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Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people
Ransomware group Byod claims it accessed 36,000 systems and patient data, but UNM Health officials say the attack only hit end-user devices, not core servers, as the FBI conducts a forensic analysis following Monday’s two-hour ambulance diversion
A rail control center mistakenly ordered one high-speed train to resume movement while others were stalled, sending it slamming into a stationary train at up to 200 km/h, marking Spain’s second major rail disaster this year
The man caused more than $2,550 in damage after spray-painting his website across victim panels at the memorial’s north pool, an act he filmed and posted to Instagram before his arrest
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 2014, letting 14- and 15-year-old volunteers train until 10 p.m. on weekends and summer breaks instead of 9 p.m. and ride in emergency vehicles to calls, aiming to ease scheduling barriers amid a sharp decline in the state’s volunteer EMS and fire ranks
Virginia Beach’s “compassionate billing” program, which doesn’t charge residents co-pays or deductibles, funded seven new ambulances and 43 new EMS hires while distributing $4.2 million to volunteer rescue squads that had struggled to keep pace with rising equipment costs
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Paramedics Quinn Reece and James Robinson describe flying a single-seat eVTOL on 911 calls in rural North Carolina, from simulator drills to landing beside patients.

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Hundreds of comments reveal broad support for off-duty cannabis use among EMS professionals, while questions about impairment testing, liability and federal rules remain sticking points
The Anthony Giambrone case exposes the widening gap between drug-free workplace rules, medical marijuana laws and what it actually means to be fit for duty.
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