Why a personal connection opens your mind to the patient as a person
January 28, 2019
EMS providers are more than personal space invaders. The connections we form with the patient can be the key to creating an environment of healing
EMS quality improvement through clinical specialty teams
January 28, 2019
Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change
Documentary highlights private Mexican ambulances
January 27, 2019
“Midnight Family” follows the Ochoa family in Mexico City, who run an ambulance company in a city where only 45 government-run ambulances serve 9 million residents
Ind. dispatcher helps boy who called 911 after ‘bad day at school’
January 27, 2019
Lafayette dispatcher Antonia Bundy helped the boy with fractions after he said he had a “really bad day” because he had “tons of homework”
Mo. ambulance service experiments with 48-hour shift schedule
January 27, 2019
Cole County Ambulance Service EMS providers work two consecutive 24-hour shifts, followed by four days off
Increasing your career options with more education
January 27, 2019
Due to on-the-job injury, family demands or burnout, many EMS professionals eventually need to find work outside of EMS
Lawsuit: Amazon delayed calling 911 for worker who had fatal heart attack
January 27, 2019
The lawsuit claims workers waited about 25 minutes before calling 911after Thomas Becker fell ill, even though there’s a fire station about a half-mile away
Ind. fire dept. develops PTSD peer support network
January 27, 2019
The Anderson Fire Department developed a peer support network with about 20 firefighters and EMS providers available to help anyone struggling with PTSD
Calif. college gives students a glimpse at career in emergency dispatch
January 27, 2019
Pairing simulations with a classroom environment, students in Hancock College's dispatcher course learn how to funnel all the information first responder need
Pa. program decreases opioid use for spine surgery patients
January 26, 2019
New protocol virtually did away with pain pumps, devices that allow patients to dose themselves with morphine after surgery