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What EMS needs to know about treating suicide attempts
In EMS there isn’t anything more frustrating than a screaming, punching or spitting person with acute alcohol intoxication
Keep the following tips in mind when you encounter a patient who has had too much to drink
The wrongful death lawsuit alleges Rogers Helicopters operated and maintained their air ambulance with negligence
Schools are encouraged to use “locally available resources to provide the instruction,” including EMTs, paramedics and firefighters
More than a dozen fire departments and their EMTs partner with the hospital and depend on their ER doctors for licensing, training and other things
The project is also using local paramedics to fill gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis patients
Union officials said the move to respond to non-urgent calls will endanger patients’ lives
Responders transported Karen Klein to the hospital after she was found taking refuge in a cabin, dehydrated and frostbitten
Dusty Rousseau transported the 21-year-old, who relapsed after leaving rehab, to the hospital and asked staff to keep an eye on him until he could return
Family members of Laurelyn Wagner-Pitts, 60, said a dispatcher sent an ambulance to the wrong address
On-the-job advice culled from interviewing EMTs and paramedics with more than 30 years of field experience
The new rules are part of a broader effort by the state to address heroin and opioid addiction
The family said the toddler suffered severe burns, because it took too long to remove a coin-sized battery that she swallowed
Paramedic Nicole Hall said in the last two months she’s worked in Indianapolis, she has responded to between 20 to 30 shootings
Under existing law, paramedics may administer the drug but police officers aren’t allowed
Officials said the crew was treating a patient in the back of an ambulance when bullets struck the front windshield
Kory and Camille Landwehr aren’t normally allowed to work shifts together, but were permitted to do so on Christmas
Officials said the ambulance was on a call and attempting to make a U-turn when it was struck by a Jeep
Crew members updated police with their location and other details as the incident unfolded
A lift, which is installed in the back of the ambulance, works by locking a stretcher into place and sliding the patient safely into the vehicle
Adam Walton said victims have 45 minutes to an hour before they lose all ability to help themselves
Data collected from May through Nov. 16 show that of the 338 calls, the company had no crew for 88 of them
New recommendations suggest waiting at least 30 to 60 seconds after birth for all healthy newborns
Responders arrived to the scene, but had to be airlifted to a medical facility with specialized equipment for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
In the final moments of her life, Rose received love and compassion from the nursing home staff entrusted to be present with her
Officials said the outbreak appears likely to have been caused by bacillus cereus or clostridium perfingens
Your patient takes a medication you aren’t familiar with and needs to be treated using a protocol you haven’t reviewed recently; do you have the right apps on your phone to assist?
You are dispatched to a report of a patient suffering from a seizure
Understanding the underlying cause of a patient’s behavioral changes is necessary to assure accurate treatment is started
Capnography guided care gives EMS providers the information they need to improve survival for patients who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Dolores Miozza offered to give the two paramedics money for the cake, but they turned her down
The company will charge $300 for the generic version of its lifesaving injections
