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This Safety section features strategies for scene safety, safe operations and safe patient care in the emergency medical services. Topics include defensive driving, safe staging, ambulance and vehicle safety, lifting techniques, patient violence, situational awareness and more.
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MONOC's efforts to reduce ambulance collisions are part of a larger worker-safety program.
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Avoiding H1N1: OSHA Offers Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel
To help protect healthcare providers against H1N1, OSHA has released specific guidelines that go beyond its recommendations for the general public.
Escape and Rescue from Submerged Vehicles
First responder agencies need to provide the training necessary to prepare their personnel to respond to incidents involving submerged vehicles.
Combating Distracted Driving
President Obama bans texting while driving for government employees, and DOT pushes states to do likewise.
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- Flight Plans
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- Mass Shooting/Active Shooter First Responder Awareness
- The Value of Restraint
- Reportable Incidents
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- Unmasked
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- Can You See Me Now?
- How Much Is TOO Much?
- Mistaken Identity
- The Air That You Breathe
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- Will They Spit?
- Staging Strategy
- Safety Questions
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