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
A shortage of ambulances, inadequate training and a poor strategy make the district “one of the worst EMS systems in the country when compared to other major metropolitan areas”
The enticing count carries a minimum 10-year prison sentence and a maximum life sentence upon conviction
Officials said it was a diversion tactic by taking away the real problem plaguing the department: a lack of or broken-down equipment
The Fire and EMS spokesperson said it took so long because there was a staffing issue
All three were sent to the hospital and the extent of their injuries wasn’t immediately clear
He is accused of stealing more than $1,500 of fentanyl and morphine marked as resupplies for Peterborough ambulances between August 2012 and August 2013
The UPS cargo plane crashed in an open field near the Birmingham airport
She was Chatham County’s 2013 EMS Dispatcher of the Year and had worked in the communications department for two years
The Labrador mix was pulled from the chilly bay waters about two to three miles from shore
He was on duty near the airport when he went into cardiac arrest
Another ambulance was dispatched to transport a patient
The 28-year veteran is fighting to get his job back, saying he adhered to current state protocols
Investigators remained at the scene late Monday trying to determine what led to the fall
Police say the infant immediately tensed up and was later treated at a hospital and has now recovered
He choked on a sandwich, passed out and went into cardiac arrest
EMTs were aiding his girlfriend’s unknown medical condition when the man became combative and lashed out
Tom Gruen died trying to help others, killed in a wreck on his way to assist at another crash
He was injured during the struggle and taken to hospital where he spit in one of the attending nurse’s eye
The vehicle’s fuel gauge had been broken for months and has only now been sent for repair
His friend choked him from behind and beat him until he was unconscious
Fire Captain/Paramedic Matthew G. McKnight, 51, was a 31-year veteran of the department
Kevin Hall was found unresponsive in a pickup truck and could not be revived
Separated from his crew by his job as a lookout, he knew what their wives, children and families didn’t: All 19 had died
Neighbor said a woman believed her children were inside
Tom Mackey is arguing that he adhered to current state protocols when he administered drugs to a suffering woman
The kids playing in the street were just a few feet away from where the man was shot
A 29-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl are in critical condition at a hospital