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Drs. Tracy Coffey and Ashley Huff discuss geographic inequities and extraordinarily long transports
Obstetrics studies reveal best practices in newborn suctioning, umbilical cord clamping
Identify possible risk factors for pregnancy, and connect women and families to local resources
REACT EMS crew faced an at-home delivery in Shawnee
Beaufort EMS personnel had to move on foot during Tropical Storm Ophelia to reach a woman in labor
Livonia EMS chief delivers FD colleague’s baby
This year’s strangest tales involved a medic who won a lottery, providers treating family members, a heroic dispatcher, unfriendly animals and unique car crashes
“She followed all of my instructions to a ‘T’ and did an amazing job,” Dispatcher Scott Stranghoener said
West Virginia Northern Community College also received a mobile ambulance simulator
Taylor Cruz said he went “into work mode” for his first baby delivery – his daughter
A volunteer firefighter/paramedic was in the right place at the right time for an expectant mother and her visiting family
“I was like, ‘Don’t worry, I’ve done this before,’” said Nicole Segalini, a high school senior then. “I just didn’t clarify that I had done it with a plastic baby.”
2-week-old Julian Juan Torres and his family stopped by Columbus Station 27 to say thank you
American Ambulance Paramedic Mindy Fisher shares tips for these high-stress cases and a delivery story from the field
The son of Firefighter Lynn Carpenter and Firefighter-EMT Austin Carpenter was born while Lynn was on a ventilator, fighting for her life
The 18-year-old Patriot Ambulance trainee got immediate hands-on experience, helping a mother give birth
Members of the Indianapolis Fire Department held baby Kynleigh Rose Wheeler a month after they assisted in her emergency delivery
Army Paramedic Falaq Gaither’s wife Pamela was in labor when the crash brought traffic to a standstill
Paramedic Marian Anson and EMT Michelle Guidotti were VIP guests at Baby Oliver’s adoption party
Contra Costa County Firefighter Karl Taugher’s put his training into action when he realized he and his wife wouldn’t get to the hospital in time
Paramedic Amber Clemmons said she never expected the first baby she delivered would be her own nephew
The delivery of baby girl Phoebe James on Oct. 26 was one of the first calls for the Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ newly-acquired ambulance
Paramedic Rylan Smith’s new baby girl was greeted by a fire crew during her first seconds of life
A rookie 911 operator guided the mother after the birth of the first twin during a storm; the ambulance continued to the hospital after it was rear-ended
Okaloosa County EMS providers and firefighters performed water rescues and helped with the delivery of two babies in the midst of the storm
Formalized neonatal training, repetition and equipment can account for the low frequency but high stakes of these resuscitation scenarios
A Georgia woman who gave birth in the middle of a car crash was unable to find her newborn in the immediate aftermath
Customers cheered as firefighters and a labor nurse who happened to be in the store helped deliver the baby girl
Dispatcher Alexandra Norris said the call was the most memorable moment of her dispatching career so far