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Patient Safety

The patient safety topic contains news, tips and expert-written articles sharing how EMS providers can build safety into every system of care, ensuring that patients receive the safest and most reliable care.

EMS clinicians should rely on their assessment and facts when assessing people with a suspected factitious disorder
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
A pioneering EMS program is helping patients with opioid use disorder find a path to recovery
The patient fell 40 feet at the Great Falls in Salisbury
Grand County EMS personnel had to create a multistage, complex rope system amidst challenging windy, rainy conditions
Stock up on these bleeding control products and be ready to respond to emergency trauma both on and off duty
Two Catskill EMS employees have resigned after a doorbell video showed their treatment of a patient who had fallen inside an ambulance
Recommendations first made in 1995 explained keeping someone on their chest in prone restraint can dangerously restrict breathing
It鈥檚 important to foster effectiveness, professionalism and excellency; as well as core values of human decency, empathy, kindness and respect
Overland Park firefighters faced a worker buried up to his waist 15 feet below the ground
Report and commentary from the North Carolina EMS Expo 2024
EMT Julia Fatum said she鈥檚 speaking about her attack to fight for better protections for first responders and call for an increase in penalties for assaults
Tuesday鈥檚 theme aims to foster a culture of safety, collaboration and preparedness within the EMS industry and in local communities
Simplifying the patient assessment process for every patient can reduce variability, lower your stress and improve patient care
By working on prescription compliance, smoking cessation and other risk factors, community medics can make a difference in the lives of stroke patients
One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
Investigators determined officers in the ambulance were observers and medics were in charge
Independent pathologist concluded that the bruises on Jameek Lowery鈥檚 face, fractures to his fingers were the result of 鈥渂lunt force trauma鈥
DEA proposal would make marijuana a Schedule III drug but not make it legal for recreational use
Regardless of pushback, providers have a responsibility to put the safety of the patient above all else when on scene
At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, according to the Associated Press
An AP investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in avoidable deaths
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
Independent autopsy of Jameek Lowery counters the state鈥檚 cause of death due to cardiac arrest while under the influence of bath salts
The term has been banned from EMS training with the exception to describe its historical usage
Patients may benefit from air transport when one or more of these needs are identified
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
Use SAMPLE history to assess the patient鈥檚 complaint and make treatment decisions
Two Springfield Township medics have been fired; the fire chief and assistant chief remain on leave
Medway discontinued use of the ambulance service after the patient was forced to walk an 鈥渦nreasonable distance鈥 to the ambulance
Paulding County first responders faced a worker buried up to his neck in a 20-foot deep trench
While lots of people talk about the importance of sleep, they often do not address how to get to sleep
The 25 new recommendations from the National Athletic Trainers鈥 Association are designed to take a more holistic approach to concussion management and how it affects patient care and outcomes