March marked my twentieth anniversary in EMS. That's twenty years of continuous EMS employment, including a stint as an EMS bureaucrat. And in that time, I've had nineteen annual ...
By EMS1 Staff Video shows two pranksters donning full-fledged firefighter gear storming their friend's room in the middle of the night tricking him into believing there is a ...
On this day, take a moment to let the person beside you know that you value and cherish them, especially if they’re good about cleaning the rig behind you and fronting you cash for ...
This photo we came across while surfing the Web brought a smile to our face, so we had to share on our Facebook page. We asked our fans to tell us what slogan they'd like to ...
From The EMS Headquarters, Quantify, Virginia, Feb 02, 2013 Subject: Influenza Outbreak, 2013 To: All Field Operatives Attention All: The yearly influenza outbreak is upon us. This ...
ATLANTA — It started innocuously enough at an EMS staff meeting at Mercy Ambulance in Collier County, Ga. "Our operations supervisor was explaining to us how ...
BASKERVILLE, Calif. — EMS officials, in cooperation with K9USATraining.com, introduced the newest member of the Baskerville EMS Agency to local media, elected officials and ...
Variety is the spice of life, and the unknown is a big part of the allure of EMS. Never knowing what you are getting into keeps things fresh, keeps you alert and makes things ...
By EMS1 Staff LOWER SLAUGHTERHOUSE, La. — An EMS chief is La. is proposing some radical measures to combat the hazards medics face on the job, from safety to mild ...
MINAS GERAIS, Brazil — It looks like the stuff of kids' nightmares — but this is the mascot meant to cheer up youngsters recovering from burns in Brazil. ...
I figured with the Mayan Long Calendar ending on December 21, there wouldn't be a need for another year-in-review column, so I spent the days preceding the predicted Mayan ...
Ambulances come in all shapes and sizes. Who's to say what color they should be or what fuel they use? But some ambulances are just plain weird. Welcome to the top 10 biggest, ...
Kelly Grayson recounts a memorable call in this exclusive book excerpt from 'En Route: A Paramedic's Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between,' ...
Many popular fairy tales might be more realistic if EMS entered the story ...
Richard Pace: "I predict that PFT will become the standard of care for life-threatening arrhythmias" ...
LAS VEGAS — There is little argument that Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world. It seems that no matter where you look, you will find a row of slot machines or ...
HOWLSBURY, Calif. — A man is suing an EMS agency for emotional distress caused to his dogs by ambulance sirens — and is looking to ban emergency vehicles from passing ...
CLUTTSVILLE, Minn. — Faced with a barrage of criticism over taking fire trucks and ambulances out of service to save costs, a mayor has caused further controversy — by ...
2012 begins in less than a week, and just in case the Mayans were right and it all ends this year, my New Year's Resolutions were all aimed at enriching my life and the lives of ...
The first lesson I always teach in EMS documentation is that there is no such thing as a universally recognized abbreviation. ...
