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Try these tips to make seat belt use in the patient care compartment just as normal as your personal vehicle
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
These durable, ergonomic mounts help safeguard cardiac monitor investments and streamline the continuum of care
During internal probe, woman admits deflating tire 30 minutes before she was due to finish her shift
Officials: Deal allows city to have paramedics at every fire station, and fire department typically arrives at 911 calls before ambulances
Old double-wide mobile home station was closed several years ago as part of city’s cost-cutting measures
Life Ambulance Service has been contested because the company has not had to bid for the contract for more than 30 years
Purchase, refurbishing inspired by functional ambulances lurking around every rodeo
Longer response time and ambulance availability worrisome to fire officials
Topeka crews contained blaze to emergency vehicle, first in series of arsons
Includes 45 percent hike in fees for anyone who uses the county’s ambulance service
Battalion chief was driving to assist ambulance crew with worsening patient while other medic unit was busy
New unit with pink stripes to raise awareness was signed by local survivors
Package essentially turns Ford F-150 into police, fire, or rescue-ready vehicle
Air horns were damaged and had to be removed from the vehicles because of the cramped parking in the facility’s garage
Assaulted a deputy, stole an ambulance and led dozens of police vehicles and a helicopter on a low-speed pursuit
‘It was a little rough, like somebody losing a tire, kind of all over the road’
Goal is to be ‘minimally disruptive to the community’
We started out driving fast because it’s about all we could do for patient, but now we have so much more in our arsenal
Suspect opened fire and hit ambulance at least four times
Facing one count of burglarizing an emergency vehicle
Ambulance was transporting patient at the time of the accident
Lost control, hit an embankment and flipped
‘Allows [medics] to focus on administering drugs or other areas’
Some say more people will die if firefighters are pulled from medical emergencies, while others say there will be no impact at all
Two paramedics were standing nearby and saw the car coming and jumped out of the way
Proposed to offer “supplemental services,” including stationing an extra ambulance at a township fire station
As people get heavier, strain on EMS personnel’s backs and on their budgets grows
County EMS has increased staff to compensate for even more out-of-county runs
Man’s mother said she never received any documents that explained how her son died in matter of days
Lebanon County’s townships and boroughs are set up on system of ‘ambulance box cards’
Opinion has been divided on issue of trauma, including serious head injuries, and benefits of traveling longer distances to specialist hospital
Fellow healthcare professional thought somehow it was all right to re-purpose healthcare vehicle into some sort of toy