Rapid Response
The Rapid Response topic features expert analysis on recent news events. These in-depth articles also provide EMS agencies and leaders with top takeaways to learn from and relevant resources to bring back and implement within your own agency to always be prepared.
The shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Ca., Borderline Bar & Grill is another blow to first responders in communities impacted by mass violence
What are the potential public policy, legislation, social service and healthcare actions fire/EMS providers should advocate to prevent mass shootings?
Despite the shooter鈥檚 despicable intent and multiple murders, he becomes another patient to triage, treat and transport
Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
USAR task forces and fire department swiftwater teams conduct rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene
We must consider patient evacuation, resource allocation and training ourselves and our communities in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Trump
Practical takeaways from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting for initial treatment and safe transportation
A New York man collapsed on a sidewalk after police ordered him to exit an ambulance where he is alleged to have assaulted an EMS provider
Train your communities to identify, call out and respond to active threats
Local EMS leaders said that a recent pay increase may help, but they cited burnout, attacks and industry-wide staffing struggles
The Cool Branch Volunteer Rescue Department now has full-time and part-time EMTs and paramedics plus volunteers
Maryland physician describes the current pediatric bed crisis as 鈥渇ar worse than the worst days of the adult critical care bed crunch during COVID鈥�
Broward Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael B. Kane: 鈥淭esting could not empirically establish that the fire station alerting system worked properly at the time鈥�
The dangers to EMTs/medics are less well known to the general public than firefighting, even at times to the agencies where they work
Unprovoked killing of Lt. Alison Russo-Elling is a tragic reminder that EMS providers are putting their lives at risk for choosing to serve their community
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
Sevyn Schatzman-Chase was two days old when she stopped breathing; her mother dialed 911 and her father started chest compressions
Boulder Fire-Rescue Chief Mike Calderazzo said the goal is to bring response times down from a high of 11 minutes to about six minutes
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Focusing on swift triage, being good at the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
Morgan County EMS says Keenan Blair鈥檚 death is being investigated
The CERA application is designed to connect police and EMS providers with teachers, students and others in life-threatening situations
The investment into Greenfield Ambulance鈥檚 partnership with Corinth EMS will remove confusion for dispatchers and better serve residents, officials say
House Bill 296 also calls for a change in regulatory authority but offers no help with staffing or ambulances
The union accuses local government officials of excluding EMTs, paramedics from offering input
In its first 18 days, the pilot program in Columbus handled 56 incidents, sending EMS providers to non-threatening calls that would otherwise go to police
Native Air moves its helicopters to Carlsbad Medical Center, crews will carry 2 units of blood, plasma on board
Violent incidents in NYC and Arkansas are grim reminders that medics are regularly threatened, attacked and harmed by the people they have been called to assist
What the ILCOR recommendations for managing infection risks during CPR and intubation of patients who may be infected with SARS-CoV-2 mean for EMS
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