Fire-EMS
The Fire-EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service. Use this page to find news and tips on survivability, ambulance safety, emergency medical response and medical operations.
For every action in EMS there are consequences — sometimes positive and sometimes negative — but sometimes you do what you gotta do
Transport is a field-care intervention that has to be delivered at the appropriate time, to the appropriate patient in the appropriate transport unit
Salt Lake City Fire Department investigation finds no difference in the interruption to compressions between video and direct laryngoscopy
With over half of their staff taking the city’s firefighter exam, the department’s EMS team will have to work overtime
Christopher Suprun is “exercising” his duty as an elected representative to not cast an Electoral College vote for President-elect Trump
Lt. Jason Adams was shot and killed on a medical call; Adams worked at the same department as his fiancée
The suit was filed in 2012 by dozens of women who said they were subjected to strength tests that were not “‘job related’ for the firefighter/EMT position
Two tank cars, carrying propane-butane and propylene, derailed at a station, hit electricity lines and exploded
Before fire and ems crew arrived, the woman said two men pulled her out of the overturned vehicle
Charles “Doug” Archer, 49, had responded to a residential fire and an aid call before succumbing in his sleep
The grant will help reduce operational strain on EMS resources and improve care for patients with complex medical conditions
When Capt. Christopher Bartley filed a formal request for 911 data relating to calls placed on hold, officials told him they didn’t have the data
Tucson’s pilot program is pulling habitual 911 callers out of the system, here’s how
The two municipalities share fire and EMS services, but town board member said the way things are split is unfair to the town
Officials said the ambulance veered off the road into a water-filled ditch and struck some trees
Eleven people were living in the partially brick home, and most had escaped the blaze by the time firefighters arrived
Former firefighter and paramedic Christopher Suprun published an editorial this week in The New York Times explaining why he will not cast his vote for Trump
Investigators were looking at “anything electrical” on the first floor of the warehouse near the origin of the blaze
Authorities believe they’ve located the section of the building where the fire started
Less than half of the charred remains of the partly collapsed structure had been searched, and crews clearing debris were expected to find more bodies as they advanced
Like any fireground activity, a well-run rehab sector begins with planning and ends with execution
A fire official said the fire truck got stuck in the mud and leaned over to one side to make contact with the ambulance
Jomar Pichardo invented ways to refurbish ambulance batteries and car parts that would normally be tossed away and replaced
Since the state’s wildfires worsened, hospitals have admitted over a dozen patients with fire-related injuries
Paramedics and doctors brought in fake body parts to show staffers of a school district how to tie tourniquets and pack open wounds with whatever they have
David Ley died Thanksgiving day after a diving incident off the coast of Florida
Five other miners have been hospitalized but their lives are not in danger and a few others escaped unscathed
Officials said 50 to 60 homes had been damaged with about half of them destroyed
After a near two-hour standoff, the intruders set the home on fire and attempted to escape, leaving the two children inside
Responders searched the scene and surrounding area when they heard a faint sound more than two dozen feet away
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