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.
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
The child reportedly fell while carrying a .bolt-action 410 shotgun
A woman can be seen in the video trying to move the EMT off the cashier who he pinned to the ground
His condition was such that he was barely able to speak and at first couldn’t even drink water; he is currently hospitalized in very serious condition
Some of the skydivers were sent tumbling upon impact, but all were able to steer away from the falling debris
The driver of the SUV fled after the crash and the patient and two medics are being treated for minor injuries
Gregory Myers is accused of entering the common living room and telling the 15-year-old girl he was going to kiss her before she went to bed
San Diego Fire-Rescue chief wants to change the system so that he oversees the ambulances serving the city
Paramedic Deputy Ben Brink filled up his oxygen mask and “started letting him breathe the air and petting his little paw to get him to respond to me”
They could find no mechanical reason for the malfunction; it may have been caused by human error
The Douglass firefighter was waiting for his children to arrive home on the bus, and was one of the first on scene
A survey asked responders what skills and tools they used in transit and whether they had received education in those areas
The death toll rose to four when the bodies of a mother and her 8-month-old were discovered in Onion Creek
Employees immediately began CPR on the 3 year-old, and medics took over when they arrived
The “Mo Medics & Mo Friends” team of Lakeview Health EMS hopes to raise $5,000 for prostate cancer during the annual “Movember” campaign
The man was briefly hospitalized with bruises, bite wounds and four broken ribs
A faulty exhaust gas temperature sensor can cause the engines to stop and not be restarted for at least an hour
Crews used ropes and a harness to pull the man out of the confined space
While being struck by a baseball is an inherent risk fans assume at games, the question remains about being hit with a hotdog
With a woman’s voice crying in the background, the dispatcher asked if he had a gun. His reply: “a 44.” Then the phone line went dead
The strong ‘roadkill’ odor caused students and a teacher to pass out and vomit
Investigators say she was in the SUV with her three children, realized it was still in drive when getting out, and was pinned while trying to jump back in
Of those accidents, 70 percent of the time the ambulance wasn’t running lights and sirens
It took rescue workers more than an hour to free the man, given that there was a danger of more pipe falling
The decomissioned ambulance was being used to haul dive equipment and rolled backward down a boat ramp
County EMS gets priced out of city’s fire house — after the Bonita (Fla.) fire department lost a legal motion to run EMS services itself
The man, who suffers from diabetes, is now in a serious condition in hospital
They used a water-filled balloon to stretch the skin on her chest and then used the extra skin to build the face; she can now smile for the first time
The man fell off and tumbled in between the train cars; he died at the hospital
The boy’s condition is improving, but he remains hospitalized after falling out of a boat on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
After helping her over the guardrail, the driver sat with the woman until a counselor and a corrections officer who happened by offered to take over