Fire-EMS
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The right messaging and training can give community members the confidence to step up during emergencies
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
The man killed his mother, set her house on fire and then shot randomly at passers-by in a neighborhood before officers shot him dead
The front of the ambulance was destroyed and all of the medical supplies inside have smoke damage
A pregnant woman was among those who died; her fetus did not survive
A man who had been asleep in the basement was unharmed
After his mother was hospitalized, they asked the hospital staff for help arranging a ceremony for their own nuptials
The sheriff’s statement said they were working to determine a motive
The smell left one fisherman unconscious, who was flown by helicopter to a hospital, and the other is being treated at another hospital
One was airlifted from the scene and sixteen others were transported with minor injuries
The victim, 21-year-old Islan Nettles, died Thursday, five days after being pounced and punched on by a man
Two young men, between 16 and 19 years old, approached the man in his car; he was found with serious head injuries and died in the hospital
She found herself at Children’s Hospital at the end of her first day of second grade
A group of business leaders footed the bill for the 10 new ambulances and 15 new police cruisers
Between January 2012 and March of this year, AMR took over 10 minutes to arrive to 911 calls 422 different times
The woman, whose name was withheld, was lifted onto a boat and taken to a hospital for evaluation
Police said investigators were trying to determine how the gun ended up in the child’s backpack
Nine people were taken to hospitals for evaluation or treatment; at least five were flown by helicopters to trauma centers
Paramedics rush forward with wheeled stretcher and man is presumably taken to hospital as observers yell ‘Let him go!’
We profoundly affect others, right now and far into the future
Pa. officials say they’re at critical time where violence is an issue and losing an ambulance is a threat to city safety
Four others were injured Monday when a car driven by 76-year-old man rammed through a glass storefront
The bus rolled over on a highway ramp in Kansas, but none of the 30 girls on board were seriously hurt
Jail records showed she was not in custody Tuesday afternoon
SUV was traveling at an apparent high rate of speed when it crossed over lanes, traveled between a group of trees and became airborne, crashing into home
The woman suffered an injury to her thigh and was transported to a hospital, where she was in serious but stable condition