An EMS Approach to Community Risk Reduction
What is community risk reduction, how can EMS providers become involved in it, and what should they understand about education to do so? These are big questions, but the answers can lead us toward saf...
16 Touko 202224min
The Extra Mile: Lenco Gets Lifesaving Care Where It’s Needed
Responders who have answered large-scale acts of violence may be familiar with Lenco's BearCat tactical armored vehicle for military and law enforcement operations. For a more medical slant on such si...
3 Touko 202223min
A Cleaner Patient Compartment
Deadly fires helped lead to fire codes. Drug tampering led to sealed bottles. What new safeguards will the long tail of COVID-19 bring? One possible answer is increased attention to cleaning and disin...
26 Huhti 202217min
A User’s Guide to FirstNet
American emergency services are now closer than ever to full communications interoperability thanks to FirstNet, the nationwide broadband wireless network conceived a decade ago and operational since ...
18 Huhti 202222min
Telehealth and Telemedicine: What the Future Will Hold
It's been more than 15 years since General Devices' initial demonstration of streaming live video from the back of an ambulance to EMS physicians at the Gathering of Eagles conference. Telehealth and ...
3 Maalis 202222min
EMS and the PD: Optimize the Interface
With EMS facing personnel shortages, units going out of service, and climbing response times, the ability of our law enforcement partners to absorb key segments of the medical mission is more importan...
28 Helmi 202225min
Interoperability: The Struggle Is Real
Interoperability: Everyone says they want it, yet true interconnectedness among agencies and providers remains elusive. What's really preventing it? In this third podcast in a series sponsored by Veri...
9 Helmi 202220min
Helping Hands for the Heart
Bystanders often play a key role in successful outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and among our jobs is raising their awareness and reducing their fear so they can act when needed. In this s...
8 Helmi 202218min
