Patient Transportation
Putting traffic incident management into practice can help us influence high-frequency, high-risk environments we can鈥檛 control
Be prepared for the unique challenges of law enforcement officers wounded on the job
Know the risk factors and how to implement a screening tool during patient transports
Approach the patient with an intentional primary and secondary survey to avoid letting painful and gruesome wounds distract from life-threatening injuries
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications reported 55 patients were transported compared to 116 in 2019
Traverse City voters will decide if they want to tax themselves more to have the FD takeover transport from Mobile Medical Response
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center鈥檚 EMS Alert is designed to reduce patient transfer time
EMS documentation must support both medical necessity and reasonableness for the transport
The patient began hitting the Metro West paramedic around the head and then chased after the EMT with a rock
Peer-reviewed, empirical data is needed to pursue alternative payment structures
Turning frustration into action as the end of ET3 puts a wrench in treatment in place, alternate destinations
A Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service provider was allegedly struck multiple times and shoved head-first into a cabinet by a patient in the back of the ambulance
The current number of interventions was a factor in ending the model at the end of 2023
An EMT and patient are killed after their ambulance collided head-on with a tractor-trailer
A Bullitt County paramedic was caring for a patient when he was ejected from the back of the ambulance
First responders from several agencies responded to a report of an ammonia leak in a Lancaster food warehouse
Low-cost options for improving dispatch, scheduling and resource management
A Logan County paramedic once worked a 120-hours shift and transports sometimes have a 6-7 hour turnaround time
Hundreds flee during a shooting outside a theater where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended
Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Corps had served the Mohawk Valley and Southern Adirondack for over 55 years
The law requires EMS and trauma care systems to develop transport protocols by Jan. 1, 2024
The Lake County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said the father and teens were going through a relative鈥檚 possessions when they found the grenade and the father pulled the pin
Agencies and government officials must evaluate performance expectations and funding to determine appropriate EMS delivery models
LaDamonyon 鈥淒eeDee鈥� Hall, 47, died in 2022 after police and EMS providers responding to a reported disturbance handcuffed and transported her
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department crewmembers rendered aid before the woman was pronounced dead, police said
Brownsville EMS providers transported several injured people to hospitals
Glendale firefighters heard a loud noise; over 100 crewmembers with five departments worked on the rescue and patient transport
鈥淥ften times we don鈥檛 really deal with our own getting hurt or being injured, so this is difficult for us,鈥� said Capt. Jaeson Daniels, DeKalb fire spokesperson
Structural damage has prevented firefighters from entering the Newburyport building; EMS providers transported four PCI Synthesis/ SEQENS workers
Syracuse EMS providers transported the injured crewmembers and evaluated a disoriented person
One woman was pronounced dead at the scene; EMS providers transported four people to hospitals
Crews from several agencies responded to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
The woman was transported from Buckeye Valley to a hospital for treatment
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