Technology
The technology topic will keep you up to speed on new EMS technologies including improved emergency communications and high-tech EMS technologies.
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Taking the concept of the right care, to the right person at the right resource to a new level
Cedars-Sinai鈥檚 Dr. Joseph Schwab on paving the way for advanced personalized medicine
The feature picked up the hard fall that Bob Burdett sustained and alerted 911, who located him and transported him to a hospital
Since the county went from four 911 centers to one, costs have increased, staff have unionized and technology is blamed for dispatch delays
Lessons learned from Houston鈥檚 ETHAN program can help your agency design, launch and manage a telemedicine program for your community
Researchers suggest early recruitment efforts to improve the lack of diversity in EMS, which has cultural divide, communication implications
Researchers have taught Amazon鈥檚 Alexa and Apple鈥檚 Siri to recognize the unique auditory signature of agonal breathing that heralds early cardiac arrest
Using ODMAP, law enforcement and public health can input, monitor and track overdose data using times, dates and locations
The fire department will use the funds to replace power stretchers and stretcher hoists in its ambulance fleet
The Bella Vista Fire and EMS Department among first in the nation to launch cerebral oximetry machines in two of its ambulances
The current analog-based system would be upgraded to an all-digital radio system
The City of Austin will hire seven new paramedics and three clinicians to be better prepared to answer mental health calls
The $322,000 grant also will be used to send 55 firefighters and 10 officers to EMT and mass casualty incident response training
The Search & Rescue Data Collector Tool allows first responders to capture real-time information, enabling command leadership to see where resources are needed
The money will help fund renovation, hardware, equipment and associated technology costs for the call center
Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Mid-State Technical College partnered to open a simulation center to train healthcare professionals
The tool will be able to give first responders real-time text and visuals from social media, as well as from surveillance cameras and sensors
It鈥檚 crucial that first responders are better equipped to respond to increasing mental health incidents
911 callers were put on hold and transferred, and the emergency radio system froze due to excessive traffic during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center
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FirstNet officials attended individual engagements, workshops and summits with first responders to ensure the roadmap meets responders鈥� communication needs
California received the largest award in the country, totaling $11,399,076 to improve its 911 centers
The study found some of the system鈥檚 equipment to send and boost radio signals is no longer being manufactured or supported by manufacturers
EMS providers will get 90 modems and data plans for units to transmit electrocardiograms from the field
Paramedics used the app to quickly identify victims during a joint mass casualty drill and categorized patients based on injury
Considering all the options available, re-usable vs. single-use devices and how your decision will last long into the future will help you make the right purchasing decisions today
Now EMS providers can directly monitor their risk of life-threatening conditions
Jay Fitch, PhD, explains the importance of disruption for EMS to innovate and prepare for the rapid change coming to the industry
The instrument allows medics to insert a tube into a patient鈥檚 lungs using a special blade with a camera attached to it.
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The county will start using AT&T wireless phone services and will save $360 a month compared to the Verizon rates the county was paying
Santa Clara is the first county in the state to purchase the technology, which will be available to other areas in the event of a natural disaster
Palm Beach County鈥檚 911 planning coordinator estimates that 18 public-safety call-center stations have received about 100 text messages each month
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