The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 presented logistical challenges for a lot of professions — not least among them those most essential of essential workers, emergency medical responders. In Indiana, the largest provider of emergency pre-hospital […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy UPDATED JUNE 28. Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) provides the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s “front line” responding to more than 110,000 calls for service each year. As of June 28, […more…]
Beginning on March 14, 2020, Indy Midtown Magazine has been posting regular updates about the response to the public health emergency by the City of Indianapolis as well as Midtown-related organizations. This post archives all […more…]
Effective Friday, April 3, Indianapolis EMS (IEMS) first responders will begin following upgraded status protocols for emergency medical responses to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The upgraded status means paramedics will use their training and […more…]
Applications are now open for the Indy Public Safety Foundation’s 12th class of the Public Safety Citizens Academy (PSCA). The PSCA is a free, 12-week course that provides participants with a chance to engage with […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Public health impacts of firearm violence are not limited to victims, their families, and neighbors. The community’s first responders—police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians—routinely encounter traumatic situations and gruesome circumstances that […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy During an early April violence prevention presentation for Public Health Week 2019, Brittany Yarnell, a surveillance epidemiologist at Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), shared data compiled from the Centers for […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Residents and commuters may have been inconvenienced by temporary lane closures on Meridian Street for Citizen Energy Group’s DigIndy project and IndyGo’s Red Line bus rapid transit (BRT) construction, but for […more…]
