Community Health Systems’ Post

It’s #EMSWEEK2024! 50 years ago, a presidential proclamation called on the nation to support efforts to improve emergency medical care across the country. It also established the first national EMS Week, a tradition we proudly continue today. Much has changed since 1974, yet there is still much we can learn from those trailblazing professionals who helped EMS evolve into the sophisticated branch of medicine it is today. Their dedication, commitment and sacrifice inspire us to take bold steps of our own, to continue to seek out ways to better serve our patients and our communities. This year, we celebrate EMS Week by honoring our past—by taking a pause to recognize the contributions of each generation, the people who dreamed that we could save more lives and have less suffering, and then found ways to make it happen. EMS Week is never just about the past, however. It’s also about inspiring the EMS professionals just starting out and the young people who haven’t even discovered EMS yet! It’s about learning from the challenges and building on the successes of the last five decades. It’s about forging our future—a future in which the next generation has the tools they need to deliver compassionate care and alleviate suffering in communities everywhere. #insidemchd

Honoring Our Past. Forging Our Future. This week we celebrate our Brothers & Sisters in EMS and our very own EMS professionals here at Code Blue Resources!!! Half a century ago, a presidential proclamation called on the nation to support efforts to improve emergency medical care across the country. It also established the first national EMS Week, a tradition we proudly continue today. Much has changed since 1974, yet there is still much we can learn from those trailblazing professionals who helped EMS evolve into the sophisticated branch of medicine it is today. Their dedication, commitment and sacrifice inspire us to take bold steps of our own, to continue to seek out ways to better serve our patients and our communities. This year, we celebrate EMS Week by honoring our past—by taking a pause to recognize the contributions of each generation, the people who dreamed that we could save more lives and have less suffering, and then found ways to make it happen. EMS Week is never just about the past, however. It’s also about inspiring the EMS professionals just starting out and the young people who haven’t even discovered EMS yet. It’s about learning from the challenges and building on the successes of the last five decades. It’s about forging our future—a future in which the next generation has the tools they need to deliver compassionate care and alleviate suffering in communities everywhere. #EMSWeek #CodeBlueResources

Ready to embark on your trauma-informed care journey in 2024? Here’s how to start: 👇🏼📱💻📰

Each year, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests in the United States happen outside of the hospital, and nearly 3 out of 4 of those happen at home. If you are called on to give CPR in an emergency, you will most likely be trying to save the life of someone you know or love. Be ready for that call. When seconds matter most, CPR can be the difference in whether your friends and family survive. This #HeartMonth, find a CPR class near you or watch a quick video to learn Hands-Only CPR at heart.org. #cprwithheart

May is #NationalTraumaAwarenessMonth. At Granite Hills Hospital, we practice trauma-informed care. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is our framework that helps us understand, recognize, and respond to the impact that trauma has on individuals, with an enhanced focus on promoting safety and healing. There are six guiding principles: safety; trust, and transparency; peer support; collaboration; empowerment, voice, and choice; and cultural, historical, and gender issues. Ensuring that the physical and emotional safety of an individual is addressed is the first important step to providing trauma-informed care. To learn about our hospital and our high-quality care, visit https://lnkd.in/ejQUY9SZ.

Each year, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests in the United States happen outside of the hospital, and nearly 3 out of 4 of those happen at home. If you are called on to give CPR in an emergency, you will most likely be trying to save the life of someone you know or love. Be ready for that call.   When seconds matter most, CPR can be the difference in whether your friends and family survive. Find a CPR class near you or watch a quick video to learn Hands-Only CPR at heart.org. #cprwithheart 

On the Frontlines: A Comprehensive Guide to Pre-Hospital Open Pneumothorax Care

“Dr. Sunita Puri’s sensitive and insightful article, The Hidden Harms of CPR, in the August 5, 2023 New Yorker magazine examines not only the mechanics of end of life, but the lack of good communication with patients and families during difficult times. This article reminds me of what Family Doctors do best—we talk to our patients, and we listen.” —Thomas C. Bent, MD Read more from Thomas’s perspective on the blog. https://bit.ly/45FI3vF #FamilyDocs #FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #FamilyPhysicians

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Looking for a way to release all the worry, fear, and stress around your loved one's pain during their end-of-life transition? Our unique and specialized 3 Steps to Transition With Ease © Program takes care of that for you by decreasing your loved one's pain to manageable levels quickly using a variety of balancing and comforting tools and techniques. Click here to learn more about this compassionate care program: https://bit.ly/379EyS8