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These durable, ergonomic mounts help safeguard cardiac monitor investments and streamline the continuum of care
The disagreement centers on which outside ambulance corps should respond to emergency calls in the town at times when the volunteer corps doesn’t have an available ambulance
A Great Western Ambulance Service spokesman said the ambulance was “travelling under emergency conditions”
The special-response vehicle can be used as a command post to process crime scenes and provide security at community events
Jonathan Bowers, 31, of West Jordan, had been an EMT with Gold Cross for six years at the time of his death
Driving vehicles equipped with transmitters that turn specially outfitted traffic signals from red to green, the responders can get through select intersections to reach emergency scenes faster
The burglary to the Moosabec Ambulance building was discovered Monday morning around 9 a.m.
Designed to serve 100 patients, the truck came with a cornucopia of EMS supplies
Given recent battles over emergency service-related issues between North Naples fire and Collier EMS fire officials, the proposal will likely spur controversy
The Franklin County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center last year began running its own routine transport service for residents to save taxpayers money
The patient, being moved to Prince George from a hospital in Quesnel, died at the scene
The paramedics and their 90-year-old patient did not suffer any major injuries
A Medix Ambulance was involved in a non-emergency patient transport southbound on Highway 101 when a northbound 2001 Chrysler van with three occupants crossed the center line
The recruitment vehicle will be available for one week a year to all 42 volunteer units across Tasmania to be used as the cornerstone of the recruitment campaign
Man was shot and killed after crashing the ambulance into a church
Police stopped him at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, where he said: “I bet it was a f***ing hobby bobby that saw me. Haven’t you lot got anything better to do? I’ve got a sick child up there.”
Frustration has arisen because the county has not had to pay for emergency service because MetroCare has served as a secondary responder
The ambulance was traveling north on I-83 when the driver lost control and hit the center barrier near mile marker 18
The department will not “stop providing medical runs,” but it will cut back on some, allowing other responders such as paramedics to handle them
The man took a $20,000 cardiac monitor/defibrillator and $10,000 to $15,000 worth of other supplies and medicines before driving away
Four people were airlifted to hospitals
The man drove the ambulance for a few blocks, striking a post, a fence and parked cars
The 19-year-old, who was in the hospital waiting to be transferred to another facility for a mental evaluation, was found walking near the scene of the crash
Woman’s daughter was saved by an Australian program that put blood in air ambulances, and wants Canadian ambulances to adopt the program
For some paramedics and emergency medical technicians, they said most frustrating part of the job is getting stuck at a hospital
Beijing’s 120 Emergency Medical Center say that 30 percent of emergency ambulance calls were unnecessary
Official said the number of patients required “great coordination” between emergency personnel
A paramedic and two EMTs left the doors to the ambulance unlocked and the engine running before they went into a McDonald’s
Officials say it appears that nobody was injured in the crash
AMR’s base rate equates to $1,477 in the city of Napa, where most ambulance calls occur, and $1,577 in other areas
County went with Rural/Metro, which proposed charging $30 a mile, compared with AMR’s $90