The greatest asset of any EMS agency is its people – the EMS practitioners and other personnel who are there for members of the community during their worst or most challenging moments, and who ensure their patients receive high-quality, compassionate, and life-saving care.
Articles about ambulance theft pop up frequently enough on EMS1.com to convince me that theft is an actual problem that could happen anytime and anywhere. With the potential for catastrophic injury or death as well as a financial loss of more than $200,000, it seems like preventing ambulance theft should be a high priority for …
EMS Week has always had two purposes. The first is to appreciate EMS providers. The second purpose is to improve public awareness of EMS contributions. Like most recognition days, weeks, or months I believe EMS provider celebration and affirmation should be ongoing throughout the year and not set aside for just one day or week. …
National EMS Week is the perfect time to honor your local EMS professionals and promote awareness of their everyday service to the public. Here are 30 inspiring ways that your organization can celebrate EMS Week.
Originally, social workers were developed in these fire departments to address the needs of firefighters themselves. However, their functions have expanded to address the needs of customers served by the fire department, both at the scene and during the postintervention period. Using principles of crisis intervention and trauma theory, social workers and social work students …
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In this recording from University of Washington’s Grand Rounds, she explains that paramedics are not getting enough feedback. She outlines theories for why it is so scare, what we can do about it, and how feedback might look in the future.
Our professions already have a purpose. And that might be way you joined. We work to serve, protect, and help others. This is true. But work is only one part of your life. And when you retire, those organizational purposes are not going to be there to keep you motivated. So, what is your personal …
In this episode of the Side Alpha Podcast, Chief Marc Bashoor outlines the importance of MCI training, underscoring that it’s vital to training for low-frequency events, like MCIs, that have the potential for high-risk consequences. He also suggests a monthly and quarterly schedule for how often to train on MCI events.
In 2009, there were 1,579 ambulance crash injuries, and most EMS vehicle crashes occur when driving with lights and siren (L&S). When compared with other similar-sized vehicles, ambulance crashes are more often at intersections, more often at traffic signals, and more often with multiple injuries, including 84% involving three or more people.
Corey Hohs from Haas Alert joined us for this special Wellness Wednesday to talk about digital alerting on your apparatus. This is technology that can help prevent apparatus crashes and struck-by incidents.
