Technology
The technology topic will keep you up to speed on new EMS technologies including improved emergency communications and high-tech EMS technologies.
Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions
Smartphone health app users are more active, sleep better and eat healthier according to a new study
A decentralized mobile telemedicine system is rectifying care disparities in rural Georgia
During a video testimony to the U.S. House’s coronavirus committee, FDNY EMT Diana Wilson said the government had failed first responders
President Donald Trump’s plan focuses on increasing domestic production of supplies and identifying high-need areas
Ambulance crews in a Russian town plan to protest after not receiving bonuses promised to those who work with COVID-19 patients
Researchers used UV light to show solution left on the skin after treating a simulated patient
Technological advances and training are moving hemorrhage control techniques from the battlefield to prehospital and emergency medicine
The whistleblower said the agency has refused to send the unused masks to first responders and healthcare workers
Manufacturers, companies reinvent to combat COVID-19 during pandemic
A Texas fire department is trialing the new method of giving oxygen through a patient’s nose
Members of the California Ambulance Association have been sharing templates and tutorials for creating gowns and face shields
Stewartville Fire and Rescue had suspended its first response service earlier this month to preserve PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic
Miami-Dade’s emergency director said a shipment of masks meant for first responders and other front-line workers was “hijacked” on its way to the county
The interactive map includes data from a survey of more than 1 million Facebook users
Front-line workers can find information on PPE, priority testing, alternative housing, discounts and donations, self-care and childcare on the website
Our co-hosts speak with EMS1 columnist Catherine R. Counts, who talks about using data gleaned during the pandemic to make decisions going forward
Here’s how two dispatchers are working to ensure that there are no shortages of EMS workers in every community
The defense department will invest $133 million to increase domestic N95 production capacity
The app is designed to provide first responders with expert information and allow them to screen their symptoms
Fire-Dex says the AAMI Level 3-compliant garments exceed CDC guidelines for COVID-19 response
Handheld ultrasound technology can greatly enhance your assessment skills and scope of practice when it comes to secondary trauma assessment and vascular access
The service says the ultraviolet C lights can be activated remotely and sanitize an ambulance in about two minutes
The volunteers will no longer make first responses to medical calls before the primary ambulance provider arrives
As EMS agencies move toward multi-function devices, they are poised to save more than equipment costs. Here are 5 benefits that may surprise you.
The two agencies, including a volunteer squad, were struggling to find protective equipment amidst COVID-19-driven shortages
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Gregory Fischer hopes to create an open-source design that will help address COVID-19-driven ventilator shortages
The city has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to receive 5,000 kits that can produce results within 15 minutes
Eleven fire departments in Palm Beach County have agreed to lend their combined 70 ventilators to hospitals if the need arises
The hundreds of N95 masks received from both the national and state stockpile were expired, most by at least 10 years
The state’s peacetime emergency declaration automatically triggers exceptions to staffing, driver and equipment requirements
It’s time to rethink the conversations around dispatchers and find ways to recognize their work
