Disaster Management
From a marathon runner who performed CPR on the course to a college student who stopped class to help his professor, these EMS providers stepped up to render aid in unexpected circumstances
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A coroner urged the health department to deploy more ambulances, saying his mortuary only has four
Five staff members in an operating room started feeling ill; several other patients in the ER began to feel ill a short time later
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Rescuers dug through rubble with their hands and used detectors to search for signs of life
No deaths were reported from the tornado that struck shortly after 1 a.m. in the midtown area of Tulsa
Officials said members of an extended family who died in the flood had no warning about the approaching surge of water
Attorney Sheila Hiestand said use of an AED was delayed due to it being previously removed from the training room
The Android phone was filmed restarting after an attempt to call for an emergency
Officials said nobody could see and “everybody hit everybody”
Some search and rescue team members were already near the swimming hole after getting a call to help someone who had suffered a bad allergic reaction
Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said the blaze at the Marco Polo apartments spread from at least up to the 28th floor and hit several units
Officials said 70 patients were transported to other local facilities
Almost three in four Americans said that emergency medicine services should be covered by insurance
The person was in a barn when the storm hit and part of the building collapsed
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the emergency braking system on the train triggered, but it was unclear why
A census sheet of the body count shows 24 days in May when more than 20 bodies were stored at the morgue
According to the Atlantic Shark Conservancy, there have already been eight confirmed great white sightings this month
A study found survival rates were higher when strong people reached safety themselves before helping others
Authorities said the malfunctions in the system deprives responders of recent emergency information
As responders, we can’t run from danger because we’re tasked with mitigating the incident and managing the aftermath
Researchers have teamed up with Toyota to examine whether new vehicle technology could predict emergencies
Tori McEwen, whose husband served in the Army, took the time to roll it up for safe keeping
The partnership enables FEMA to deliver hyperlocal, targeted emergency and disaster preparedness messages and information
Emergency responder effectiveness after this terrorist MCI will likely be judged – fairly or not – based on solving the crime, caring for the injured and quickly reuniting families
When responders arrived at the scene, they could hear people crying for help in the rubble
The scenario: a man crashes with his grandchild in a car seat in the backseat
Results found that education and training are often sporadic, making it difficult to keep skills and knowledge fresh
The parent saw the student going through a back door wearing body armor, a mask and carrying a bag
A 4-month-old and 18-month-old were unresponsive when pulled from an overturned vehicle; Jamie Martinez said he never forgot his CPR training
The storm also dumped a rare late-season blizzard in western Kansas
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