IMPORTANCE OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS
“The biggest impact on my career was a call I took in which a caller told me that a young adult male was standing on top of a high-rise hotel, acting like he was going to jump. It was right
[ Read More ]IMPORTANCE OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS
“The biggest impact on my career was a call I took in which a caller told me that a young adult male was standing on top of a high-rise hotel, acting like he was going to jump. It was right
[ Read More ]RED CROSS HERO AWARDS
Dispatchers honored for saving one life, bringing another into the world
[ Read More ]PRECARIOUS DELIVERY
By Audrey Fraizer Stefana Dershko has a naturally calming influence. Someone could be trapped in a car following an accident, trying to control bleeding after a fall, or—as in the most recent
[ Read More ]IN THE STRESS OF TIMES
By Jim Lanier How did you become so invested in the issue of 9-1-1 stress and resiliency? Like many others 25-plus years ago, I came from the old school of public safety stress management: Suck
[ Read More ]BYSTANDER CPR
By Audrey Fraizer Sudden cardiac arrest is not an isolated event. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88%
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