Ear protection of loud sirens and other extremely loud noises,

[Chem2Do]

I know of partial or loss of hearing is common in EMT work, but how do you protect your ears when on a run?

 

[DesertMedic66]

My ground agency has several pairs of shooting style ear muffs. Flight agency had helmets with hearing protection built in.

 

[GMCmedic]

Ear plugson the truck. I had CEP's for the flight gig but they started cutting out within a few months, now ear plugs there too

 

[akflightmedic]

I just turn the radio up so the sirens do not bother me as much.

 

[DrParasite]

close the windows of the truck while driving with the sirens going

 

[E tank]

If 35 years of drumming with garage bands didn't take (all) my hearing, sirens sure won't...

 

[VFlutter]

Filtered ear plugs like the Surefire Sonic Defenders are great as you can leave them unplugged for moderate hearing protection while still being able to have a conversation and then pluged for louder or sustained noise. Cheap and convenient

For flight, I would never fly without CEPs. You can pop out the filter core on the Surefires and use them with CEPs which is an awesome upgrade from foam.