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
Beginning July 1, a state law will require carbon monoxide detectors in all single-family homes
If your house was burning down, would you call the fire department and say, “Hi, do you have a truck available?”
A 27-year-old woman was booked for investigation of drunken driving
More than 5,000 firefighters have undergone training in how to use the life-saving equipment, including defibrillators used to restart the heart
Report highlights practice of sending truck or engine fire crews to medical calls
At a large fire, multiple people, many with vitals outside of the normal range, come through the rehab sector
Once the three passengers had leapt clear of the blimp, the pilot took it back up before it became overwhelmed by the flames and crashed to the earth
Demonstrators waded into the water while a retired Oakland firefighter demonstrated how he thinks the lifesaving effort should have been led
Firefighters say they did not enter the water because they were not certified to carry out water-land rescues
Police report that the incident appears to be a random shooting
“There was not a single request from Alameda fire or police,” Alameda County Fire deputy chief David Lord said.
Notes on the window of the car in which a woman died read: “Danger! Chemicals Inside! Call 911.”
Son relied on his newly-acquired EMT training to save woman in cardiac arrest
Would-be-rescuers must be strong swimmers and have proper equipment such as a buoy
Quick Response certification makes sure responders have the equipment they need to stabilize a patient until EMTs arrive
Medics claim they were fired for questioning the way things are being done
Leo Nault, 51, of Concord, N.H., pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to 16 charges of emergency services violations and three indictments charging conspiracy
Medic teamed with National Gasoline Safety Project after treating a boy severely burned by a gas fire
In 1978, Pittsfield Firefighter Thomas “Todd” Lange performed CPR on an individual who he didn’t realize had Hepatitis C
A visibly upset group of Knoxville Fire Department responders and paramedics were forced to wait outside the zoo by a security officer
They are considered public safety employees under the fire department, the same as fire captains and battalion chiefs
Mark P. Reed now dons a different uniform, as a member of the Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Session outlines a number of potential risks and opportunities inherent in the use of social media by EMS and fire departments
There’s a big move to privatize not just EMS service delivery but fire departments as well
Chief John Sinclair says the time to drastically rethink the role of EMS in healthcare has come
The man suffered significant injuries from being crushed as well as third-degree burns to his hand and forearms caused by the heat the machine generates under pressure
Former DC Chief Dennis Rubin tells Fire-Rescue Med how smoke alarm campaign resulted from girl’s death
Dan Eggleston, Chief of Albemarle, Va., Fire Rescue outlined why fire-based EMS is a good idea for these departments at Fire-Rescue Med 2011
Collier EMS, which handles hospital transport throughout the county, is rolling out system upgrades to ensure its personnel are on the same wavelength as the Naples fire department
Fire lieutenant was suspended for three days after he told the driver of the ambulance he was riding in not to stop after hitting a truck in March