We get it! You want to be a good EMS provider for your patients. Why get bogged down in protocol especially when time is of the essence? Why not follow best judgement while caring for the patient? After all, what value is a checklist for a seasoned EMS provider who has had a chance to perfect their craft and can apply best judgement?
Let’s take a look at construction engineers. They design complex buildings that need to have a zero margin of error. Their process involves coming up with a painstakingly detailed construction checklist.
This outlines a set of carefully…
An Emergency Medical Technician is responding to a mundane Emergency Medical Services (EMS) call. What could possibly go wrong? In fact, keeping things under control is the hallmark of a seasoned EMS professional.
Truth is, moments of ineptitude can creep in unannounced and can get even the best of us. How can EMS professionals apply EMS knowledge consistently and correctly? How can they be sure that they’re not overlooking any steps?
Twenty first century medicine is raided with cases of ineptitude. Data from legal malpractice claims points to roughly 30% of patients with stroke and an overwhelming 60% of patients…
The National Safety Council (NSC) conducted an analysis showing an upward trend in holiday motor vehicle fatality rates. As family and friends gather for the upcoming holiday (US Memorial Day, Kenya Madaraka Day), many will opt to travel by car, which represents the transport mode with the greatest risks.
A few of the travel safety tips provided by the NSC include:
Some of the highlights from this past week‘s road safety campaigns include: conducting basic first aid training sessions to sensitize the public on the importance of providing life saving skills to assist in the critical moments immediately following an emergency, premiering a short public service announcement (PSA) and on boarding free monthly trial users.
The two-part training (part 1 and part 2) was delivered via Zoom (Facebook live stream) by Brian Foy, an EMS consultant and covered a wide array of topics ranging from how to stop bleeding, step-by-step instructions for applying a splint, importance of maintaining good mental health…
It’s Global Road Safety Week!
Did you know that the number of road fatalities and serious injuries went up last year (2020) compared to prior year (2019)? How is it that during a pandemic, when the roads were largely clear, the number of road fatalities still managed to go up in countries like Kenya? This was largely due to unsafe driving to beat the government imposed curfew and unsafe driving once lock down restrictions were lifted.
Starting May 17 2021, Helpfie kicks off a free month trial of the Smart First Aid App to the public. …
The UN Global Road Safety week is coming up May 17–23. The objectives of this year’s road safety week is to garner policy commitments at national and local levels to lower urban speed limits, create healthy, green, liveable spaces and kick off the 2021–2030 decade for road safety. This year’s theme is dubbed, Streets for Life, with a #Love30 campaign that calls for 30km/h (20mph) speed limits worldwide in cities, towns and villages where people walk, live and play.
Studies indicate that high speeds significantly narrow motorists’ peripheral vision and negatively impact their reaction times, putting pedestrians and other vulnerable…
The Whitebox entrepreneurs program is a technology innovation ecosystem support program spearheaded by the UK Kenya Tech Hub and the Kenya Ministry of ICT in collabroation with Strathmore university, the Kijiji and Circle Innovation. The 3-month entrepreneurship program kicked off in January 2021 with 450 entrepreneurs participating in interactive sessions with experienced Kenyan entrepreneurs, peer-to-peer mentoring and networking sessions to build and expand their businesses.
The program brought together Kenyan start up innovators to equip them with information, skills and opportunities to help move their businesses forward. …
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) recently convened multiple EMS (Emergency Medical Services) stakeholder organizations, entities and leaders to assist with the development of standard operating procedures for emergency care services. The Constitution of Kenya (2010) and Health Act (2017) guarantees the right for Kenyans to obtain emergency medical treatment.
A 2015 African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) study highlighted key barriers that Kenyans encounter while accessing essential emergency services and called on the need to strengthen prehospital systems at the county and national levels.
It is in this backdrop that Nairobi county seeks to harmonize prehospital care and ambulance operator guidelines…
The power of sacrificial love was in full display on that first Easter. When it all looked bleak, God sent His Son to save the world. God put our needs above His own, especially when we could never repay Him.
A solemn day that went on to model love in action. A brand new day was quickly dawning. An empty tomb to serve as a reminder to keep hope alive even in the midst of hardships.
What then does love in action look like for us? Perhaps like Jesus, loving those who aren’t friends? The down and out? …
The Institute of Medicine (IoM) released a report highlighting evidence in support for alternative training strategies to reach the lay public who may not have the time or money to attend traditional classroom Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training. The IoM study found that most of the traditional classes do not reach the individuals who are most likely to be present when a cardiac arrest occurs.
The report highlighted growing evidence in support for alternative methods for bystander training and noted that the use of digital self-instruction provides similar competence, at a lower cost compared to traditional…
