Active Shooter
The Active Shooter topic gives EMTs and paramedics an invaluable resource to find news articles, response and triage tips and expert commentary for active shooter response - from stopping severe bleeding, triaging multiple patients, and entering the warm zone in a rescue task force, as well as advice to pass to your family in the event of an active shooter encounter.
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
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The report on the shooting in Virginia Beach that killed 12 people covered more training for first responders and teaching civilians how to slow victim bleeding
State police believe the shooting inside the Indiana building was isolated to attendees inside and not a larger, community threat
Police say at least four people were shot in an “active shooter situation” on campus; the area was under a shelter-in-place order for several hours
The shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival left 60 dead and hundreds more injured
Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher Cassandra Peña-Romero was found shot in the neck beside her car
Weeklong training at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark in Moline helped first responders with incident command and rescue task force lessons
Gunman killed after engaging Orange County deputies in gunfire
Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services’ Cassandra Pena-Romero was shot by her estranged husband on Aug. 19
Of the six wounded, one is in critical condition and the others are in satisfactory condition
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show healthcare workers accounted for 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2018
Multiple agencies and departments in Palestine trained on communications and response in a simulated active shooter event
Muncie Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell said some victims sustained critical injuries
A shooting inside Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland ended hours later in a standoff in Gresham with a fatal officer-involved shooting
A driver yelled for the ambulance to get out of his way, then fired several shots
Police say two Birmingham firefighters were shot in the chest and legs
A Lenoir County paramedic was wounded in the chest and arm while loading a patient into the ambulance
A shooter wearing a ballistic vest and carrying a police scanner opened fire seemingly at random, killing four people and wounding two boys
Three of the wounded were in critical condition
First responders in Boulder County trained for three days over multiple scenarios at Arapahoe Ridge High School
First responders in Juneau County had been planning the mass casualty drill for 4 years
First responders in Norman drilled several times with several scenarios focusing on quickly treating the wounded
3 boys were killed and their mother wounded in a tragic shooting in Monroe Township
The Clermont County Sheriff’s Office confirmed there is no longer an active threat to the community
Richmond County EMS officers were on their way to a graduation when they came upon the shooting outside a Richmond theater
8 patients were hospitalized at Denver Health Medical Center
Several patients were in serious and fair condition after what police called a “targeted and isolated” incident
Hundreds flee during a shooting outside a theater where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended
“Every recoverable victim was saved,” Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said, highlighting the work by EMS crews
Social media video showed EMS crews and police officers treating the wounded on the Hollywood Oceanfront Boardwalk
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