Drug Overdose Scenes

Drug overdose deaths in the United States have been rising at alarming rates in the past several years and will likely continue to do so. Prescription opioids as well as illicitly manufactured opioids play a large role in these deaths.  These overdoses result in...

Attended versus Unattended Death

Most first responders don’t think about the concept of attended versus unattended death, but there is a distinction that may be important for the handling of a death scene.  Let’s first start with an attended death, which is a bit more straightforward. An attended...

Occupational Stress in First Responders

First Responders tend to be overlooked when it comes to mental health. This is because they are expected to be strong and able to handle everything that comes their way. The sad reality is that most of them do not have the skills or resources required to cope with the...

A Typical Incident for a First Responder:

  You are having a late dinner at the base when a call comes in for response to a multi-vehicle crash. You and your partner arrive at the scene to see a 3-car head on collision caused by one of the cars driving the wrong way up the off-ramp of the Interstate highway....

AICSI JEMS Article

Preserving Evidence Integrity at Crime and Death Scenes View the JEMS article here> If you are in the pre-hospital, emergency medical profession, you are always going to be looking for continuing education hours, it’s just a fact of life. And, if you’ve been in it...