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.
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 machinery itself does most of the moving and lifting and that means both patients and paramedics are at less of a risk for being injured
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The man suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital
The patient initially taken by ambulance was also later airlifted because his injuries were life threatening
Police say the decision to delay the ambulance was appropriate and a standard practice for all departments
Eutisha Rennix was six months pregnant when she collapsed from an asthma attack at a Brooklyn coffee shop in 2009
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Officials said the ambulance was on its way to a medical call and had no patients inside
County’s new tower causing problems for neighbor and the FCC is threatening to shutdown
First responders among those honored at ceremony
Officials said the city wants to negotiate its own terms
Up to 50 emergency services workers, sheriff’s deputies and firefighters began to help townspeople flee before the water got too high
The paramedic was able to remove a knife from his person and stab Cannon who was beating him in the head and face
The boy suffered a chest wound after he impaled himself on the horn of a bull statue
The woman suffered a concussion, bruises, chipped teeth and cuts around the mouth that required stitches
He told police he was Jesus and that he believed the woman he attacked in the lobby was either the devil or his father
The current D.C. Fire Chief wants to put more resources on the street during the peak call hours and less in the midnight hours
Baseball offers one of the purest comparisons — a heady game of technical precision, where numbers and probabilities reign
City’s fire and EMS responses have been called extremely slow
Insurance stopped paying, cutting his rehabilitation treatment short
Emergency responders had to suspend search efforts because of concerns about another collapse
Police say both victims suffered significant injuries, but they were not considered to be life-threatening
23 scouts and three adults who were injured complained of tingling and burning sensations
All other employees were accounted for and no other injuries were reported
She joined the agency June 15, 1975, and described walking away as bittersweet
Tests showed his blood alcohol content was .17 percent, which is more than twice the legal threshold
A Navajo Nation ranger, a paramedic and two members of a film crew were stationed on the canyon floor and watched from below
Three paramedics and a firefighter climbed down 25 to 30 feet to where the man was stuck
The worker did not appear to be seriously injured but was walking with a slight limp afterward
Her mother found her daughter lying on a bedroom floor with a gunshot wound and she later died at a hospital