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The first firefighter-influencer of the modern era shares how his early speaking nerves transformed into a love of making comedy videos
Captain Ashley Losch explains the endless coordination at play, identifies the biggest hurdles ahead, and even spills a little big game tea
Enrique Iglesias receiving treatment for finger lacerations from drone blades during a concert in Tijuana, Mexico
The television host and physician rushed to help a woman when she collapsed during a promotional event at a Fla. mall
The episode shows a Missoula paramedic who survives for 21 days in the mountains of India
The celebrity doctor provided spinal stabilization and gathered patient history before EMS arrived
Football fans show their team pride and fandom by remodeling retired ambulances into the ultimate tailgating party bus
A true story of a child drowning and the interruption, pain, loss, and grief that doesn’t go away for the would be rescuers
During the outage that lasted from 1 to 7 p.m., responders could hear 911 dispatchers, but dispatchers couldn’t hear responders
Artist’s image shows an EMT receiving comfort from an angel after losing a patient
These are the scariest calls for me, as I know if they break through their restraints they would attack us without holding back.
Sending closest available ambulance with computer aided dispatch could lead to faster response times
Adam Perrelli, 36, admitted that he made the radio calls that interfered with ambulance and fire dispatching
3 French Olympians, filming a popularity reality TV show, among the 10 dead from the incident
As a street medic I never get to hear the original 911 call; dispatchers deserve recognition for the stress associated with being the first contact for an emergency event
Documentary film tells story of Freedom House creating jobs and providing a crucial service to the community in the 1960s
Return to 10-codes pushed by police chiefs; adopted unanimously by board of emergency response agency reps
Emergency responders are expecting a spike in entrapment with the movie’s release; foreign body removal reports have significantly increased since book trilogy released in 2011
Words of wisdom from the New Orleans EMS cast of Nightwatch
County emergency management activated amateur radio experts to relay information about fire and police personnel
It never occurred to me that the voice over my radio was anything but annoying to my patients, never mind someone’s salvation
Questions being asked about tactics of donating equipment for testing and high profile events that is leveraged for future sole-source purchasing
One hopes that a show like this will build empathy for its firefighters and medics and spread to the larger first-responder community
New show is a positive and realistic portrayal of EMS professionals from producers of Law and Order and Chicago Fire
Nightwatch to premiere on A&E; show captures action of top EMS, fire, and police teams in the Big Easy
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