This Week in EMS: Haiti Medical & Rescue Response...Risk Management...Scene Safety
More than 250 medical personnel are in the process of deploying to Haiti and over 12,000 personnel could possibly assist in the coming days.
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HHS Deploying U.S. Medical Personnel to Haiti
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated the National Disaster Medical System and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. More than 250 personnel are in the process of deploying to Haiti and over 12,000 personnel could possibly assist in the coming days.
Va. USAR Team Rescue Man in Haiti
A 15-member rescue squad worked for five hours using a jack hammer and buckets to remove blocks of concrete and debris surrounding a security worker trapped in the rubble of the United Nations compound in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti Quake Aftermath: Hotels Used as Hospitals
Bodies lined the streets while hotels were converted into makeshift hospitals across Haiti's shattered capital, Port-au-Prince, as the world geared up for a major humanitarian effort in the wake of the earthquake that devastated the desperately poor Caribbean nation.
The Corner Office: Practical Management for EMS Leaders
An Introduction to Risk Management for EMS
There is risk in everything we do. There is risk in ambulance operations, both 9-1-1 and nonemergency services, each having their own peculiarities. The goal of any risk management program is to reduce an agency's exposure to risk and provide a safe environment for its employees, visitors and patients. The results of a well-functioning risk management plan should be a reduction in hazards that add to the bottom-line costs of doing business and protection of the physical and financial assets of the organization.
Industry Best Practices
At Dyersburg State (TN) Community College, People Care by Thom Dick is required reading for all EMT students in its multi-campus program. The reading is followed by an end-of-semester term paper in which students discuss the book. Learn how one student broadened his perspective of EMS care after reading the book.
Training & Resources
Do you ever get the feeling something is just not right? When that happens, use these tips to help keep you safe and sound on the streets.
"Notes on Trauma" is a new monthly column that will discuss science, education, training and legislation relating to trauma care from across the nation and around the world.
Featured Article
Sowing the Seeds: Employment Expectations of Paramedic Students
In March 2008, EMS Magazine published a study conducted by the EMS office at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL, that surveyed a large number of EMT-Basic students to investigate their expectations of a career in EMS. With recruitment and retention issues still one of the biggest challenges for the EMS profession, the study investigators wanted to expand their research to examine EMT-Paramedic students. This article outlines their findings.
Continuing Education
Because EMS agencies respond to requests for assistance due to abdominal pain, providers should have a basic understanding of abdominal anatomy, as well as the conditions that can result in abdominal pain or discomfort. This month's CE article provides a general overview of abdominal pathology.
This CE activity is approved by EMS Magazine, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1.5 CEUs.
Industry News
General Devices Introduces e-Net Messenger
e-Net Messenger represents an entirely new way for emergency medicine to network and communicate.
Featured Job
Paramedic, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
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