Hennepin Healthcare is phasing out the use of handcuffs by its paramedics to secure unruly patients, after its leaders checked and discovered that its urban ambulance agency was among the last in the ...
Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...
Prosecutors released new evidence against the Illinois EMS workers accused of killing their patient. An audio recording from the ambulance showed one EMS worker refusing to take vital signs. An expert ...
The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...
Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...
Prosecutors charged a local first responder accused of battering a belligerent patient during a run last month. Jeramy G. Goodnight, 42, of Columbus, is charged with official misconduct, a Level 6 ...
Nearly four years after his patient died following a police altercation, a South Carolina paramedic is publicly questioning ketamine, the sedative he injected into the patient's arm before the man ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback