EMS Advocacy
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Emergency services organizations are struggling to meet the escalating needs for medical supplies, equipment and vehicles
Is building a new kind of clinician merely a Herculean task or a fully Sisyphean one?
Galway residents say the service will send the wrong message to tourists
Law will require sports stadiums to post phone and text message numbers so fans witnessing violence can quickly call security
More patients will be eligible for the $4.3 billion fund set up to treat and compensate people exposed to the WTC building materials
Tampa was charged with providing estimated 114,000 meals to law enforcement and emergency services personnel
Although everyone in public safety will never all know each other, it’s still like being part of a family, with all of its strengths and dysfunctions
Ambulances have no medical equipment, and very few doctors are trained in emergency care
Scene sizeup takes a few seconds yet is worth every single moment, but witnesses might not perceive it that way
An S.C. paramedic says he never received any money from a woman who claimed she was raising funds to help pay for his surgery
Letters apologized for the tickets and set forth policy that Hatzolah would henceforth be recognized as a legitimate ambulance service
Providers who combine solid skills with knowledge and understanding of how law applies will be both good and safe
Things were far less busy on average
A state-paid consultant’s recommends raising their minimum retirement age by five years
Officer was was forced to write the tickets by a village trustee who is also one of the town’s police commissioners
He also supports creating a voluntary autism 911 registry for families
Although you might not realize it or ever even know, someone will see you at your best moments and your worst
Couple radio jam with difficulty of tracking signals, and the result is frustrating, maddening situation that will be very difficult to resolve
If seizure prevents witness from testifying, mistrial could be in order
Prosecutors walked paramedic Louis Oleszkiewicz through what he saw that night
The First Responder Barbecue and Slaw Throwdown in downtown Portsmouth was the third of its kind
We must have avenue to obtain information, such as HIV-positive status, critical to our own decisions about our health
Extricated family from burning vehicle and then stayed with them at the hospital for support
San Antonio Heights residents raised more than the needed funds necessary
Saving minutes is not worth risk of crashing, not to mention unnecessary public criticism
If you had 15 seconds to talk to 15-year-old you, what would you say?
Premier wants to exchange pay rise for compensation given for missed meals
What needs to change is our own perception of services we provide today compared to what we could provide tomorrow
Paramedics paint ambulances and alter their uniform in lieu of striking
Opportunities for EMS under ACA are large — assuming we can break out of existing healthcare paradigm
Some question efficacy of staffing fire trucks with paramedics, other configurations also in doubt
Family’s website said paramedic ‘still doesn’t understand or realize what has happened’
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