Apparal.com ELKTON, Md. — W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., has launched a new website at www.GoreProtectiveFabrics.com to provide a comprehensive resource for Gore's ...
By Jamie Thompson EMS1 Senior EditorAsk any medic what they look for most in a jacket, storage space will come high on the wish-list. Launched in January, Gerber Outerwear's new ...
HAIX, a leading manufacturer of high quality fire fighting, rescue, and law enforcement footwear, announces the release of the new Airpower R7 to its EMS footwear line up. ...
By Greg FrieseThe ice and snow at the end of driveway broke free just as I began to push our patient, strapped to a stair chair, across to the dry roadway next to ambulance. I ...
By Greg FriesePersonal protective equipment (PPE) is the barrier between EMS professionals and bloodborne pathogens, airborne pathogens, wet and dry chemicals, environmental ...
By Dan WhiteOuterwear is available today in a wide range of styles, certifications, and prices. You can spend from $70 to over $300 for a good EMS coat. With all the different ...
By Jamie Thompson FireRescue1 EditorINDIANAPOLIS — For the past 15 years, Rich Shafer has been keeping everyone from surgeons in the operating theater to race car drivers ...
By Marissa Calligeros The Brisbane TimesQUEENSLAND, Australia — Queensland paramedics have been advised to wear full bio-hazard gear when treating patients with flu-like ...
By Sara Kugler The Associated PressNEW YORK — A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending ...
We are at the beginning of a safety revolution in EMS. As we learn about the dangers our paramedics and EMTs face in the line of duty, it has become increasingly difficult to ...
EMS1 is focusing on news and information about Personal Protective Equipment throughout the month of February 2009. Check out some of these great products ...
By Bruce Schreiner The Associated Press Photo courtesy of WTHI/CBS10 The view from inside a Ind. ambulance following a fire truck shows the icy road conditions that are causing ...
Alamogordo Daily NewsALAMOGORDO, NM — Plunging temperatures are a direct threat to life and limb, especially for elders, small children, the chronically ill, substance ...
Keloland.comSIOUX FALLS, SD — Some jobs just don't allow you to stay warm inside. That's the case for paramedics responding to emergencies. There are lives on the line as ...
By Rick Wills Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewCOLLIER, Pa. — Accident scenes and road construction do not mix well with vehicles traveling at high speeds. Every day, police, ...
Correctly staging vehicle accident scenes with protective barriers and zones is vital in preventing paramedics being hurt, a session was told at EMS EXPO in Las Vegas. ...
In emergency response, it is all about being ready to go — just look at the USAR teams deployed to the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. And for the rest of us? Well, we go to the ...
By Jamie Thompson EMS1 Staff AP Photo/Jeff Roberson The roof collapses on the house where the gunman involved in the shooting was believed to barricaded Monday.The fatal shooting ...
KMBCKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The death of a St. Louis firefighter who was ambushed during a fire call on Monday has local firefighters talking about how to defend themselves.KMBC's ...
By Drew Jubera The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — Metro Atlanta's electrified skies, firing thousands of lightning strikes in recent weeks, have made a lot of locals ...
