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Five ways to shape policies that enhance patient care, streamline operations and provide a safer working environment
While recovering from a head injury, Jessica Barclay decided she needed to help Denver paramedics help others
Five options for exchanging the SGA for an endotracheal tube
By expanding our roles, not scope, community paramedicine programs represent a new way of thinking that can shape the future of health care
She fell to the ground and cried for help; Neighbor: “We tried to get the bees off her but they started stinging us too”
He told a friend he was afraid to call 911 because of how much it would cost
A firefighter asked to change his vomit-covered clothes and wash out the ambulance, but the request was denied
He dismissed his vision problem after processing a patient at the hospital, but a nurse saw him and intervened
Drug shortages won’t disappear any time soon, and EMS agencies need come up with innovative ways to ensure that their patients receive the right drug at the right time
First Call settled in a lawsuit that alleges the company up coded billings for transports by seeking reimbursement for unnecessary or never provided ALS services
The new Nurse Health Line has been a huge success, and the Reno, Nev. program is well on the way to becoming sustainable and a model for other agencies
State-specific restrictions, Medicare reimbursement, turf battles and public and patient acceptance must be tackled for any program to be successful
Like his father, the 21-year-old declined medical treatment and relied on prayer for healingThe 21-year-old is recovering from a bite and relied on prayer for healing
You arrive on scene to find staff performing CPR; did you get your priorities right?
The first bill to seriously look at EMS issues since the 1960s, the act would improve access to essential and life-saving EMS services and better integrate EMS within the larger health care system
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“I love my job,” Timothy Greenlee said at the hearing. “I can return to be a better firefighter than I was before my addiction.”
The worker died in the back of an ambulance after transporting a patient; life-saving efforts performed by the partner were unsuccessful
Brayden Denton died after a battle with brain cancer; he was hopefully looking down thinking ‘this is so cool’
Legislators backed the rule change in an attempt to maintain services in rural communities that, without a hospital, may otherwise be left with no emergency care
For now, medics will travel to more distant hosptials
From heavy traffic, to poor equipment, to terrorism victims, ‘ambulance drivers’ in Karachi have seen it all
Proposals include a fall-prevention program, follow-up care after hospital discharges, and partnerships with nonprofit social service agencies
Police speculate that a medical condition caused Charles Glass, 65, to lose consciousness while behind the wheel
Manchester EMT Carolyn Edwards is in critical condition after a collision with a car
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson bring expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
Her car flipped along a scenic highway; rescuers found her responsive and say she had a strong will to survive
Although EMS is never mentioned in the ACA, the law has several revenue and service opportunities for fire-based EMS
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