Inside EMS Podcast: Dangers to EMS Providers

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, including violence against EMS providers and the case of a Texas ambulance crew wrecking when the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

We’d like to hear your opinion:

Is it time to end 48-hour shifts? If you work them and like them, how do you justify the risk of fatigued EMS personnel at the wheel, and working on patients?

Is there a place for 48-hour in low volume systems? If so, does your agency have a fatigue mitigation policy for those days where you don’t get adequate rest?

Listen to the show, and give us your thoughts.