Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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The only people looking for heroes on transfer calls of critically ill patients are attorneys
How crooked medics can affect our ability to do our jobs
When EMS assets are used to hurt instead of heal, we must strive to rebuild community faith
With lights and siren on, the ambulance collided with the bus and flipped
The money was for fees the company typically waived in the past, and the village has refused to pay
Federal agents had a search warrant for ProCare Mobile Response; the company was named in a lawsuit involving an illegal Medicare kickback scheme
A new report claims the system delayed response to a fatal Easter weekend fire
The soldier was transported by ambulance and his condition is not immediately known; the gunman then entered Parliament
The contract includes a new requirement to maintain a minimum number of reserve ambulances, plus the capability of using the city’s traffic-light control system
A man being treated by medics drove off in the ambulance and led police on a chase that ended when he crashed into a truck at an intersection
The car is able to race to injured people at 185 mph and will be used by 50 specially-trained paramedics
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the pros and cons of putting cameras in the back of rigs, and debate ALS vs. BLS systems
The business owner was denied a “certificate of necessity” license for inter-facility and non-emergency transports; he says it would create competition and save patients money
Six other firefighters were evaluated and released with non-life threatening injuries
Five were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Ambulances arrived 12 minutes after gunshots killed one man, 22, and seriously injured another
Cleveland’s ambulances are racking up three times the miles as are those in Pittsburgh
Standard protocols are being exercised with heighten caution to prevent further spread
Emergency calls go to one dispatch center, but calls requiring an ambulance must be forwarded to a separate center
Despite response times in the 90th percentile, the department strives for the NFPA’s recommended eight-minute mark
She claims he inappropriately touched her multiple times on the way to a hospital
A responder sitting in the back was able to jump out safely before he drove away; the patient felt he was being hospitalized against his will
A third party billing company now handling the county’s EMS billing recommended the action to remove the noncollectable bad debt
Dash cam captures the police pursuit of an ambulance stolen by a hospital patient as it makes several unpredictable stops
Ambulance services are disappointed with the sentence, believing an assault on EMS crews warrants a greater penalty
The mother of the six-year-old was terrified to move her screaming daughter while waiting for medics to arrive
Ill. police report that she was running lights and sirens and was eventually halted with stop sticks
The 134 replacement ambulances were designed with paramedic feedback and will resemble European ambulances
Officers found the women in possession of medical supplies from the ambulance along with drug paraphernalia