Preventing Overuse Hand, Arm, and Shoulder Injuries in EMS
Introduction
An EMS provider’s job involves frequent lifting and moving of patients, stretchers, and many other objects. The provider is required to help patients in the act of standing, moving, and transferring on a daily basis. Nearly every provider has experienced having to strain to lift a bariatric patient or overexerting to raise a stretcher when his or her partner is helping someone else.
Lifting puts a lot of stress on an EMS provider’s body. Orthopedic specialists often see EMS workers for lifting-related injuries. In 2016, a CDC study found that over 20,000 EMS workers were seen in emergency departments and c...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Robert Devich, BS, NRP Tags: Exclusive Articles Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Operations Source Type: news
Ambulance, Fire Engine Involved in New Jersey Pile-Up
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (NBC New York) - At least a half-dozen vehicles, including a state police SUV, an ambulance and a fire engine, appear to have been involved in a huge wreck in New Jersey, based on footage of the scene from Chopper 4.
Emergency crews responded en masse to Interstate 280, near exit 9, in West Orange after a call about the accident came in shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday. New Jersey State Police said that two troopers were outside their patrol cars investigating an earlier crash on the eastbound side of the highway when the dump truck came barreling in and hit both of them. Both were taken to a hospital....
Source: JEMS Operations - July 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Operations Source Type: news
Active Shooter Training in Florida Goes on Without Ballistic Protection for Hillsborough County Paramedics
Hillsborough County, Fla. (WFLA) - It looked real. 16 first responder agencies swarmed Pizzo Elementary School, training together to deal with a simulated active shooter situation.
Law enforcement wore ballistic protection, Hillsborough paramedics did not. “It was and is never our intent to send any type of medical personnel into any type of scene where there is a threat,” Sheriff Chronister explained.
A powerpoint presentation about this plan obtained by 8 On Your Side states, “Hillsborough Fire Rescue personnel will not have ballistic protection.” MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Operations Equipment & Gear Source Type: news
Diamond Bar, CA Crash
LOUDLABS NEWS - DIAMOND BAR - LASD and LACFD received multiple calls of a two car traffic accident with one vehicle over the side. Once units arrived on scene they located a pick-up truck that over the side down a ledge with one person trapped inside.
Firefighters were able to get the victim out of the truck and into a awaiting ambulance. The victim was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition. They did not locate the second vehicle until they were cleaning up the scene and they saw tire marks going off the cliff on the other side of the street.
Firefighters that were left on scene still immediately...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 29, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Videos Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news
Video: Nine Hurt in Roof Collapse at Houston Construction Site
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Fire Department says nine workers were taken to hospitals after they were injured when part of the roof of a building under construction collapsed.
Firefighters responded to the roof collapse Monday morning at a hotel under construction north of downtown Houston.
Video from local TV stations showed firefighters using a ladder from a truck to bring down some injured workers on stretchers.
Houston Fire Department firefighters respond and investigate a collapsed mid-rise building under construction on 3400 block of North Main Street on Monday, July 29, 2019, in north Houston. (Yi-Chin ...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 29, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Rescue & Vehicle Extrication News Operations Source Type: news
EMScapades, July 29, 2019
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 29, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ben Clincy Tags: Operations Comics Source Type: news
Firefighters, Medics, and Patient Injured in California Ambulance Crash
TURLOCK (CBS13) — An ambulance transporting a patient to a Modesto hospital was struck by another vehicle Thursday evening in Turlock, injuring firefighters and medics.
Police said the crash happened around 9:30 p.m. in the area of N. Golden State and W. Monte Vista. The area is closed indefinitely.
According to officials, three firefighters and two AMR medics were in the ambulance with the patient at the time of the crash. Four of the personnel were injured and transported to an area hospital along with the patient after the crash. MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Source Type: news
Man Steals Texas Ambulance for Food and Cigarettes Run
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KHOU 11) - A man in his 60s was taken into custody early Thursday morning after he allegedly stole an ambulance to make a food and cigarette run.
The ambulance was stolen from outside Cypress Creek Hospital, which is a mental health facility, deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities were able to electronically track the ambulance a couple miles south of there at a gas station on W. Richey at Ella. MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Source Type: news
Care from the Air
What if you need blood, blankets, tourniquets or other key medical supplies at your 3 a.m. incident or MCI?
Already occurring on the campus of WakeMed Hospital System in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the University of Maryland, it may soon be possible to have UPS station a few drones in your supply yard, activate them remotely by an incident commander or supervisor's cell phone, launched, and delivered instantly to latitude/longitude locations in minutes.
Rather than have an employee wake up, dress and drive to your supply station, load urgently needed supplies or medications into an SUV and drive them to your location—a ...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 25, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT P Tags: Exclusive Articles Operations Equipment & Gear Source Type: news
Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting, After Action Report
This comprehensive AAR details the mass casualty incident (MCI) timeline, the response timeline, training the department had already invested in, and more. Some of the report's 93 recommendations include:
Provide additional training, including live exercises on MCI, for leadership at the rank of lieutenant and above, regardless of assignment.
Maintain monthly meetings with key stakeholders in the tourism industry.
Provide response training to hotel and casino industry stakeholders as well as community partners, schools, churches and those supporting critical infrastructure.
Supply officers with training and equipment to m...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 25, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Major Incidents News Terrorism & Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incidents Operations Administration and Leadership Source Type: news
Ambulance Crash Closes Interstate in Ohio
CINCINNATI (WCPO) - The scene of a crash involving an ambulance has been cleared from the roadway, according to transportation officials.
Northbound Interstate 75 had been closed at the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway for a serious accident at about noon on Tuesday.
All lanes and the ramp from I-75 to Galbraith Road are reopen to drivers. MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 24, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Source Type: news
Navicent Health Medical Center Profiles Pediatric Ambulances
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) - As an intensive care unit on wheels, Navicent Health Medical Center's pediatric ambulances serve all across the midstate.
When the green, blue and red ambulances pull up, experts say they're prepared. Instead of a regular ambulance, the pediatric ambulances are equipped with a full team.
And when they arrive at the hospital, the child in need is already in the care of the Navicent team. MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 23, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Operations Source Type: news
New Jersey Nursing Home Evacuated in Heat Wave
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Residents of a southern New Jersey nursing home have returned to their rooms after a malfunctioning air conditioning system forced them to be evacuated for several hours during the weekend heat wave.
Officials say 183 residents of Voorhees Care and Rehabilitation were evacuated Sunday afternoon while repairs were made. Most were taken across the street to Eastern High School, while some went to other medical facilities.
Residents returned to the center around 8 p.m. Sunday. Officials say at least one patient was taken to a hospital, though it wasn't clear if that case was heat-related.
Officials sai...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 23, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News AP News Tag Operations Source Type: news
USAR Training with Colorado Task Force 1
West Metro Fire Rescue - Members of Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) spent a week in early June in Indiana, training in earthquake rescue.
They joined about a dozen other urban search and rescue teams from the U.S. and also Canada and Australia.
At the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, they were able to test themselves in several skill sets- recon, search (canine and technical), collapse rescue, confined space operations, high angle rescue, water rescue operations, hazmat operations, communications, and medical- to name a few.
Task force members work for fire agencies all over Colorado's Front Range. West Metro is the...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 22, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Rescue & Vehicle Extrication News Operations Source Type: news
Four Injured in South Carolina Ambulance Crash
FLORENCE COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – An ambulance was involved in a crash that sent four people to the hospital Sunday evening.
Florence County Emergency Medical Services tell News13, an EMS ambulance was responding to the report of a traffic incident near Lake City that involved a motorcycle around 7:40 p.m.
While on their way to this incident the ambulance collided with a passenger vehicle at the intersection of Ron McNair Blvd. and Thomas Street in Lake City. MORE
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Source: JEMS Operations - July 22, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Operations Source Type: news
