
The incident comes amid harsh criticism of the city’s beleaguered emergency response system
We need to stop sticking our heads in the safety sand
The two medics in the ambulance and the driver of the car were taken to a hospital with minor injuries
None of the firefighters contracted the disease, but the mistake still put the firefighters in unnecessary danger
Their injures are not believed to be life-threatening
Many experts said mobile phones have a low output of only 3 to 5 volts, which isn’t enough to harm the human body
Ambulances were on scene in case of accidents during the time trials
Brewster lost control of the vehicle, drove off an overpass and the vehicle caught fire
Dozens of ambulances, fire trucks and police cars lined a highway with lights flashing and sirens blaring to welcome him home
The EMT was slashed in the stomach and stabbed in the shoulder