Fire Prevention And Safety Tips For Your Home
Fire prevention week is always observed during the Saturday through Sunday period in which October 9th falls as a way of commemorating the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which destroyed more than 17,500 buildings and claimed roughly 300 lives. Every year local and national organizations come together to help share some fire prevention tips, and we thought we’d do the same this year. Below, we share some fire prevention and safety tips to keep your home and your family safe. […]
https://www.goldcross.org/blog/fire-prevention-and-safety-tips-for-your-home/What Makes A Great EMT?
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Emergency medical professionals are some of the best and brightest in the world of emergency response, but what sets a great EMT out from the rest? What qualities do we at Gold Cross Ambulance look for when we’re interviewing prospective candidates for a position on our team? In today’s blog, we take a closer look at some of the skills and qualities that great medical professionals have that make them an asset on an emergency response team. Qualities Of Great […]
https://www.goldcross.org/blog/what-makes-a-great-emt/How Families Can Manage Medications To Help Keep Kids Safe
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One call that emergency responders never like to hear is that of an accidental medication ingestion or possible overdose involving a child or teenager. As adults, it can be easy to assume that your child knows best or that a kid-proof seal will keep them out, but children can be more naive or determined than we realize until it’s too late. In the hopes of helping reduce your risk of ever needing to call 911 because your child ingested some […]
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