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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Darion Bond, 19, stole the paramedic’s keys, wallet and phone at gunpoint before he got into the paramedic’s SUV and sped away
Heather Locklear faced five counts of battery on an officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer
The EMT was stabbed seven times in the abdomen and legs and a second EMT driving the ambulance was pepper-sprayed
EMS at higher injury risk than all other U.S. professions
Officials credited the quick response by area EMS and firefighters for helping the passengers and mitigating any potential environmental problems with fuel runoff
If an EMS provider’s diminished capacity prevents them from performing the job’s essential functions or puts anyone’s safety at risk, consider reasonable accommodations
Many officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get (away) from a barrage of bullets”
Understanding the risks inherent in EMS is critical to taking action to prevent death and injury in the line of duty
TCAD Paramedics purchased this equipment to provide an additional layer of protection for personnel safety and in the event of an emergency
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The 86-year-old was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries
Quinton Ashley Andrews faces a prison term of 3-15 years when he’s sentenced for malicious assault on emergency medical services personnel
An internal survey by Austin-Travis County EMS found that 22 communications employees said they had been verbally assaulted and 132 field medics said they had been physically assaulted
The 16 people injured in the crash were all transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries
Benjamin Shorb, 25, was charged with aggravated battery of a government employee and criminal damage to property
The crash caused significant damage to an ambulance, fire truck and state police SUVs
EMS responded to a vehicle crash involving a food truck, and with so much litter on the road, they were forced to stop quickly causing a chain reaction
Diego De Abreu Peclat Dos Santos, who is trained in mixed martial arts, stopped a suspect from stealing an ambulance and assaulting a hospital nurse
Video shows Firefighter-EMT Sean Clayton grabbing a woman’s hair when responding to call outside a hospital ER
The company is providing self defense classes after two Boston EMTs were attacked while responding to an emergency call
An ambulance, state trooper SUV and a fire truck were involved in a multiple vehicle wreck that left two troopers injured
The $9,864 purchase included the new Physio-Control AEDs, carrying cases, pads for adults and children and an eight-year warranty on each device
Jacob Mims, 27, forced his way out of the ambulance en route to a medical facility and slammed the rear door on an EMT’s arm
EMS agencies in Florida started the program and were able to successfully reduce the infant mortality rate from 13 deaths a year to three
Police arrested Alissa Cross, 31, for allegedly punching an EMT in the chest and trying to hit and bite another EMT and police officer
A teenager, 19, was crossing the street when an FDNY ambulance struck her
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During the Flight for Life transport, with one helicopter on the ground and another approaching, first responders noticed a drone flying above them
The agent, who has not been identified, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the U.S. and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
State health agency officials said his suspension would stay until he resolves all criminal charges