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.
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Brad Tate responded to calls and told patients they did not need to be taken to the hospital, but they were rushed in later
An Amtrak train carrying about 169 people derailed in a collision with a big rig truck Tuesday morning
The man reportedly was looking for something in the trash when he got his head stuck
Now city officials are vowing to close a dangerous law loophole that allowed the locksmith to sell those keys legally
He believes the hospital wrongly allowed her highly intoxicated daughter to leave alone and was later hit by a car
The paramedic reportedly tampered with powerful painkillers and sedatives and administered them to patients
The driver of the ambulance veered the ambulance off the road due to a medical condition
Jonathan Cory Brown was the driver of the ambulance that pulled in front of a tractor trailer, causing an accident that killed EMT Belinda River
Belinda Gale Rivers, 43, of Sandhills Ambulance, died when tractor trailer hit ambulance in which she was riding
The ambulance became unnecessary when EMS received two new vehicles
Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz inspired the American Medical Response to donate the ambulances after he bought his hometown a fire truck
The woman slipped and fell 60 feet off of a cliff while discarding a cigarette butt and texting
The miners had to remain underground after a fire broke out on the surface
7 specially-trained volunteers also transported gas engineers to suspected leaks
The exercise will test the effectiveness of the San Francisco FD and Bayside Marine Emergency Response Facility
Paramedic Jason Ausman says he could no longer ‘stand by’ while his superiors lied in the controversial Medstar pilots case
They claim medics forcibly injected their son with a sedative and kicked him as he lay “completely unresponsive”
About 2,000 villages have been hit by the overflowing waters
Private Canadian ambulance stopped along highway due to patient’s condition when he jumped out, was hit by truck
The pilot team of motorcyclists will be assigned to a highway demolition
The new labeling system will categorize calls by level of seriousness
6-year-old boy knew to call for ambulance because of song lyrics by English cartoon character Fireman Sam
Patients said paramedics arrived within five minutes, but were forced to wait for EMT to take them to hospital
Those who fear or do not understand weapons always make dire predictions of fanciful scenarios when firearms restrictions are eased
A little girl fell and broke her arm, but the school nurses reportedly did call an ambulance
When medics arrived, they could see man feigning unconsciousness lying on floor before waking up and refusing transport
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