Fire-EMS
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Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
These concepts will yield more prepared, capable and resilient communities
For emergency responders, trauma from an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson, 23, was killed after coming in contact with downed power lines while on scene
“For the amount of calls our paramedics run, there should be eight [ambulances] in service, and right now we are fighting for a fifth”
Video from the scene shows multiple patients being loaded into ambulances as others limped away
Employees copied residents’ paperwork, gathered medications and got everyone into a common room while dialing 911 to ask for a bus and ambulances
Firefighters had just finished dinner when they heard a loud bang and ran outside to find out what happened
Coral Springs firefighter-paramedic Christopher Randazzo was shot dead after refusing to unlock his iPhone
Chicago has the largest number of women fighting fires and working on ambulances of any city in the country, but they make up less than 10% of the department’s total personnel
Long Beach fire spokesman Jake Heflin said responders arrived to a scene “filled with chaos”
The proposal comes after the Uhrichsville Fire Department put in a competing offer to provide either EMS service or fire and EMS service to the same area
Legislators said they have seen how hard it is to recruit and retain volunteers and that the paperwork required with fulfilling requests would be “burdensome”
Using restraints to protect a patient from harming themselves or providers is not new to EMS, but the circumstances are
Officials said no ambulances were available due to an influx of calls around the same time as the toddler’s drowning
Once crews have gone through the light, the system will change back to its regular traffic cycle
Chief Dan Miller has no memory of dialing 911 on Sept. 18, opening the door of his home to a paramedic he’d trained six months earlier and dropping to the floor
Police said the slaying followed an incident hours earlier at a motel in a nearby town
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital started evacuating roughly 101 patients Saturday night to bring them to other facilities
Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson, 23, was killed after coming in contact with downed power lines while on scene
Police said the three suspects fled the scene of an attempted homicide in a different county prior to murdering Christopher Allen Randazzo in Broward County
The car sustained heavy damage and immediately caught fire; two students were transported by ambulance to a hospital
Firefighters Brian McCluney and Justin Walker went missing in August while fishing out of Port Canaveral
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has not yet identified the suspects arrested or given a motive
The Res-Q students can give basic first aid and critical care, including stopping bleeds and administering CPR
Length of service awards, college loan forgiveness, tuition assistance and local property tax credits may soon be among the incentives available to responders
Responders credited the 6-year-old boy’s father for using his belt to make a tourniquet around his son’s injured leg
Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street
“Mayor de Blasio, you need to do more to protect the men and women who protect and serve this city,” said EMS Union Local 2507 president Oren Barzilay
The victim told officers he used the vehicle to escape the home, where he said he was tortured and kept in a dog cage
Amid the open case, the Broward Sheriff’s Office hasn’t released additional details about the killing
A package of 23 bills are aimed at addressing the well-being of responders and providing incentives to recruit and retain volunteer and career responders
How three providers found direction through mentoring, overcame physical and mental health challenges to thrive in EMS
