The top videos of January included clips educational tips on piercings and airway management, community paramedicine programs and how bystanders can remember CPR through hip-hop
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Officials launch campaign aimed at increasing patient safety awareness
Each topic is delivered in a real-life scenario and concludes with a question to encourage deeper reflection on the reader’s own organizational culture
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Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting lessons for EMS response to MCIs
Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
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Experts discuss issues facing community paramedicine
Leaders from established MIH/CP programs presented their most pressing issues at the NAEMSP conference
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2 dead, 7 hurt after driver crashes into crowd at food truck
A drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times the legal limit lost control of his vehicle and plowed into the crowd
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Lawmakers consider medical vans to help Hawaii homeless
Officials said the vans will cost less than treating the state’s homeless residents at hospitals
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Pa. man reunited with responders who saved him
Doctors said Bill Malloy suffered a cardiac event known as the “widow-maker”
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Community paramedicine growth, payment explained at Wis. EMS conference
The evolution of EMS has led to the rise of community paramedicine to address the patient and hospital need for mobile, integrated and high-quality health care
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Emerging trends in EMS grants
In 2017, expect substance abuse, mental illness, innovative technology and collaborative solutions to be top trends in EMS grant funding
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What color uniform should paramedics wear?
Applying the lessons learned from research about uniform colors in other industries to EMS
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