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.
The available data on EMS COVID-19 fatalities points to an increased risk over other healthcare and public safety personnel
St. Charles County Ambulance District has armed medics with screening tools and additional EMS training to get patients to appropriate definitive care
Ken Bouvier, NRP, offers the dos and don’ts to treating household hazmat scenarios and emerging threats
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. when the paramedic was responding to several crashes
Even brief syncope can be a sign that a firefighter has life-threatening health issues and must be evaluated
Women reported dangerous complications and infections from the mesh
Responders say the importance of a school’s function and protection are vital to understand
Many of the passengers are not yet accounted for
Medic was allegedly choked in an ambulance last November by a boozed-up Brooklyn assistant DA
A study finds that pubic hair grooming injuries have jumped five-fold between 2002 and 2010
In what seems to be a nationwide trend, the dept. is on the lookout for more manpower
Union seeks changes to the Criminal Code so paramedics are considered public officers
Dontay Martin, 23, was found guilty on all nine counts
The machine can administer uninterrupted automated chest compressions at the rate of 100 per minute
Two former employees of the helicopter crash have been indicted for falsifying weight and performance records
The paramedic pleaded guilty to 58 counts of possession of child pornography in Aug.
The bus tires sank into the soft shoulder of the road almost causing the vehicle to slip into a ditch
12 others were also hurt; cars were still burning when crews arrived
The clinic is accused of using injections contaminated with Hepatitis C
A young woman was pronounced dead at the scene
After the incident, the man got wedged up underneath the overpass
The combined penalties could amount of $15,200
The man was reportedly extremely intoxicated
It appears no one was injured in the incident
Dontay Martin was reportedly one of the people in car that followed and shot at an ambulance transporting a patient
The Department for Work and Pensions statistics show the total number of obesity claims has doubled in three years to 7,080
Although the area was foggy, investigators don’t believe weather was a factor in the incident
The mother was still sleeping when the little girl took the car keys and drove off
In North Charleston, medical calls have quadrupled in five years
The most common natural disasters are used to teach preparedness steps
Numbers examined after 93-year-old killed when his vehicle was struck by private ambulance
Police said the injuries might have been more serious if it weren’t for a Good Samaritan
Police were pursuing the suspect in relation to a drug case