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.
COO Danielle Thomas shares how an AI app is slashing cognitive overload, boosting crew confidence, and redefining onboarding
Learn how rehab sectors can identify and treat hyperthermia, ensuring paramedic/firefighter safety during high-temperature incidents
Text-message study links early-morning fatigue spikes, call volume and naps to crew alertness
EMS staff in Enfield pressed their need for a proper facility with adequate bathrooms, changing rooms and space for ambulances
The report on the shooting in Virginia Beach that killed 12 people covered more training for first responders and teaching civilians how to slow victim bleeding
State police believe the shooting inside the Indiana building was isolated to attendees inside and not a larger, community threat
A guide to enhancing workforce conditions, improving quality of care and shaping the future of the industry
According to the affidavit, the EMT said Gabriel Trujillo raped her while she was napping in the back of their ambulance
Five Taunton police officers, including the police chief, were stabbed by the suspect after he crashed into a house
Dallas Fire-Rescue Paramedic Brad Cox won an appeal of his termination based on self-defense
Prevent and survive an attack by pre-planning your fight or flight response
Megan Lynn Pettit was charged with second-degree assault of a Cumberland ambulance crew
A detailed look at the actions leaders can take to implement a systems-level plan to protect their members
A suspected intoxicated driver fought with Bethlehem Township EMS personnel, law enforcement officers in the back of an ambulance
Prince George’s County firefighters escaped without injury from the burning Upper Marlboro firehouse
Peter Zisopoulos repeatedly stabbed Lt. Alison Russo-Elling as she walked from her station to a deli
A future EMT’s submission to the NPR student podcast challenge seeks to educate the public about lights and siren use
Charlotte firefighters had to use struts to stabilize the vehicle before removing three people inside
Is your agency in compliance with requirements? How can you protect yourself and your staff from the fallout of drug diversion?
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
Working with law enforcement to identify protocols and preferences can help them help you
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
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
