First responders, clinicians, educators, counselors and others in the helping professions can be vulnerable to compassion fatigue. Here’s how you can take care of yourself during these troubling times.
The measures are in response to fears that the federal government will seize their shipments of COVID-19 personal protective equipment and other supplies.
Scammers may promise equipment they do not have access to in order to capitalize on the medical community’s urgent needs.
Here’s how covered entities may disclose protected health information about an individual who’s infected with or exposed to COVID-19 to law enforcement, paramedics, other first responders, and public health authorities.
The 55-year-old homeless male, who had tested positive for COVID-19, left on foot.
With the rise in number of law enforcement agencies reporting employee exposure to COVID-19, here’s how officers can protect themselves.
Although several shots were fired by the forensic patient during the incident, no one was hit by gunfire.
ScheduleAnywhere allows officers to communicate scheduling remotely from any computer or mobile device with internet access.
Two recent police shootings of ‘Good Guys with Guns’ in Alabama and Oregon are examples of the risks of friendly fire when armed citizens try to become first responders.
University of Wisconsin police officers will now carry Narcan so they can quickly revive individuals who have overdosed.