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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month

High Performance EMS

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, so High Performance EMS and PulsePoint are encouraging everyone to locate and register Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Participating public safety agencies recommend more than 1,000 nearby AEDs for approximately 800 cardiac arrest events every day!

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National Emergency Response Information System Launched to Modernize Incident Data Collection for American Fire Departments

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NERIS Version 1 will provide fire and EMS departments and first responders with more accurate and actionable post-incident information to better address community needs, support critical decision-making, and improve overall public safety. Fire Administration, the U.S. NERIS will replace the legacy NFIRS data system.

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Decision Engines to Improve Performance

High Performance EMS

Public safety professionals make many critical decisions every day. The decision engine stands as a next-level strategy beyond the traditional decision support system to provide additional consistency and improved efficacy in public safety operations.

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Examining the 2020 Vision of EMS

High Performance EMS

The NHTSA Office of EMS released a significant document last year called the EMS Agenda 2050 that was carefully crafted to set a bold vision for the next 30 years of paramedicine by clearly differentiating the focus of care from its original definition in the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future.

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2024 Ancient Order of St. Florian and St. Michael Inductees: Robert and Kirstiana Dittman

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Dittman Division Chief, Internal Affairs Division, Texas Public Safety and Investigations (TXPSI LLC.) The Public Safety Director converted Chief Dittman to a uniformed position within the agency after his licensure as a Commissioned Security Officer, Private Investigator, and Personal Protection Officer in 2023.

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Wave 2024 Recap: Top 6 Key Topics in EMS & Fire Industries

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From April 2-5, the top fire services and EMS industry thought leaders and data analysts gathered at Wave 2024 to share what trends they’re forecasting for both fields and how they’re enacting change within their own organizations through the power of data-driven insights. Data impacts every aspect of duties, from shifts start to end.

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AIMHI Editorial on Expectations and Realities

High Performance EMS

Great OpEd published by AIMHI about how our industry is changing and leading to “EMS On Life Support: The Alarming Gap Between Expectations and Reality.” ” [link] I have been writing a lot this year that “ a stopwatch is not a valid instrument for summarizing the measure of care that a patient receives.