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Podcast: Inside EMS
Episode: Inside EMS Podcast: Ballistic vests and helmets for EMS?
Description: In this week’s Inside EMS podcast, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss an Milwaukee ambulance that was hit by gun fire on the way to a call, and consider whether EMS providers should be equipped with vests and helmets.
They also talk about alternatives to 48-hour shifts, and highlight the dangers of working long hours after a recent ambulance crash where Texas medic said he fell asleep behind the wheel.
In addition, they discuss a two FDNY EMS providers accused of falsifying a patient care report for a dying man with a DNR order that his wife couldn’t fi