NHTSA's Office of Emergency Medical Services has published a final report titled "Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System." Created with help from stakeholder groups ...

While the majority of emergency medical services (EMS) and fire-rescue agencies provide emergency care to children, pediatric calls are rare. In fact, because many agencies see fewer than eight ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

The Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST) at Drexel University just launched the COVID-19 RAPID Mental Health Assessment (RAPID), funded in part by the US Federal Emergency ...

Editor’s note: The following story is the second of three about the release of the Cass County EMS Assessment presented to Cass County Board of Commissioners last month. The first story, published Aug ...

National EMS pilots group formalizes risk-assessment plan In response to the rash of helicopter accidents experienced over the past few years by the medical transport industry, the National Emergency ...