Fire-EMS
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Lillian Bonsignore draws on her 30-plus-year EMS career to spotlight the financial realities facing first responders
EMS providers are more susceptible to sleep disorders and their inherent dangers and health implications
A month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency while driving
On the first day she felt well enough to leave her house after a motorcycle crash six months ago, she was struck and killed by a car in the crosswalk
The victims were between the ages of 23 and 31; all seven victims suffered gunshot wounds and two are in critical condition
Schoolmates had knocked him off the live wire, and his principal and EMTs performed CPR
“We’re talking about trying to resolve a system that’s been broken for 15 to 20 years. We’re addressing a long-standing problem,” Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said
Officials say it “happens on a daily basis” and that it’s “not their fault, they just are not paying attention”
There were no patients inside the ambulance at the time of the crash and the wreck is believed to be weather-related
The student is among dozens of defendants in paramedic assault cases being charged now as felonies
The two appeared to be in good condition and were not carrying a patient at the time of the rollover
Before calling off the search, crews had scoured a massive debris field, searching more than 4,000 square miles and recovering more than 1,000 pounds of wreckage
The idea began after officials learned radio traffic from the Navy Yard shooting had been streamed live over the internet; a fact that forced officials to take a second look at having open channels
He got a $1,400 bill for pathology tests, radiology and an EKG done; he was mixed up with another patient because of a typo
After about one minute of rescue breaths, the blue child began to slowly breathe on his own
The woman was accused of punching and smashing a car window, hitting a 13-year-old who tried to intervene in a dispute and biting a medic who was trying to help her
Two EMTs were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries; they did not have a patient in the ambulance
A woman jumped from the third deck and a Good Samaritan below attempted to catch her
Wendy Tapia resigned Thursday after trying again, her sixth attempt, to run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or less
Neighbors reported hearing a “big boom,” and firefighters and first responders arrived to find the residence fully engulfed in flames
Capt. Brandon Erickson died of complications from back surgery after he was injured lifting an EMT bag on a medical call
In an attempt to get the drug off the street, law enforcement won’t charge anyone who turns it in
The hardest hit towns were uprooted by an EF4 twister and one of the storm’s survivors, Marc Wells, captured this footage of the tornado’s assault on his home
The life-saving fleet travels over 3 million miles a year and requires over 500 oil changes
The residents are speaking out in hopes that the ambulance company will win the bid to be the permanent EMS provider next month
Sheriff Tim Bailey says the Ohio ambulance company’s response times are upwards of an hour and that it is “not acceptable”
A typing error reportedly prevented an ambulance from reaching a toddler who then suffered a fatal heart attack
Teachers and bystanders jumped into action, including a crossing guard who beat the dogs with a stop sign
A new study identifies a protein that could serve as a simple “biomarker” of more serious brain injury when even a brain scan fails to detect any such sign
Christopher Grubbs, 40, was not on duty when the wreck occurred and is currently on administrative leave