When they think about maintaining their safety on the job, Emergency Medical Personnel, EMTs, Paramedics, nurses & social workers always want to know: Is it possible to predict who will be violent? What can [...]
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Dangers Faced by Emergency Medical Personnel
EMS Workers Face Many Dangers
By: Dave’s EMS Headquarters
It never entered my mind when I began my career as a Paramedic, that my career would be shortened after becoming the victim of violence. But in fact my career was in fact shortened because I was assaulted by a patient who had overdosed on illegal narcotics and [...]
Safety strategies for EMS
How to Stay Safe
By: Dave Heuthe
How can we as EMTs and paramedics stay safe? Our job puts us in potentially dangerous situations every day. We deal with the public in a similar way that the police do. People call us for help and they expect us to solve problems or resolve disputes that they can’t [...]
