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.
For centuries going back to Leonardo da Vinci, humans have innovated and perfected ways to protect their health amid hazardous conditions
Dr. Amanda Berndtson shares the impact of wall-related injuries on EMS and hospitals in Southern Arizona and San Diego at NAEMSP Grand Rounds
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Harrison Barjolo crashed an Ashburnham ambulance at Heywood Hospital during a police pursuit
Kellie Boggs is charged with using an axe to attack a man and break into a Carter County EMS station
鈥淭he conditions of the victims right now is unknown鈥� but all were taken to hospitals for treatment, police Capt. Scott Molnar said
While the woman was in an ambulance, she punched two EMS crew members in the face and kicked them in the chest, according to her arrest citation
The Chicago Fire Department said 38 people, including four children, were injured; 23 were taken to area hospitals and three of the injured were in critical condition
Marcellus Ambulance personnel faced a driver pinned upside down in a burning vehicle
A large crowd began throwing objects and damaging a fire engine as crews tried to reach crash victims
Guilderland Emergency Medical Services will have improved crew, patient safety with a power stretcher, power load system
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The injured hiker was stuck in a narrow gap in the Thunder Canyon Cave and was unable to rescued by her friends
An FDNY ambulance was struck by an SUV while en route to a hospital
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People fled in panic as a shooting happened inside the fairground
Four firefighters and five EMS personnel have been killed in the conflict
Officers were transported to two hospitals after a shooting in Princeton
One of the patients was transported to a hospital in critical condition
A woman stabbed a taxi driver before stabbing two other people inside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
EMS staff in Enfield pressed their need for a proper facility with adequate bathrooms, changing rooms and space for ambulances
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
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According to the affidavit, the EMT said Gabriel Trujillo raped her while she was napping in the back of their ambulance
Five Taunton police officers, including the police chief, were stabbed by the suspect after he crashed into a house
Dallas Fire-Rescue Paramedic Brad Cox won an appeal of his termination based on self-defense
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