By Scott M. Bruner EMS1.com Product EditorEach year, countless new products debut with the aim of improving EMS quality of care and capabilities, and 2009 was no different. As the ...
By Dan WhiteIn my early years few departments used bags, as everything was in some kind of hard box. But the boxes were all heavy and hard to carry. I can remember one ambulance ...
By Jamie Thompson EMS1 StaffINDIANAPOLIS — In wet weather, Firefighter-paramedic Matt Payne has always found keeping the contents of a cot dry almost impossible. But rather ...
By Emilia Askari Detroit Free PressDETROIT — When he makes an emergency medical call to a senior, Kris Marrs knows he's not likely to get the answers he needs to begin what ...
Student EMTs conduct "safety sweeps" at parties and Greek events ...
This year’s EMS EXPO was an exciting showcase of many new products. The exhibit hall featured more innovations than in any of the previous years I’ve attended. Here are my top new ...
By Fran Spielman and Frank Main Chicago Sun Times CHICAGO — Off-duty Chicago firefighters and paramedics have been ordered to take all of their gear home with them to speed ...
Grayson started thinking about all the things he used to do in EMS that are frowned upon today. He presents the ''Top Ten Things Kelly Is No Longer Allowed To Do in EMS.'' ...
In emergency response, it is all about being ready to go — just look at the USAR teams deployed to the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. And for the rest of us? Well, we go to the ...
By Jim Johnson Monterey County HeraldMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Scenario: A massive earthquake or terrorist attack has just devastated the Central Coast, injuring scores of ...
By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl Lowell SunTEWKSBURY, Mass. — It started out with one stolen handheld radio.By the time North Attleboro police tracked down the rest of the pilfered ...
By David Linton Attleboro Sun ChronicleATTLEBORO, Mass. — An aspiring emergency medical technician charged with breaking into fire trucks at a North Attleboro repair shop and ...
By Frank D. Roylance The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — A bomb explodes. An airliner crashes. Fire engulfs an office tower. The list of calamities that could send hundreds of ...
By Jennifer Miller Daily Local NewsBERWYN, Pa. — But now, an emergency medical technician can maneuver through a crowd here using new bicycles outfitted with the same medical ...
By Domenick Moore The News Item Copyright 2008 The News Item SHAMOKIN, Pa. — The sight of a paramedic on a bicycle seems to be an irresistible invitation for ...
By Ben Calwell Charleston Gazette Copyright 2008 Charleston Newspapers CHARLESTON, W.V. — Firefighter Lt. James Hill remembers the time a few years ago, when a dump truck ...
By Amanda Codispoti Roanoke Times Copyright 2008 Roanoke TimesANNAPOLIS, Md. — Two marked paramedic vehicles supporting the National Emergency Medical Services Bike Ride ...
By Erin Ailworth The Boston Globe Copyright 2008 NY Times Co.BOSTON — When Lauren Chang crumpled to the floor that Sunday evening, the medic assigned to the cheerleading ...
The 2008 EMS Today conference in Baltimore last week introduced more new EMS products at one time, in one venue than I have ever seen before. From respiratory care products to ...
By Kara Lopp Charlotte Observer Copyright 2008 Charlotte ObserverGASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Cardiac arrest patients in Gaston County could be helped by a chilling new treatment ...
