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Overcoming Safety Culture Challenges
Over the years one of the dynamic shifts that I can readily attest to in EMS has been the increased focus on both patient and provider safety. While there have been significant improvements made...
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Stop. Think. Connect.
October is National Cyber-Security Awareness Month. The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance have launched the Stop. Think. Connect. Cyber Security...
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Have You Read The Bad Blog Post About Us?
Recently I’ve gotten quite a few direct messages on Twitter that go something like this: I saw a real bad blog about you, you seen this? http://suspicious.ru If you get a similar message like this, as...
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Crash Test Medic
Still don’t think wearing your seatbelt in the back of the ambulance is needed? This video shows what happens in the back when there is a frontal 50 KM/H impact on an ambulance. I dropped an “Oh...
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#EMS Injury Helped Advance #OWS Raid – Judge Purposefully Puts #EMS At Risk
I woke up this morning to the news that the clearing of the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park was underway via a NotifyNYC (NYC Office of Emergency Management) and CNN tweets. With the...
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#FDNY Medic’s Mom Speaks Out Against #OWS
While it may not have been “cool” for your mom to fight your battles in the schoolyard, the school didn’t have a “thou shalt not talk to the media regarding departmental business unless we give you...
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#EMSWorldExpo: Strategies To Prepare Students For Street Violence
“The way we define scene safety in the next 5 years is going to change.“ - Dan Limmer During EMS World Expo there was a Learning Center in the Exhibit Hall. The talks given there were approximately 30...
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#EMSWorldExpo: Distraction Is Deadly
“The idea of multi-tasking is a myth.“ - Greg Friese One of the great things about attending EMS World Expo are the number of presentations offered across a variety of tracks at the conference. One of...
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Disturbingly Graphic Distracted Driving PSA Released By NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released this graphic PSA on the dangers of distracted driving: One of the criticisms I have with these types of PSAs is that they focus...
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Colorado Considers Their EMTs And Paramedics As Dispensable
Recently the State Congress of Colorado has hesitated in their passing of a law that would afford EMTs and Paramedics the same legal protections as police and firefighters against assaults. In the...
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Medic Denied PTSD Care After Line Of Duty Deaths
I caught the story on EMS1.com about the Medic denied PTSD claim after watching colleagues die. This story strikes a chord with me because I’ve used the original incident of two medics driving off a...
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FDNY Dispatcher Forbidden From Dropping The “E”-Bomb
Ebola. There. I said it. Now, if I had said it while dispatching a unit for the Fire Department of New York I’d be in a heap of trouble. The New York Post, that bastion of mountains made of mole...
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FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro Witholds CFR Engine Responses From Suspected...
Ebola. There. I said it again. You know who won’t be saying it? The Fire Department of New York’s Certified First Responders onboard the fire engines. In a recent department memo Fire Commissioner...
View ArticleWhen Oxygen Tanks Explode
Remember how in EMT school they taught you how deadly oxygen tanks were? How you had to handle them carefully otherwise you might rupture the tank and how there was no smoking around oxygen because the...
View ArticleOvercoming Safety Culture Challenges
Over the years one of the dynamic shifts that I can readily attest to in EMS has been the increased focus on both patient and provider safety. While there have been significant improvements made...
View ArticleStop. Think. Connect.
October is National Cyber-Security Awareness Month. The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance have launched the Stop. Think. Connect. Cyber Security...
View ArticleHave You Read The Bad Blog Post About Us?
Recently I’ve gotten quite a few direct messages on Twitter that go something like this: I saw a real bad blog about you, you seen this? http://suspicious.ru If you get a similar message like this, as...
View ArticleReported German Ambulance Packed With Explosives Found Outside Soccer Stadium
The Mirror is reporting that a truck disguised as an ambulance packed with explosives was found outside the German national stadium. The game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled and the...
View ArticleFacebook Activates Safety Check During Nigerian Bombing
For the second time in less than one week Facebook has activated the network’s Safety Check feature. The last activation was on 11/13 for the Paris Terrorist Attacks. We’ve activated Safety Check again...
View ArticleVideo: Person Falls Out Of Ambulance While On The Way To The Hospital
Video has emerged from Russia of what appears to be a person falling out of an ambulance while on the way to the hospital. Moscow Today reports that the person, identified as a patient, was being...
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