E.V.E.N.T. or the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool is a reporting web site launched in 2012. Backed by a long list of prestigious supporters, EVENT was designed to accept anonymous reports of EMS safety concerns in an effort to improve safety across the EMS spectrum. The concept was similar to an airline safety system that accepted "near miss" reports from…
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Which is better: letting pain and muscle spasm immobilize an injured spine or doing it with the same tools we’ve used for decades? Should hypothermia begin DURING the arrest? Do response times make any difference whatsoever in patient outcomes? The answers to these and other hot EMS topics were intensely debated in Dallas last week at the 14th annual Gathering of Eagles, EMS State of the Science Conference.
The U.S. Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors…
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The recent news coverage of Chicago Fire Department losing big bucks to unreimbursed refusal of transport calls is not a problem unique to Chicago. Sure, asthmatics will call for an albuterol treatment when caught without their own medications and some hypoglycemic patients…
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The recently released Warner Bros. movie, Contagion details the fictional outbreak of a deadly and highly contagious novel respiratory virus. While some aspects of the movie are improbable, a major outbreak of a deadly disease could really happen. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was extensively involved in the production of Contagion which was partially filmed at their headquarters in Atlanta. If anyone…
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The NFPA 1917 Standard for Automotive Ambulances draft closed for comment in December 2010 and the Committee met in Dallas during February 2011 to review the 1,785 comments received. Many comments and proposals for change were duplicative: 133 received on Vehicle Data Recorders (VDRs), 136 on maximum top speed of 72 MPH, 131 on estimated in-service vehicle weight, 132 on visual indicators of tire…
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At the January 26, 2011 meeting of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Medical Device Advisory Committee, Circulatory Systems Devices Panel, a recommendation emerged to tighten regulation of AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators). Currently, AEDs are listed as Class III (high risk) medical devices being…
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