By Jason Cato Pittsburgh Tribune Review WEST VIRGINIA — A Beaver County paramedic who regularly gets called to help people in need felt called to assist in another way. He ...
By Tara García Mathewson Chicago Daily Herald ELGIN, Ill. — Elgin paramedics on fire engines soon may be able to perform similar types of advanced life support ...
The UcapIt Dispensers are steel locking controlled access systems for all your EMS drugs, soft goods, hard goods or any other supplies. They provide immediate documented access to ...
In an age of disposable equipment and one-use only policies, we need to think a bit more about how we could try to reduce the amount of trash the health care system produces ...
This system requires working through a list of potential problems to reveal the worst problems quickly ...
New options have emerged for people looking to find a way to store crucial medical information ...
Sharps disposal is an environmentally unfriendly process.Many public safety agencies contract with sharps removal services that provide a disposal container which they pick up, for ...
Did you know there are non-traditional uses of pulse oximetry that you may find handy in your clinical practice? Not only can you palpate blood pressures, but you can also use the ...
Fire/EMS Safety, Health, and Survival week is the 3rd week of June. In this Everyday EMS video tip Greg Friese discusses three risk management tips for EMTs and paramedics to stay ...
Heart attack victim died in 2005 after Chicago Fire Department failed to replace AED battery ...
By Amber Smith The Post-StandardSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Not too many years ago, obese patients needing an ambulance ride to the hospital were a rarity. Today, paramedics care for ...
By Kelly Holleran The Southeast Texas Record BUNA, Texas — A Buna woman has filed suit against Williams A. Ambulance and two of its employees, alleging her wrist snapped ...
By Aisling Swift Naples Daily NewsNAPLES, Fla. — If a school does the right thing and purchases defibrillators to save lives, then locks them up, is it responsible if a man ...
By Robert Little The Baltimore SunPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Air traffic controllers who guided a State Police medevac helicopter in the minutes before it crashed in ...
By Lauran Neergaard WASHINGTON — Emergency planners are struggling to identify growing millions who need fast rescue when the lights go out: A power outage also shuts down ...
By David Wahlberg The Wisconsin State Journal Copyright 2008 The Wisconsin State JournalLA CROSSE, Wis. — A faulty altitude detector was cited as a contributing factor in the ...
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 ...
Many new and innovative EMS products and technologies were on display, some for the very first time anywhere. I love coming to EMS Today, because I am always sure to find something ...
