Community Awareness
Explore our directory of articles on Community Awareness in EMS, designed to help professionals engage and educate the public about emergency services and safety practices. This collection covers public outreach, safety campaigns, and partnerships with community organizations. Building community awareness is essential for fostering trust and cooperation between EMS providers and their communities. For related insights, check out our resources on Community. Enhance your community engagement strategies with expert-driven content.
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Community collaboration, harm reduction models and policy changes can ease the burden on EMS workers and improve patient outcomes
With call volumes up 55%, Walla Walla shifts to local funding to add EMTs and paramedics
Gainesville Fire Rescue鈥檚 Krista Ott and David Sutton share how to tell your story to stakeholders
The communication lines in EMS make it the mobile solution to bring the ER and lifesaving care to the patients
During Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, the nonprofit is gathering AED location data for its registry
San Diego鈥檚 EMS service is now adding cover letters to clarify that forms requiring patient signatures for insurance reimbursements are not bills
鈥淚 needed to help them. I needed to make sure that our people were good and we could take care of these people, and that鈥檚 why I chose to stay.鈥�
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center
USAR teams have been deployed to a staging area, and local fire departments have been issuing safety reminders to their communities
The trend of cooking chicken in the cold medicine could lead to an overdose of acetaminophen
Data analysis pinpoints at-risk populations that can be targeted for community risk reduction strategies 鈥� if your agency has the bandwidth
鈥淪ix Minutes to Live or Die鈥� has been re-released in honor of the newspaper鈥檚 40th birthday
Alexia Jobson and Mark Tenia discuss communicating effectively with the media
Boulder鈥檚 plan for lower acuity calls resembles those in several other states and is expected to reduce the city鈥檚 call volume by 8% to 10%
According to an Associated Press poll, nearly 8 in 10 people say they are at least moderately concerned about getting access to quality health care when they need it
We should be out of excuses by now
The name and address of the patient were blurred, but other personal details were shared by the employee; AMR is investigating the incident
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Let people know how to stay safe in the sun and heat, in the water and on the road
Poor decisions impact the public trust in the agency and the profession
Allentown EMS have been given iPads equipped with access to Lehigh Valley Health Network鈥檚 live video medical language interpreting service
EMS agencies focus on patient care, but customer service is equally important
Fairfield Mayor Jamie Paden, who also is a volunteer EMT, said many calls could be less severe or prevented if the patient simply had access to regular care
Lakewood EMS鈥� STEADI initiative aims to reduce the number of calls related to senior citizen falls
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
The AJPlus video covers issues such as funding, dangers paramedics and EMTs face, response times and lengthening travel times to hospitals
The agency鈥檚 鈥淥peration Engage鈥� program, which was kickstarted last year, looks to educate the community on overdose symptoms and how to respond
Former Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling says he has a new perspective on life after nearly drowning
鈥淚t鈥檚 not that millennials and alphas don鈥檛 want to work; it鈥檚 that they don鈥檛 want to be lied to anymore, and let鈥檚 be honest: EMS has been living a lie for too long.鈥�
This week鈥檚 photo highlights Durham County EMS鈥� support for Pride Month, featuring a crew member in a custom rainbow-themed shirt
Crews with Richmond Ambulance Authority participated in a spontaneous CPR/AED demonstration in coordination with the American Heart Association of Virginia
Members of MercyOne Air Med donated blood during a joint event with LifeServe Blood Center; crews assisted in collecting 234 units of blood, which will save 702 lives
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