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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Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue releases video detailing steps for proper PPE use
Detailing the department’s adjustments to member health, patient care and transport, and PPE
Before extracting anyone who might be trapped in car after wreck, firefighters must disable low-voltage cables in car’s trunk
Driver was traveling eastbound in westbound lanes of I-10 near LaPlace early Friday, crashed head-on with another vehicle with 4 inside
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell enacted legislation that permanently bans synthetic bath salts
Robert Shaner is also charged with terroristic threats, reckless endangerment
Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it has completed examinations into the helicopter and winch
3 transformers from pole fell, energized vehicle; emergency personnel couldn’t continue rescue until after electricity was turned off
Members of small Brazilian church outside Atlanta are trying to find ways to pay for bringing bodies of members killed in pile-up
Ski patrol workers arrived within 1 minute of fall to give first aid; victim was pronounced dead about 2 hours later
Waite Park ambulance, which was travelling with lights and siren on, was entering an intersection when it hit car
Most folks are unaware of the safety issues EMS workers are exposed to on a daily basis
The 18-month-long project was led by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art in London
4 were injured, both vehicles were destroyed in crash; impact compressed their front ends about 3 feet
Bus had more than 40 students headed toward elementary, high schools; back tire of bus may have left road before it overturned
Police allege that Shawn Smith was intoxicated
Doctors had to amputate woman’s arm, shoulder, perform radical mastectomy, skin grafts to stop infection
At least 60 buildings damaged when tornado struck with winds of around 115 mph; some people initially were trapped in their homes
Man became combative with paramedics about 5 minutes into flight, had jumped from SUV on highway hours earlier
11-year-old boy was being pulled out by strong current when father, son nearby tried to rescue him on their Boogie boards
Witnesses said Captain James Pennington slammed to ground on his back when ladder he scaled buckled, twisted, then collapsed without warning
Crew used brute strength to lift up 3,200-pound car; man on bicycle performed illegal lane change, was hit by car
Footage shows paramedics calling for help as near-constant shots ring out New Year’s Eve, waiting 1 hour before tow truck arrives
Man hit tall oak tree, was knocked out of parachute’s seat; he dropped before grabbing limb 75 feet above ground
6 injured were taken to hospitals, but no injuries were life-threatening; 23 vehicles had to be towed before I-75 could reopen
The most recent fire happened Thursday on Six Forks Road
54 miners were in mine when rig fire broke out 800 feet underground; most managed to escape, but 2 were treated for smoke inhalation
Four people, including two firefighters, were injured Monday morning
New Year’s Eve is typically loaded with alcohol-fueled deaths and injuries, and the coming celebration will probably be worse than most years because it falls on a Saturday
