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5 things every stroke hero should know

May 17, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge Leave a Comment

5 things every stroke hero should know

One of the saddest things I had to do as a Paramedic was respond to Stroke calls. I did this for 24 years, and every one hit me hard. Do you know what to do?

Filed Under: Emergency, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, Medicine Tagged With: Emergency, Health Family, Medicine, Stroke

Multiple Ways Social Media Can Impact Disaster Response

April 18, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge 2 Comments

Multiple Ways Social Media Can Impact Disaster Response

It is amazing how tech has changed the world today, and even in areas like Disaster Response. Check out this infographic to see some of the stats.

Filed Under: Emergency Preparedness, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured Tagged With: Disaster Response, Emergency Response, Infographic, safety, Social Media

Is Your Child in The Right Car Seat?

April 13, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge 1 Comment

Is Your Child in The Right Car Seat?

Can you honestly answer the question, Is Your Child in The Right Car Seat? if you can, great, share this with others, if not, read below, and find out more!

Filed Under: EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, Safety Tagged With: Car Seat, Children, Emergency, Kids, safety

Unmanned Aerial Systems in Search and Rescue Operations

March 18, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge Leave a Comment

Unmanned Aerial Systems in Search and Rescue Operations

Search and Rescue may have some new tools to do their jobs better. Paramedics, Firefighters, and S&R personnel everywhere will have drones for rescue.

Filed Under: EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Safety Tagged With: Emergency, Fire Departments, Paramedics, Rescue, safety, Search and Rescue

MacGill’s First Aid Kit – How did it fare?

February 15, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge 121 Comments

MacGill's First Aid Kit - How did it fare? Check out this First Aid Kit Review from MacGill Is it the first aid kit for you?

Picking out the right first aid kit for your home, car, boat, or office is an important task not to be taken lightly. Learn. Share.

Filed Under: Emergency Preparedness, Emergency/Survival, Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Emergency, First Aid, First Aid Kit, Home, Review, safety

Light Up Your Life With LuminAid – Light When You Need It

January 29, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge 55 Comments

Luminaid Portable Inflatable Solar Powered Lights - Check out the review and see how these can impact your life and the lives of others from around the world. Great for emergencies, camping, traveling, and so much more.

LuminAid creates some innovative and unique lighting solutions that are solar powered and portable. Help others around the world by donating one as well. Check out the review.

Filed Under: Emergency, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency/Survival, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, Geeky Items, General, Gift Ideas, Reviews, Safety, Travel Tagged With: Emergency, Gift Idea, Luminaid, Portable, Rechargeable, Review, safety, Solar Light

Shortage of ambulances on Cleveland streets – Cleveland EMS

January 19, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge Leave a Comment

Shortage of ambulances on Cleveland streets - Cleveland EMS Is the City of Cleveland running enough Ambuolance to keep the city safe? Paramedic, EMT, EMS, Safety

Cleveland EMS has seen it’s share of situations where Ambulances were not in good repair, or out of service. Public Safety is paramount, let’s fix this!

Filed Under: Emergency, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, News Stories, Paramedics, Safety Tagged With: Ambulances, City of Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland EMS, EMT, Paramedic, safety

Cleveland EMS crews ordered to wear bulletproof vests at all times

January 8, 2016 by Tom Shewbridge 6 Comments

Cleveland EMS crews ordered to wear bulletproof vests at all times

Working at Cleveland EMS for 5 years taught me one thing. It can be dangerous out there some times. Bullet Proof Vests are required.

Filed Under: Emergency, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, Paramedics, Safety Tagged With: #ohio, Ambulance, Bullet Proof Vest, Cleveland, Cleveland EMS, EMT, Paramedic, safety

Spot from Globalstar Reaches Major Milestone With 4000th Rescue

December 15, 2015 by Tom Shewbridge Leave a Comment

Spot Gen3 Location and Emergency Device, great for those who do alot of hiking, or traveling, and might need help or response to an emergency.

The Spot Device from Globalstar has helped so many people. With a device like this you can be rest assured that if you need help, someone will find you.

Filed Under: Emergency, Emergency Preparedness, EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, Safety Tagged With: Emergency Preparedness, Globalstar, safety, Spot

Cleveland EMS – 40 Years Ago Today Was Their First Emergency Call

October 13, 2015 by Tom Shewbridge 1 Comment

Cleveland EMS - 40 Years Ago Today Was Their First Call What an amazing achievement for a fantastic City. So proud to say I was part of some of it.

40 years ago today, Cleveland EMS took it’s first 911 call. I am honored to say I worked with Cleveland EMS for 5 years and am proud of the history.

Filed Under: EMS/EMT/Paramedic, Featured, News Tagged With: 9/11, City of Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland EMS, Emergency, EMS

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