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.
Know the newest fire- and EMS-related laws
Opportunities for OSHA’s proposed Emergency Response Standard to improve EMS safety
“As healthcare professionals, it is not the purview of EMS providers to judge our patients. It is our job to care for them”
In this episode of Inside EMS, our co-hosts talk about the biggest EMS news of the week, including an alleged assault by a Dallas paramedic after video surfaced of him kicking a homeless man
Dallas Fire-Rescue put paramedic Brad Cox on administrative leave after the video became public
An Irwin EMS ambulance crew requested assistance from police after the patient they were treating became aggressive and began throwing things
Strategies to report and prevent sexual misconduct, so that all employees feel safe at work
In this emotional episode of the Inside EMS podcast, cohost Kelly Grayson talks through his emotions as he prepares for surgery and what navigating the disability process has been like
The medics were released from the hospital after reportedly feeling “off” and in a “foggy daze” at the scene
The Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement program will send a separate team of EMTs and community health workers to nonviolent homeless-related 911 calls
The helicopter pilot and two crew members experienced red, swollen eyes after suffering two laser strikes in one night
At least three of the injured people are students, and three of the four injured were taken to hospitals
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified more than 190,000 ED visits due to micromobility products in the past four years
The man was charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment, institutional vandalism and simple assault
When a patient says “I can’t breathe” or “I’m going to die,” you better listen
The coupon will be available for eligible first responders in advance of National First Responders Day
The decision was spurred by a “changing landscape” and more calls that increase the possibility of Portland FFs being involved with aggressive patients and bystanders
The kits are part of the city’s new Safe Chicago program, and are equipped with a tourniquet, gauze, shears, gloves and an instruction manual
A study from Florida Atlantic University found IM ketamine administration increases ED intubation rate 5.75-fold for patients testing positive for cocaine
Lab analyses showed two of every five fake pills containing fentanyl contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug
EMS crews are being left without DOC escorts to protect them when they enter the jails, the union says
The man walked toward medics with the hatchet, then threw the hatchet at the ambulance, police said
The father, who faces assault charges, felt the paramedic was not taking his high school son’s injuries seriously enough
The emergency use authorization for the monoclonal antibody therapy has been expanded to include prevention for those exposed to COVID-19
Atkins Firefighter-EMT Tara O’Connor spent 20 years seeking a diagnosis for her condition, and she hopes her story raises awareness
A vehicle hit two fire trucks and then a lieutenant with Palm Harbor Fire Rescue Squad 65 who was on foot
Douglas Gimson, 32, of Hampton, pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree invasion of privacy in Superior Court of Hunterdon County
Detailing grant programs that focus on an agency’s specific needs as it navigates through an ongoing pandemic and budget shortfalls
The chief officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol describe responding to the ill and injured
The city is the only government employer in Hawaii that does not allow weekly testing for workers who decline to be vaccinated and are not also exempt for religious or medical reasons
A report from England’s public health agency suggested the mu variant might be as resistant to vaccines as the worrisome beta variant
Fort Wayne City Council met with Three Rivers Ambulance Authority to determine why the agency is unable to meet the needs of the community
Readers share how they’re reacting to the grand jury indictment of two Colorado paramedics following the death of Elijah McClain