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Managing high-risk/difficult refusals with the FEARS mnemonic
The Maryland GO-Team deployed blood transfusion, mechanical ventilation during a prolonged extrication
Harnessing next-generation clinical guidance to reduce chaos and enhance confidence for EMS providers
Ramsey Uhter surprised the medical staff who saved her life after she lost her pulse following a truck collision, thanking the emergency and surgical teams whose rapid response and months of care helped her recover from critical injuries
Staffed for 190 patients a day but seeing 231, Good Samaritan’s ED relies on hallway beds, a fast-track system and relentless teamwork to keep up, as shrinking primary care access and looming Medicaid cuts threaten to push volumes even higher
Opened in June to fill the gap left by Crozer Health’s closure, the 20,000-square-foot facility has treated nearly 4,500 emergency patients, including 722 arriving by ambulance and 12 by air transport
Orange County’s EMS committee voted to restore Chapman Global Medical Center’s emergency designation, while sister hospital Orange County Global remains barred from receiving stroke patients by ambulance
Dozens of fire, EMS and police agencies will be honored Nov. 5 for safely evacuating more than 70 patients from Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City during a February blaze
San Jose Fire Department’s six-month pilot sends a two-person mobile unit to connect residents with complex medical and behavioral health needs to long-term care, aiming to reduce repeat cycling through 911
Huntsville Hospital says the new emergency departments in North Huntsville and Hampton Cove will expand access to emergency care and help reduce response times
Thirty unionized EMTs and paramedics plan to strike after Fremont County moved toward replacing Frontier Ambulance with Cody Regional Health, a change that would end their collective bargaining rights
Elkhart firefighters and paramedics were recognized for treating a gunshot victim with prehospital blood, a program that has provided transfusions to 61 patients since June
Decatur-Morgan Hospital Ambulance Service met the city’s nine-minute response standard on 87% of second-quarter calls, below the required 90%
Worcester EMS can now bring blood to critically ill and injured patients in Worcester and Shrewsbury, allowing paramedics to begin transfusions before hospital arrival
Specially trained paramedics will provide in-home follow-up care for up to 1,200 patients a year in an effort to reduce hospital readmissions and prevent avoidable emergencies
Research found older adults treated in geriatric emergency departments were less likely to be hospitalized or die within 30 days than similar patients treated in traditional EDs
Hospitals can now divert ambulances only during disasters or critical infrastructure failures as Indiana seeks to reduce delays in patient care and keep EMS units in their service areas
Boston firefighters responded to Massachusetts General Hospital after a patient was treated for chemical exposure
Huntsville Hospital Health System and Marshall Medical Centers opened a 32,000-square-foot operations hub in Arab to support scheduling, billing, customer service and other health care functions
Tulane University plans to turn New Orleans’ long-vacant Charity Hospital, shuttered after Hurricane Katrina, into a medical research and biomedical innovation hub
Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about 10 feet above the ground
Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene
The 5-year TRICARE project will reimburse eligible ground and air ambulance providers for blood products and transfusion services beginning in 2027
Orange County has restored Anaheim Global Medical Center’s emergency receiving status, allowing ambulances to resume transporting 911 patients after a temporary suspension
The Elkhart hospital will expand and renovate its Emergency and Trauma Center to add private rooms, behavioral health spaces and improved ambulance access
A MetroHealth social worker will respond with Parma and Parma Heights police and firefighters to mental health, substance use, homelessness and other crisis calls
A Chattanooga blood drive will offer free wellness lab panels or gift cards to encourage donations as trauma cases rise during the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer”
Police records show a Phoenix-area toddler survived after being pronounced dead following a pool drowning
The proposed three-story emergency department expansion would support the Cleveland Clinic’s planned Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center, targeted to open in 2028
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