Field Resources Archives - American Ambulance Association https://ambulance.org/category/field-resources/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:24:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ambulance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-newaaalogosquare-32x32.png Field Resources Archives - American Ambulance Association https://ambulance.org/category/field-resources/ 32 32 132285478 Publicly Bid Medical Equipment Contracts https://ambulance.org/2022/08/02/savvik-publicly-bid-medical-equipment-contracts/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:18:45 +0000 https://ambulance.org/?p=373913     Savvik has publicly bid contracts with MME! These contracts are free and legal to use in all 50 states!  Get the industry’s most trusted equipment without having to […]

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]]> 373913 Fentanyl Increasingly Dangerous to First Responders https://ambulance.org/2017/06/21/fentanyl-becoming-increasingly-dangerous-first-responders/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:02:19 +0000 https://ambulance.org/?p=63964

The explosion of the opioid epidemic that is responsible for thousands of overdoses and deaths is a consistent problem that EMS and law enforcement encounter on an almost daily basis. Usually, […]

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]]> 63964 Cross-Cultural Communication for EMS https://ambulance.org/2015/06/25/cross-cultural-communication-for-ems/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 05:00:41 +0000 http://ambulance.org/?p=1899

Barriers to Understanding In all healthcare settings, successful communication with patients and families depends on awareness of three key barriers to their understanding and compliance: Cultural Barriers: Understanding western medicine […]

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