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.
We train extensively on blunt trauma and GSWs, but stab wounds also present a real danger for patients
While this year is certainly not the first Inauguration Day, it is the first one for a candidate who has already experienced two assassination attempts
“We can’t plan for everything, but with the right people, policies, training, and supervision in place we can best handle whatever may come our way”
The infant and crew members were all transported to local hospitals
Elizabethtown police said the man was intoxicated and started spitting at the EMS providers before they put him in a spit hood
The time has come for EMS leaders and clinicians to take a data-informed look at how we operate apparatus and the risks involved
The rig hit the underside of a train bridge it was too short to fit under, and the box of the ambulance was partially detached from the front
Bo Brabo joins The Ultimate Leadership Podcast to discuss after-action reviews and lessons from Washington
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
Changing just one of many variables that impact EMS response to 911 calls points to the complexity of changing average response times
Drs. Antevy, Piehl, Spiro, Scheppke, Bernstein and Kupas discuss ketamine and other sedatives, and how to minimize risk when administering
“This could easily have led to a fatality as well as a major fire in the house,” said East Haven Fire Chief Matt Marcarelli
Four people were on board the plane that went down, knocking out power to hundreds of homes
Lane Ambulance EMS providers were reportedly attempting to administer Narcan when the patient forced a paramedic to the rig floor
A patient in need of an ambulance in Echols County, Ga. must wait up to 20 minutes for rig from a nearby city, be driven there, or wait for an air ambulance
EMS providers were responding to call about a man who was slumped over in a vehicle
Allegiance Mobile Health EMT Joshua Zaborowski, 30, was killed when the ambulance he was driving overturned
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations’ disaster response success
Review the major milestones associated with initial vaccine rollout, clinic scale-ups, and the race to determine the efficacy of vaccines on new variants
Apply crew resource management sterile cockpit rules to stay safe amidst increased roadway dangers
One year later: I’m thankful for vaccinated EMTs and paramedics and their willingness to serve others with compassion and empathy
“It’s embarrassing as an EMS provider to show up in somebody’s time of need and have the ambulance break down,” said paramedic Timothy Sommerfelt
The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts
Lawton first responder Leif Johnson said an assailant fired a shot that struck the rig “about four inches from my right shoulder”
Does your ambulance design prohibit good patient care while putting providers at risk?
Four pieces of low-hanging fruit that can improve industry safety for our patients and EMS crews
From pulling people out of burning buildings, to rendering aid in a catastrophic traffic pileup while injured, these heroic stories of off-duty responders will stun you
Are EMS leaders prepared to take advantage of new and existing programs in 2022?
Texas Department of Health and Human Services lifted the emergency suspension after a paperwork change
The announcement comes three months after two paramedics were charged in the death of Elijah McClain
The infected individual had recently returned from South Africa and was fully vaccinated but had not received a booster shot and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci
The fire was on three floors and spread to other buildings in the Brooklyn neighborhood
