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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Charlotte firefighters had to use struts to stabilize the vehicle before removing three people inside
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Initiatives using clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises are gowing
Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher Cassandra Peña-Romero was found shot in the neck beside her car
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Rudy Garcia faces attempted murder charges for his attack on EMT Julia Fatum
Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services’ Cassandra Pena-Romero was shot by her estranged husband on Aug. 19
Ventilators and monitors will be safely secured inside the 19 MEDIC EMS ambulances
Of the six wounded, one is in critical condition and the others are in satisfactory condition
Medical experts say misinformation around fentanyl and what happened to Syracuse first responders created a “nocebo effect”
A paramedic fell while trying to stop the patient from getting out of the moving ambulance
Carla Murphy’s attorney said her safety concerns with the CAD system led to a dispute with Deputy Commissioner Augier and Commissioner Kavanagh
A Northern Light crewmember suffered injuries to his head and hand
Four Polk County Fire Rescue members were injured when their ambulance crashed into a business
Risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham offers action steps for after a theft has occurred and how to prevent one in the future
First responders in fire and police boats, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, responded to a crash off Long Island’s south shore
Authorities said the man became agitated while in the waiting room at the North Collier Hospital in Naples
Four first responders in Bell County were injured when a porch collapsed while they were moving a patient
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show healthcare workers accounted for 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2018
Police believe the Decatur Township crash, which left a car embedded into the second floor, was intentional
Recent violent events have pushed Wake County officials to buy additional protection for first responders
Tulsa firefighters had to cut part of the flagpole off for the victim to fit into an ambulance
Chris and Kelly tackle public access defibrillation and EMT safety
Mayor Michelle Wu said first responders, health professionals have encountered crowds of over 200 in the Mass and Cass area
A driver was critically injured after his minivan crashed into an ambulance responding to a call
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No one was injured when a man threw a brick at the windshield of an ambulance responding to a call
Muncie Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell said some victims sustained critical injuries
EMT Julia Taylor Fatum underwent several surgeries after being stabbed in the chest, leg and arm
Incorporating real-time and body-worn camera footage into emergency preparedness, training and response
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