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.
A father and son realize their destiny is assessing and treating blaster and lightsaber wounds in a galaxy far, far away
Graham Hoffman’s death underscores the unpredictable risks and the need for stronger safety measures in EMS
Explore top self-defense tools like TASERs, pepper spray and personal alarms. Learn how to choose, use, and store them safely and legally
EMT Julia Taylor Fatum was stabbed in the arm, chest and leg when she asked a patient to stop throwing a gum wrapper at her
The bill presumes disabling or fatal infectious diseases were suffered in the line of duty as a result of injury due to uncapped needles
Cumberland Goodwill EMS has begun outfitting paramedics and EMTs with fitted ballistic vests
A New Kensington Ambulance Service paramedic was punched in the eye and the ED staff were threatened
A shooting inside Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland ended hours later in a standoff in Gresham with a fatal officer-involved shooting
San Diego County health and law enforcement leaders are looking at violent patients, restraints and TASER protocols to reduce violence in hospitals
3,100 paramedics weigh in on reducing stress, staffing challenges and leadership shortfalls
A driver yelled for the ambulance to get out of his way, then fired several shots
A patient stabbed a Mount Sinai EMT several times in the leg, chest and arm
First responders are not immune from the opioid crisis; here’s what to know
While not a legal requirement like for police officers, firefighters and paramedics may witness inappropriate behavior in the field that necessitates intervention
The patient began hitting the Metro West paramedic around the head and then chased after the EMT with a rock
Sweltering weather spreads from the Southwest to California causing heat-related deaths
Police say two Birmingham firefighters were shot in the chest and legs
Researchers said once the AI model was familiar with firefighter-specific medical data, it was able to identify 6,000 abnormal ECG samples with 97% accuracy
A Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service provider was allegedly struck multiple times and shoved head-first into a cabinet by a patient in the back of the ambulance
Five takeaways for mass gathering planning from a carnival ride malfunction in Wisconsin
EMS personnel in Grantsburg were checking on a man lying on the road when he became combative and pulled out a firearm
A Lenoir County paramedic was wounded in the chest and arm while loading a patient into the ambulance
The NBC docuseries follows units in Los Angeles County, highlighting the positivity of the profession but also a problematic safety issue
A car struck a Chicago ambulance, sending it into another vehicle before crashing into a church
‘They’re not ready for prime time': San Francisco fire chief says robotaxis interfere with responses
Robotaxis have run through emergency tape, blocked firehouses and proved almost impossible to move out of the way
Haywood County paramedics uninjured after ambulance rolls down an embankment
Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises in the area of the Titanic wreck, which might indicate at least someone is alive on the Titan
Parma Heights paramedics were leaving the scene and were unaware the woman had approached the ambulance in the dark
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
Two Prince George’s County firefighters were inside their ambulance at an earlier accident
3 boys were killed and their mother wounded in a tragic shooting in Monroe Township
Richmond County EMS officers were on their way to a graduation when they came upon the shooting outside a Richmond theater
