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Center for Patient Safety Releases EMSFORWARD 360 Resource

EMSFORWARD 360 is part of an ongoing campaign to develop awareness, understanding and action to improve your organization's safety culture. The 12 topics covered in this booklet are based on a tool used to measure patient safety culture in EMS. EMS professionals interested in improving their agency's culture of safety should discuss the questions around each topic and create action st...

Larry Bennett Releases Free EMS Law Textbook

Larry Bennett, program chair for fire science and emergency management at the University of Cincinnati, publishes a monthly Fire & EMS and Safety Law newsletter. You can subscribe by e-mailing lawrence.bennett@uc.edu or read the latest edition here. Find this case and more in his section on EMS cases.

Patient Liability in the EMS Industry

Integra Connect provides useful tips on how EMS providers can better handle revenue cycle management as they are impacted by increasing patient responsibility. To download this PDF, click here.

Whitepaper: How to Become an EMS Administrator

Have you ever thought about becoming an EMS administrator? EMS administrators manage teams, optimize operations and facilitate communications in life-and-death situations. What does it take to become an effective EMS administrator? This whitepaper from Columbia Southern University walks you through the educational and training steps to take this career step.

Tex. Fire Dept. Releases Position Statement on Managing Patients with Potential Spinal Injuries

Recent literature, and a joint position statement published by the American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma, and the National Association of EMS Physicians have called into question the practice of using the long spineboard with a rigid cervical collar for spinal motion restriction. Research based out of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council has demonstrated superior ...

AHA Releases Severity-Based Stroke Triage Algorithm for EMS

For more information on stroke care guidelines and studies provided by Mission: Lifeline Stroke, click here.

Stroke Diagnostic Tool Saves Time and Brain

The International Academies of Dispatch Research (IAED) recently released a summary of current stroke research that examined how dispatchers can make a difference in patient outcomes. Research on emergency medical dispatchers' use of a Stroke Diagnostic Tool shows how early identification and pre-alert points for strokes improve patient outcomes. The tool helps dispatchers identify t...

The Mayor`s Task Force to Combat the Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia

"We have to be smarter and more compassionate," says Philadelphia Mayor James F. Kenney, addressing the worsening opioid epidemic plaguing the United States. While heroin abuse in this country is a longstanding issue, addiction and mortality rates have skyrocketed in recent years. This is primarily due to the increase in doctors prescribing opioid medications to help patients manage ...

Whitepaper: Electronic Controlled Substance Tracking in EMS

Establishing and maintaining a secure means of tracking dispensed pharmaceuticals has come under heightened scrutiny in recent years, and EMS is no different.

The Missing Link in Ventilation-Centered Airway Management

Contaminants in the airway can impede oxygenation and ventilation, and there's no real standard way to manage them. Invented by a leading physician, Nasco Healthcare's Life/form SALAD (for suction-assisted laryngoscopy airway decontamination) simulation system can help improve caregivers' readiness and effectiveness at managing soiled airways. This white paper from Nasco Healthcare ex...

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CAPCE Receives Half a Million Submissions in March 2023

03/31/2023

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The number of CE course completions marks the largest single month in the accrediting organization’s history.

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One for the Road: Don't Be Fooled: Bell's Palsy vs. Stroke

05/10/2023

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Unilateral facial droop is a basically a slam dunk for stroke, right? Not always.

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Pinellas County Partners With ImageTrend for Integrated EMS and Fire Data Management

05/31/2023

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ImageTrend, LLC. has been selected by Pinellas County Safety & Emergency Services to provide integrated EMS and fire data management solutions for its 18 Fire Rescue Departments and Sunstar EMS.

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Workplace Violence Poses a ‘Wicked’ Problem for EMS Responders

06/26/2023

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The consequences of violence in the field can be life-threatening, especially for emergency first responders. But addressing communication challenges and overcoming structural barriers can help us find a solution.

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New Santa Cruz County Program Enlists Paramedics in Fight Against Opioids

07/21/2023

By PK Hattis, Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Santa Cruz County Emergency Medical Services has launched a new program to expand the distribution of the opioid treatment drug buprenorphine by emergency responders.

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