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Veteran firefighter-EMT Shawn Allen sought to create a unique comedy-drama that was a mixture between “The Office” and “Rescue Me”
Company owners presented employees with 10 new vehicles, seven new computers, three new power cots and more
Huntsville Emergency Medical Services delivered presents to the local YMCA Child Development Center in a decorated rig
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Fontaine helped EMS providers free a 91-year-old woman from an ambulance stuck in a slough
The patient stabbed the paramedic with “scissors or shears” during transport, police say
Officials say the change will allow life-saving blood transfusions to be administered on scene or during transport
The contract requires the city’s ambulance service to improve its average response time by two minutes
The service purchased the four-wheel-drive ambulance after struggling through last year’s winter storm
Florida-based Ambulance Service, Inc., which has operated for 54 years, will expand AmeriPro’s current 60-unit fleet
The city’s mayor said options include opting out of EMS services or cutting other services unless changes to funding or the county EMS system are made
Emergency management officials say the change will put less stress on resources
Officials said the ambulance crew and tractor-trailer driver sustained minor injuries in the collision
DC Fire and EMS said two EMS providers and one other motorist were injured
Police say the Ohio man also claimed he was an undercover police officer and that his wife was giving birth to Jesus Christ
The 25-year-old man reportedly led highway patrol on a pursuit after stealing the rig from a hospital
Three EMS providers and the driver of another car sustained minor injuries when the rig rolled over Thursday night
The new apparatus can carry up to two babies at once and will replace an 11-year-old NICU ambulance
Police say Raymond Kibby stole the ambulance from outside the hospital where he was receiving treatment for heroin withdrawal
The department plans to provide nontransport advanced life support in anticipation that their county’s ambulances will be taxed responding to the next county over
Three EMS providers and a 71-year-old patient were in the rig at the time of the crash
The EMTs were performing CPR on a patient inside the ambulance when it was struck by another vehicle
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City officials made the decision based on responses to a request for proposals issued in August
The system generates patient care records based on paramedics’ motions through wearable sensors
Hospitals in the county have become less dependent on diverting ambulances “across the river” to Oregon
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While heading to pick up a patient, the EMS crew discovered the crash while traveling in an ambulance after their helicopter was grounded due to bad weather
A suspect was taken into custody and sent to the hospital after crashing the stolen rig into a tree
Officials said the ambulance crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer during an emergency transport
The ambulance was providing a non-emergency transport when it was struck