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.
Despite extensive research finding lights and siren use makes little difference in patient outcomes, and in fact causes harm to patients, providers and the public, too many continue to respond hot
4 hard-won lessons in preparing for natural disaster recovery from a medic who weathered Hurricane Laura
We have all seen the videos of street medics tending to civil unrest injuries, but do they have any legal protection, recognition or certified skills?
Protecting ourselves from head injuries is a no brainer
The four occupants of the ambulance were injured,
The temperature was no warmer than 15 degrees
No one was seriously injured, but a janitor’s skin became irritated by the bomb’s chemicals
The citation asked for a $3,750 fine to be paid
The woman was on a raft then fell into a river
About 10 women yelled for the man who fell on the tracks to get up
The canine woke her up as she was sleeping and her condo was filling with CO
Olean General Hospital is mailing letters to 1,915 patients who may have been infected after improper sharing of insulin pens
A judge has thrown out a medical examiner’s conclusion that a baby’s death was caused by the rat poison her mother ate
EMS, EMTs are demanding policy changes, citing poor administrative planning
Because of a computer “glitch”, the ambulance was dispatched later than normal
Officers arrested the South African medic for “hindering a police officer to perform his duties”
Medics reported hearing a “pop” sound right before the back window of the ambulance shattered
The pilot was warned of freezing fog and urged not to make the flight
Police say the 70-year-old male driver was drunk
Information about the patient who was onboard has not been released
Working to raise awareness of ‘move over’ laws after being struck by tractor trailer at scene
Tim Hayes was hit by a tractor-trailer and two SUVs and was dragged several feet
He hopes that in an 18-hour period, they are trying to get over 20,000 people trained
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has singled out the greater Salt Lake region as having the nation’s worst air for much of January
Airport officials the parachute saved the lives of the three men onboard
The bus was en route from North Carolina to New York; the accident killed four passengers
The school’s official Twitter feed said the shooting was between two people
The shark got close to shore, scaring the young kids
She suffered from hypothermia after swimming in a freezing lake
Authorities said 100 percent of the work force will be out on the streets
