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.
What recent legislative changes mean for equipping, arming and tactically training SWAT and TEMS medics
The Office for Civil Rights has ambulance services on its radar
Just culture moves an EMS agency to a better understanding of its current practices and the essential steps for improvement
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says the incident Sunday was the first recorded bear attack on a person in the state
Hundreds of people gathered in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the 18th annual event
Bad weather grounded the flight from London to Newark, N.J., at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport
Help your agency to breed a healthier, fitter, more productive, and less injured responder
There are so many ways we take risks that we don’t think about it anymore
Officials say medics should be allowed to take more risks
The presence of gangs and associated activity is real in many parts of the country
Coroner calls current training ‘ineffective’
EMS expecting ‘a significant spike’ in everything from domestic violence and street brawls to hospital admissions and sexually transmitted diseases
A lightning strike in Yellowstone National Park injured 9 people waiting to see Old Faithful geyser erupt
5 people injured in a scaffolding collapse at Binghamton University
Paramedic-firefighters only ones available to respond to 3 alarm house fire; both responders in hospital
2 responders and a police officer were injured; both vehicles were totaled
Officer hurt when unmarked car was hit by ambulance in slowing rush-hour traffic
Crash with ambulance and another vehicle left 2 responders hurt
More than 20 taken to hospital; injuries not life-threatening
Truck driver killed; road closed for nearly 8 hours
The 8-and 9-year-olds were on a field trip headed for the California Science Center when their bus stalled and caught on fire
79-year-old Wonona Carpenter died during a routine medical transport
Newspaper probe unveils the serious — and sometimes fatal — mistakes made by ambulance crews in the region
The proposal would give the court the discretion to add up to five years in prison to the sentence of anyone who kills an emergency responder
The ambulance was headed east on Hwy. 2 just north of Cloquet
Students on three college campuses effected by tainted lettuce
An elderly woman passenger in the truck was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries
The two men had significant, but not life-threatening injuries
EMT instructor John F. Lynch has taught EMT courses and assisted with paramedic training for 16 years
Life Link officials said the laptop was mistakenly left on the helicopter’s skids by a crew
Some ambulance flights restricted to life-threatening circumstances only
