Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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A patient in need of an ambulance in Echols County, Ga. must wait up to 20 minutes for rig from a nearby city, be driven there, or wait for an air ambulance
Steve Wirth and Doug Wolfberg join host Rob Lawrence to discuss strategies for overcoming hospital bed delays
The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts
Current state law only lets EMS and law enforcement agencies make such reimbursement requests
Renovo Fire Department Chief Jimmy Ray Risley has been arrested
Although Falck has only provided service since November, one councilmember suggests talks to shift from a private provider to an “in-house” service
Some council members questioned why the township was asking for funds to refurbish the ambulances instead of buying new ones
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Paramedic David Mimms was treating a patient when Dontorrius Belser sped through a red light, causing the fatal collision
Fire Lt. Jorge Ariel, who was near the area at the time, stopped to render aid before the 21-year-old was transported to a hospital
In his ruling, the judge said the Biden administration did not follow federal law for the negotiation process between providers and health insurers
Airlift Northwest plans to expands its services to serve rural Eastern Washington patients who might need to be airlifted from smaller hospitals
Nathan Register’s Pasco County Fire Rescue crew did not transport a woman allegedly suffering stroke symptoms, who later died
The cost to patients for ALS ground ambulance services increased 23% from an average $1,042 in 2017 to $1,277 in 2020
A Washington County Sheriff’s deputy was able to reach the patient and transport them to the hospital
A Prince George’s County Fire/EMS crew was responding in low-visibility winter conditions, investigators said
Police said Nicholas Albano put a crew member in a headlock and punched them repeatedly
Area agencies donated two fully-stocked rigs after the fire left Parke County EMS with only one functional ambulance
The car’s driver sustained serious injuries in the crash with a Caldwell County EMS ambulance that was transporting a patient with its lights and siren on
Both EMS providers and the car’s driver were transported to a hospital and treated
There is a groundswell of support to change how lights and sirens are used in EMS to reduce risk to ambulance crews, patients and others
The document lays out principles on when and why to use rigs’ lights and sirens — and when not to
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Highway patrol’s preliminary investigation shows that the Dodge driver pulled in front of the ambulance
A Stephens County EMS crew was transporting Amber Chambers, 40, in the rig when she suddenly stood up and “jumped out of the rear doors,” police said
The crew was transporting a patient at the time of the incident, but no injuries were reported
One person was transported to a hospital in the Elkhorn area
There is a lot to learn from the Page, Wolfberg and Wirth examination of hospital bed delays and the rights of EMS to return to service
Jeramine McCurley was charged with fleeing from an officer and aggravated battery
Under the new law, Cherokee Nation EMS will be allowed to provide medical care to areas of the county outside of the tribe
An ASAP Ambulance shift manager said that the EMS provider who was driving must have blacked out or fallen asleep
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