Disaster Management
Every day is a good day to understand the impact of climate change, reduce our emissions and self-treat our stress with a dose of nature
An Illinois service partnered with the health department to vaccinate vulnerable populations in homeless shelters, nursing homes, jails and congregate living facilities
Our co-hosts discuss the mounting obstacles for EMS during the unprecedented winter weather with Chief Rodriguez and how they are preparing for the future
The 106,000-square-foot, 14-bed hospital is being built to hurricane design specifications established by Miami-Dade County鈥攕ome of the strictest in the country
The Medical Reserve Corps organizes medical and public health professionals to serve as volunteers in case of disaster
鈥淚t鈥檚 currently the largest emergency operations center in the state of Alabama,鈥� 911 director Rod Coleman said
The ballistic gear allows firefighters and paramedics into the 鈥渨arm zone鈥� alongside law enforcement to quickly provide life-saving first aid
Washington County EMS called the crisis a 鈥渕ass casualty incident,鈥� and 27 concert-goers were transported to the hospital
麻豆蜜桃mv在线观看.com Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese speaks about how disasters can have an emotional toll on first responders
The Story County Sheriff鈥檚 Office has launched its Defibs Save Lives campaign, which aims to ensure that the county becomes a heart safe community
Paul Stiegler, OnStar鈥檚 medical director, spent more than three decades as a top-rated ER physician
The West End Community Ambulance rig rolled down an embankment after crashing while moving through a heavy storm
The Oshkosh Fire Department will use a grant to purchase 10 sets of ballistic vests, helmets and accessories
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
The 鈥淪top the Bleed鈥� app, which is free of charge, was designed to teach the public how to save lives in an emergency
During a six-hour class Thursday, the Calhoun County School System nurses heard from medical professionals about the best wound-care techniques to use
The new trauma kits, which are tested on Afghanistan battlefields, include tourniquets, hyfin vents that can be applied to a chest wound and medicated gauze
A recent report claims that well over 4,500 people in Puerto Rico died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its aftermath
Senate Bill 833 would require local emergency officials to follow first-ever statewide standards for public warnings
These concepts will yield more prepared, capable and resilient communities
The 911 landscape has changed as acts of mass violence and other multi-caller/multi-victim high-threat incidents begin to increase
Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI鈥檚 ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
The MedStat ASAP MS250 is an all-wheel-drive utility vehicle that is the size of a Mini Cooper but can transport EMTs, a patient and a full-size cot
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports another Ebola outbreak, is EMS prepared with proper protocols and PPE?
All organizations should develop an emergency action plan and train to respond to active shooter scenarios
Dustin Talacko wants to raise $25,000 to make emergency response vehicles more prepared for mass casualty incidents
NFPA 3000 isn鈥檛 a tactical document or a policies and procedures manual; it鈥檚 a framework to develop programs that integrate planning, response and recovery to active shooter hostile events
Mecklenburg County Commissioner Pat Cotham said it鈥檚 鈥渄isappointing鈥� that half of the county鈥檚 ambulance fleet has engine issues
Strategies for pre-planning and day-of execution of a successful active shooter drill or violent threat mass casualty exercise
The three organizations are working together to offer free training during National EMS Week
Lt. Matt Sarrracco said they are using two ATVs, to make their way through tough spots to gain access and to transport patients
Feedback will be accepted through June 30, 2018
The new team is made up of eight paramedics who will now be on the front lines with firefighters and police officers