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Q1 2013 EVENT Reports Posted

I hope you can take a few moments to read the near miss and incident reports your EMS colleagues are sharing with the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool. Learn more about EVENT on episode 164 of the EMSEduCast podcast. I received this email update on the 1st Quarter 2013 reports: We have posted the summary […]

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EMS and Guns: Posts A’Blazing

Last week I wrote two questions about EMS and concealed carry weapons. Many other EMS bloggers have been writing on this topic. But before I link to their posts I want to point out this recent article, Flight Attendant’s gun goes off at airport security in Philadelphia. The flight attendant was a permitted concealed carry […]

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Operations

Press Release: International EMS Adverse Event Reporting Website

The Center for Leadership, Innovation and Research in EMS (CLIR), along with its sponsoring organizations – the EMS Chiefs of Canada, the National EMS Management Association and the North Central EMS Institute – announced a new patient safety initiative. The EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool (EVENT) provides an anonymous tool for EMS providers and others […]