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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The New England Journal of Medicine rapidly published a peer-reviewed report on the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S.
As the medics went to attend to the man, he became violent, kicking out repeatedly with his feet and elbowing them
While the experts debate, those of us in the field in EMS have to shift mindsets when it comes to responses
The crash left 14 injured, 9 of them children who were not properly restrained
Emergency crews spent more than an hour digging out the second man under the rubble
Two of the students suffered serious injuries including skull fractures
A secret memo reveals they have been told by bosses not to try to rescue victims from car crashes or fires if they arrive at call-outs before the temporary crews
Eighty-three page proposed draft of NFPA 1917: Standard for Automotive Ambulances was released this week
High winds on Tuesday blew the branch out of a tree and through the windshield of her SmartCar, into her abdomen
The suit claims Comcast was unable to provide dispatchers with the victim’s address
Emergency vehicle was broadsided in an intersection by a car in Palo Alto Tuesday night
Jo-Ann Fuller and Ivan Polivka died after their ambulance sunk into Kennedy Lake
The Montgomeryshire AM is said to have winded the paramedic with a powerful and unprovoked blow to the chest
The driver of a car failed to hear the sirens because his music was so loud, say police
The man was flown to Boston by a Medflight helicopter after falling at a site for a new garage and maintenance facility for all police vehicles
Emergency services, including a hazmat team, responded to a 911 call suggesting the death was the result of ‘chemical suicide’
The number of assaults has fallen as a result of UK health chiefs crackdown on abusive patients
Police reported that the intoxicated man gave paramedics a hard time and ‘then spat blood all over the face’ of a paramedic
The bus, being driven by a trainee, crashed into a ditch Monday, sending six others to the hospital with injuries
Nearly 500,000 people use the EMS system in the United States for penetrating gunshot wounds, with nearly 10 percent of those resulting in a fatality
The boy slipped into the tub, scalding his skin and causing blisters to form and pop
Emergency crews responded to the car accident during the rain storm in Jacksonville that picked up more than 12 inches of rain in six hours
EMS Expo session told the U.S has more safety standards in place for the transport of cattle
The impact of the crash knocked the bus over one lane and nearly into the concrete median wall
The overall number of highway deaths dropped last year to its lowest level since 1950
Four ambulances, along with school buses, took the injured children to a Crow Agency hospital to treat their injuries
Researchers found that air-medical EMS agencies tended to score higher in areas of safety culture
Responders said dramatic dash board video showed an SUV barreling down the wrong side of the street towards a department ambulance
It was unclear how serious the injuries were for the victims who were taken to hospitals