Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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Following a freeway crash, EMS workers find than a spinal immobilization is not necessary, and opt for a rigid collar instead
It takes a lot of chutzpah – and no shame – to steal from your own agency
Ambulance companies should get paid, even when responding to hospital parking lots – but who’s on the hook?
Officers found the women in possession of medical supplies from the ambulance along with drug paraphernalia
The mother returned to the station with her healthy baby boy to thank him and the rest of the crew
He fled from a psychiatric hospital as he was being loaded into an ambulance, and was hit by several cars when he ran onto a nearby busy highway
The manhunt began Saturday after the man walked away from a local hospital where he had been taken to be checked out
He claims he drove the vehicle after the patient was transported and that it was in service for at least 48 hours before being put in quarantine
Some changes, like hiring 16 medics and increasing ambulances have been made; others are more long term, like contracting with on-call providers for busy days
With an armed gunman in pursuit after an attempted mugging, the man stopped a passing ambulance and escaped inside
The ambulance crew member spends about $4 each day feeding the abandoned felines
Amid response time struggles, he said his wife felt “very comfortable” with the arrival of an ambulance in 12 minutes, two minutes over the 10-minute goal
Tom Cutinella, 16, was taken to the hospital after suffering a head injury and collapsing on the field
“This vehicle isn’t going to solve the problem, but it’ll help,” said the former owner. “If it can move several hundred people, I think that’s a plus.”
The combined service will employ more than 200 people and provide service to more than 1 million in Northeast Pennsylvania; all 75 current employees will keep their jobs
The unit includes advanced equipment and a specially trained team to recover patients from hospitals where nothing more can be done for them
Officials are cautiously optimistic and have been educating voters on two plans that would raise taxes to help cover services in unincorporated areas
A Mass. EMT was hospitalized for injuries and the crash is under investigation
The legislation would end uncertainty over Medicare reimbursement by making permanent appropriate rates for their services
The wait is drawing criticism after a Detroit News reporter suffered stroke-like symptoms while there covering a meeting
The ambulance is being retired, and will be given to Kasama, Zambia, after a sister city partnership in 2012
The letter left some reluctant to board an EMS agency’s ambulance; it stated they must transition to a new service under the health plan, which is true only for non-emergency transports
They suffered minor injuries after a car crashed into their ambulance; police suspect the driver of a disabled car ran away or a third vehicle was involved
The driver was charged with a DUI after veering straight into the path of an oncoming ambulance and SUV
Two responding EMTs treated the patient while her partner pilfered the front seat of the ambulance
He was treating a patient in the rig when a man allegedly made off with his personal property
A car and ambulance collided at an intersection
With seven volunteers on call 35-50 hours a week, the rural ambulance service is “one trip and fall or one back injury away from closing up”