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.
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The Eastern Connecticut EMS Council sent a letter to the state officials stressing the need for more tests after outbreaks at firehouses
Two EMS providers, a patient and the driver of the other vehicle were injured after the driver allegedly refused to pull over for a state trooper and went through stop sticks
7 steps to factoring in violence as a possible variable at special event EMS response and incident command
FDNY EMS Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay released a statement on the city’s plan to send EMS providers and mental health professionals to some calls instead of police
The top tenets of violent threat attack training and practice for EMS responders
As mass violence incidents grow in scale and frequency, less than half of EMS feels adequately prepared to respond
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Firefighters and EMS providers will now use elastomeric respirators on every call instead of disposable N95 masks
The suspect was charged with felony threats of violence and misdemeanor disorderly conduct
Community Ambulance ambassador program extended EMS’ role in COVID-19 screening and testing at hotels, arenas and in the community
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President Trump and Congress have 7 weeks to support bipartisan opportunities to improve EMS safety, reimbursement, recognition and pay
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Lessons in communication, coordination and safety from an unusual response involving several inmates
Learn how to put structure to your patient safety program while changing the culture and measuring progress
Marshall Waters, 49, an EMT with Northeast Louisiana Ambulance, was shot in the abdomen while conducting a traffic stop
Learn how to utilize hospital outcome data to evaluate chemical sedation, including ketamine, benzodiazepine and anti-psychotics
The first 10 minutes of an MCI considerably impact emergency operations and survival.
Voters will decide whether to approve a levy that would raise $7.3 million per year for the Kirkland Fire Department
Police say the man became combative after experiencing an apparent overdose and was found to be carrying a BB gun in his pocket
St. Louis, which has seen more paramedics leave in the last two years than it has hired, is struggling to hire and retain personnel in what is on track to be the deadliest year in city history
The bill, which increases the penalties for failing to yield to emergency and work vehicles, was passed unanimously in both chambers of the state legislature
A warrant has been issued for Jonathan Reserve, 19, who is accused of an aggravated assault that sent an EMT to the hospital
The statement addresses assessment, restraint, use of sedatives such as ketamine and law enforcement involvement when caring for an agitated patient
Police say the man was “flipping out” and breaking things at his neighbor’s house before he assaulted the paramedic and tried to spit at police and EMS providers
Mutual-aid companies supplemented response efforts to give SFFD members the opportunity to attend the vigil
Northeast Louisiana Ambulance EMT Marshall Waters, who works part-time for the Mangham Police Department, was seriously injured in the shooting Saturday afternoon
Police say the man also spit on EMS providers and police officers
Remain calm, avoid flowering plants and carry an epinephrine auto injector if you are allergic to stings
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