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Find out how 5G enables public safety agencies to respond faster with real-time information that keeps first responders and their communities safer
Use the information and strategies in this guide to help prepare your agency to keep up with the changing scope of out-of-hospital care and provide the most timely and appropriate response
Company rolls out new products at IWCE
Determine your needs, audience before selecting instruction online
Heart rhythms can be tracked with ultrathin, flexible implant
Veteran firefighter creates customizable incident management software
Classroom work can now be completed on the Internet in efforts to ‘diversify’
Subway system’s new battery-powered, portable response and recon vehicles first in United States
WTX-4100 Tactical Microphone and PRYMEBLU newest products from innovation company
Broadband is coming, but experts disagree on when and how
Appropriate tourniquet use is less detrimental to distal tissue than previously thought, says medical director
With the most wired vehicles on the road, paramedics may be among the most distracted of drivers
The chief said inadequate training, multitasking and other factors contributed to the errors
Tennessee to use Next Generation 911 in early 2011
Several Salt Lake County fire departments will soon have Bluetooth technology that allows EMTs to transmit EKG data directly to hospitals
Online pilot viewed more than 3,000 times
‘Chronicles of EMS’ will follow EMS professionals around the country
Specific types of medical records not yet determined
Challenging the status quo through grassroots efforts
When purchasing helmets for EMS professionals consider these five things
PPE represents a broad category of equipment that serves as a the barrier between EMS professionals and hazards such as bloodborne pathogens and environmental conditions
Man used iPhone application with first aid information to treat own wounds
Improvising in the absence of pre-hospital 12-lead EKGs
A good repair program starts with daily checks of equipment function and readiness
Dispatchers spend more time questioning cell-phone callers on their locations
When purchasing medical products consider discounts, bulk purchasing and current customer references
Examining the benefits of night vision technology in HEMS operations
Three-minute airing ran into distribution problems
What you should know before purchasing mapping technology
Statewide test will employ a never-used code to be applied in a national crisis