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EMS Enforcing New Steps to Avoid Those new steps include not immediately entering a law en-
Miscommunications After Possible Austin forcement request into dispatch records until officials can
Bomber Tip-Off verify with police how they want medics to handle the call.
It also includes not putting the address of a suspect or raid
On April 3, 2018, Tony Plohetski, reports that “[a]fter fears into dispatch records until after an operation has begun. And
that a series of miscommunications may have tipped off the officials also have created a special category of calls to avoid
Austin bomber, EMS officials are putting new steps in place to them being routed to an agency outside Austin-Travis County
make sure it never happens again.
EMS—like the Pflugerville Fire Department.” For more, go to
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ems-enforcing-new
The KVUE Defenders and the Austin American-Statesman first -steps-to-avoid-miscommunications-after-possible-austin
revealed the communication gap between police and paramed- -bomber-tip-off/269-534727597.
ics two days after that bomber’s series of attacks ended with
his death.

Source: https://safety.army.mil/MEDIA/Knowledge.aspx

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