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.
It takes a special person to risk his or her life to keep others safe, but that’s exactly what public safety personnel do all the time
Maintaining mission readiness: return to work guidelines for police, fire and EMS after a COVID-19 quarantine
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the best practices for keeping providers safe and equipment clean as the 2019 coronavirus spreads across the country
The responders and churchgoers were taken to area hospitals for treatment and observation
After aiding countless people in emergency situations, Bill McMackins was the one paramedics were summoned to help
Union leader said the policy doesn’t respect the experience and judgment of those behind the wheel
District Judge signs a search warrant allowing police to search the wrecked 2003 Sprinter ambulance
Four responders in the ambulance were treated for minor injuries and released, the medical examiner’s office spokesman said
Cell phone coverage has been a chronic problem in the area for many years — and a ‘perfect storm’ of bad circumstances could prove life-threatening to somebody
The big advantage of the histogram is that it allows you to visualize the distribution of all of the response interval data
Santa Fe police are still looking into whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the high-speed crash
A Ford Transit van ploughed into an ambulance during rush hour traffic
When paramedics arrived, the woman, in her late 50s threw a coffee cup at them
‘Ultimately we hope the kits will sit and gather dust, but if the worst of the worst happens, we’ll have them to go’ says the school assistant principal
Reports of abuse led to 37 convictions since April last year
Advocates of Niagara County’s medical helicopter service say the Mercy Flight ‘is life and death’ for a lot of patients
Two emergency workers were injured in crash
The service admitted that a number of ambulances previously had trouble reaching patients due to being unprepared for the cold weather
The ambulance jumped a retaining wall, tumbled down a steep cliff and crashed into Kennedy Lake near Tofino, B.C., on Oct. 19, killing paramedics Jo-Ann Fuller and Ivan Polivka
The way that we teach scene safety assumes that once we have ‘assessed the scene for hazards’ we are safe
One arrested after shots fired at emergency vehicles
Residents can log onto the Smart911 website and supply whatever information they consider necessary for a possible emergency
Former volunteer firefighter said it was his family that motivated him to learn CPR in the first place
Responders have been banned from attending incidents at more than 100 addresses without a police escort
Houlton Fire and Emergency Medical Service personnel were on-site to assist with fire suppression and medical needs if they arose
The woman, now in a drug induced coma, was airlifted from a Maine medical center to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston
All ambulance stations are provided with their own grit and salt to ensure ambulances can remain mobile even in bad weather
When getting information regarding a particular suspect or person of interest, there are risk assessment details for the medic to collect
After a football player was accidently run over, one of the football dads organized the boys to lift the car off their friend until paramedics arrived
Man is furious after an ambulance he called waited for police before entering his road
Police found the man outside of his vehicle wearing only his underwear when they responded to the accident
As the medics went to attend to the man, he became violent, kicking out repeatedly with his feet and elbowing them