Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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The fly car, a paramedic-staffed emergency vehicle with no transport capabilities that was always backed up by an ambulance, will be phased out as of July 13
Union says the solution is providing more staff and ambulances rather than denying workers their meal breaks
An officer made the arrest inside the emergency vehicle
Company will continue as the City of San Diego’s exclusive provider of emergency ambulance services through June 2013
Move comes 2 years after 3-year-old’s death where firefighters had to wait for second ambulance to arrive
Driver simulation training can help the student interact with various driving environments and weather conditions within minutes
The paramedic was transporting a patient around 1am Saturday when a laser was shone into his ambulance
The removable device can be put together and installed within any 90 minutes inside any city bus
Study of elderly patients shows a larger access problem in health care system
Companies charge hundreds to transport non-emergency patients in old, beat-up ambulances
Under current rules the ambulance service apparently diverts calls away from any crew on a tea break
Medic, who was responding to a low-level call, was driving in speeds excess of 70mph
City allegedly told its contractor to code all 911-dispatched ambulances at the advanced life support level, which has a higher reimbursement rate than the basic
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts pays out $60 million each year for ambulance rides
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The 70-year-old driver veered onto the sidewalk shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday and hit the bench where a man, a woman and a 10-year-old boy were sitting
The widespread scale of violent attacks on paramedics that have prompted 999 workers to draw up a list of no-go areas
Crew wouldn’t take guide dog 30 miles from patient’s home in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Earlier this year, City Manager Jane Brautigam decided to put the city’s expiring contract with Pridemark out for bid for the first time in years
Congestion at the old Twin Falls hospital’s emergency room entrance raised paramedics’ ire as ambulances and other vehicles jockeyed for position
The D.C. firefighters’ union says seven of the city’s 25 basic life support units are out of service
Ambulance chiefs apologized to the family and admitted the call took long to answer because crew was on a break
The ambulance was taken from a house as two medics were dealing with an elderly woman
Man was hauling watermelons Saturday morning when his tractor-trailer sideswiped the vehicles
Five ambulance crews, Fairfield police, and four Fairfield Fire Department units, responded to the crash
The medical ambulance bus is one of two in the state and 20 nationwide and can handle 14 patients on stretchers or 26 seated passengers
Council endorses a $205,000 settlement with the family of Frank M. Nigro Jr
the 26-year-old driver who appears to have caused the crash was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol
The man died on the way to a hospital apparently without the ambulance crew realizing it
Man allegedly overbilled for ambulance runs for dialysis patients in 2008 by categorizing them as specialty-care transports