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.
Tuesday’s theme aims to foster a culture of safety, collaboration and preparedness within the EMS industry and in local communities
Steve Whitehead tells you everything you need to know to keep yourself safe from accidental fentanyl exposure
What is your organization doing to enhance medics’ mathematical skills in the field?
Pam Lewis wants to protect all healthcare workers from attacks by adding wording to current legislation to make such assaults a Class C Felony
The Sandtown Middle School students were taken to the hospital after feeling “nauseated and disoriented,” officials said
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
Zella Turner hit a bike path railing when an Uber JUMP scooter’s brakes stopped working, resulting in broken bones and a face laceration
Researchers said many paramedics in their study ignored World Health Organization guidelines when soap and water or antiseptic rub was needed
Police said AMR paramedics saw Clarence Pate assaulting a woman in a vehicle, and one was assaulted by Pate after getting out to help
State Rep. Clay Doggett introduced the bill and said on-scene safety has “been an overwhelming concern” for first responders
The alert encourages personnel to postpone non-emergency tasks and focus on safety and survival training, as well as the loss of fellow first responders
An employee of the University of Maryland Medical Center was wounded after shots were fired in the hospital ambulance bay
The Delaware Township Fire Department implemented a policy that allowed responders to use guns on duty, but rescinded it after receiving criticism
Dash cam footage shows semi-truck driver Michael Mack ramming an ambulance that had its lights and sirens on off the highway
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Cynthia Griffin confronts bias when it comes to agitated patients
Police body cam footage shows a naked man disrupting traffic and EMS providers telling police the same man had assaulted a paramedic
SB 1012 would allow specific firefighters and EMS providers to carry a concealed weapon
Police said the Calgary EMS crew was loading a patient into an ambulance when a vehicle struck one of the paramedics
Lee County EMS conducted a short survey of EMS leaders to determine if code words or plain language are used to request police to an unsafe EMS incident
Under the law, EMS providers, nurses and healthcare workers will be protected from violent patients through better communication and new policies
FDNY EMT Ryan Walsh testified in a first-degree assault trial and gave a graphic description of the scene inside the building where the attack occurred in 2016
Officials said Parks Terry fled from police on a golf cart and locked himself inside a house, where he later attacked a paramedic who came inside
“This is what happens when police runs continue to be pawned off on EMS,” a paramedic said on social media while recovering from a deep bite wound
“Detectives are following credible leads to include witness interviews and phone data collection,” Sarasota police PIO Genevieve Judge said
Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose and firefighter-EMT David Smith were driving by when they saw Trooper Dustin Shaw fighting with a driver he had pulled over
The footage allegedly shows Ricardo Kendle being arrested after attempting to steal an ambulance at a hospital
Oakland Fire Department paramedic Mike Scott urged the community to end the violence, adding that he’s “tired of seeing this” after 20 years on the job
Officials said the drunk patient became violent after being told he had to go to the hospital and punched the EMT before running away
Marcel Thomas was being transported to the hospital when he allegedly became aggressive and demanded the ambulance be stopped
The two paramedics were able to get back into the ambulance and drive away while three to five more shots were fired at the ambulance, according to police
Ricardo Kendle, who had just been released from jail, allegedly “became irate” and tried to pull a paramedic out of an ambulance
Kellie Cline faces multiple charges after allegedly punching an EMT in the back of the head during a medical call
