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
He powered onstage, sirens blaring, aboard one of his signature “ambu-cycles,” stunning his audience at the Kennedy Center
Richard Donohue is still in critical condition but opened his eyes Sunday
Dangling 35 feet in the air from her fourth floor apartment, she clung to her air conditioning unit until she was rescued
Man aimed at gun at responders several times before law enforcement arrived
YouTube videos show teens coughing, choking and lunging for water, usually as friends watch and laugh
A week after the marathon attack, their screams and cries continue to haunt the nurses who put their own fears aside to do their job
In the minutes after the explosions, she carried out CPR and used bits of clothing to help stop people’s wounds bleeding
Kevin Patterson, a job coach, relied on his training and the ABCs of EMS to save a co-worker in Moncks Center.
Rescuers turned the square outside the Lushan County Hospital into a triage center, where medical personnel bandaged bleeding victims
West, Texas, mayor said that at least 10 of the 14 killed were first responders
The slide occurred on a spring weekend when many skiers and snowboarders took advantage of late season snowfall in the Rocky Mountains
Tsarnaev is still unable to be interrogated, but is expected to live
Kevin Kunf Jr., 26, graduated from a fire academy and was on the verge of living out his lifelong dream when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer
Nelson, a native Texan, sent out his love and prayers via Twitter after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion rocked West, Texas
While robots are nothing new in law enforcement, the “SWAT Bot” is designed for specifically for ballistic shield purposes
The new footage, filmed on a cell phone from many hundreds of yards away, adds another perspective to the disaster
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco
Jeff Baxter, a city of Spokane firefighter, could tell by the tone of his wife’s voice that she was ready to give birth to her fourth child
150 buildings cleared by searches after massive blast demolishes neighborhood
One resident said in the small community everyone knows who the volunteer responders are
Medics on scene commend civilians for their desire to help amid the chaos
A deputy’s report said Fleurette French, 64, “was in no obvious distress” but “was highly intoxicated”
No one was injured, including the patient who was being moved from St. Mary Medical Center to a facility in Montgomery Township for a mental health evaluation
West EMS Director Dr. George Smith described the scenes of devastation shortly after the explosion
The Chicago Fire Department arrived at 5.30 a.m. when there were two vehicles in the hole
“She murdered me that night,” the man said Wednesday on the first day of the trial of Catherine Kieu, 50
A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat patients injured in Monday’s attack
Emergency room manager said that without Nayet’s help, Pina could have died
Letters were sent to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker
The explosion does not appear to be anything other than an industrial accident