Active Shooter Training Increases Comfort Level Of Emergency Responders

Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 19:50 in Health & Medicine

(Boston) – Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responders felt better prepared to respond to an active shooter incident after receiving focused tactical training according to a new study in the journal Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. This is the first study to specifically examine the EMS provider comfort level with respect to entering a scene where a shooter has not yet been neutralized or working with law enforcement personnel during that response. read more

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