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Airway management adjustments in the era of COVID-19
Preventing aerosol-generating procedures while treating prehospital COVID-19 patients
Why paramedic, nursing and medical students got sent home
With limited PPE and the high-patient care demands of COVID-19 patients, most EMT, paramedic, nursing and medical students were sent home from…
COVID-19 by the numbers: Confirmed cases among public safety, local gov
Tracking how the COVID-19 diagnoses in EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, police officers and corrections officers
COVID-19 confirmed cases in public safety, local government
Tracking the COVID-19 diagnoses in EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, police officers, corrections officers and local government officials
How state EMS agencies are handling COVID-19 patients
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the steps organizations are taking to prepare providers for interacting and caring for COVID-19 patients
Seattle opens first COVID-19 testing site for first responders
A Seattle Police Department warehouse will serve as the first testing site in the country reserved for first responders, officials say
COVID-19: What the San Jose Fire Department outbreak means for first responders
As many as 80 firefighters have been self-quarantined in the last few weeks — more than 10% of the department
Photo of the Week: ‘Stay home – we got this’
San Francisco paramedics posed for a panoramic photo with their rigs as they work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic
The gatekeepers: How EMS will save the U.S. healthcare system
Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, outlines the path ahead for EMS in the new normal, community paramedicine’s role and his talks with CMS about…
Stretching your service’s supply of N95 respirators
The CDC has posted NIOSH guidelines for extended use and limited reuse of N95 masks
Customers cheer as FFs, nurse help woman give birth at Walmart
The delivery took place in the toilet paper aisle with the aid of first responders and a customer who happened to be…
FFs, nurse help woman give birth in Walmart toilet paper aisle
Customers cheered as firefighters and a labor nurse who happened to be in the store helped deliver the baby girl