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What if scheduling and finalizing a transport could be done in 60 seconds?
Chris and Kelly tackle EMS safety, resiliency, onboarding, the duty to act and more hot topics in Inside EMS
There’s someone out there who would like to really hear from you, and Steve Whitehead will tell you who in this episode
The national grade dropped from a C- in 2009 — where does your state stand?
They responded to a call for residents not feeling well and then they, too, began feeling lightheaded
The women all lacked a uterus and will soon try to become pregnant in an experimental procedure that has raised some ethical concerns
The man says the device “erupted” in his face and left him temporarily blind and in pain
She applied pressure to the boy’s chest wound and told him to “hold on for his mom”
“Is it completely out of the socket?” the 911 operator asked. “Yes,” the woman’s sister responded
She had never planned on going to a hospital, but she had never planned on giving birth all by herself either
He crawled under his cab at a truck stop to fix frozen brakes when the truck suddenly settled deeper into the snow, pinning him beneath an axle; doctors say one more hour would have been fatal
Neel Jackson, 35, is accused of transporting patients under Medicaid when they weren’t eligible and offering envelopes of cash to entice them to use the service
The men ranged in age from 48 to 63; all four were pronounced dead at the hospital
Jahi McMath, 13, was declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy
The record-low temperatures bring heightened fears of frostbite, space heaters and other challenges associated with the cold
She told her mother to push the baby out and she would catch it, and then unwrapped the umbilical cord from around her sister’s neck, a step she learned from a medical TV show
The 10-year veteran’s touching first post about reaching out to doctors for help with PTSD has gone viral
The research shows 40 percent more visits to the ER, just as millions are about to gain health insurance, including Medicaid, under Obamacare
Jamie Houdek has been fitted for a prosthetic and is thankful for a community that has rallied around him to help with ongoing medical costs
Paramedic Alberto Manino said some children he treated lost entire fingers or toes
Jazlyn was diagnosed with biliary atresia right after she was born, a condition that occurs when the liver’s bile duct is blocked or absent; without surgery, it can lead to liver failure and death
Tommy fell 50 feet while working as a telecommunications tower climber in June; he was in a coma for more than two months and doctors gave him a 10 percent survival rate
Nurse practitioner Sue Soule saw about 200 patients a day during the week she was in action
The bite wound became infected and she went into septic shock from a bacterium in a dog’s saliva
Virtually every EMS provider has seen patients with poorly managed diabetes — and herein lies a market
The woman’s eye was gouged out by her husband after he discovered she was in a new relationship and wanted a divorce
Thousands gathered to sing outside the 8-year-old’s home after doctors gave her only days to live
Arapahoe High School shooting victim Claire Davis died of her injuries Saturday evening after being in a coma for eight days
Forty-five students tested positive for possible exposure but more tests, including X-rays will be needed to determine whether they have active TB
Local, state and CDC officials are monitoring the total of eight cases that have turned up so far
A’Darrin Washington was found ‘cold to the touch’ in the taxi after being discharged from a hospital in 2011
