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 selection of one trauma center over another should not be the basis for making operational changes
Do the right thing because it is right, but also do the right thing because your job, supported by the currency of public trust, depends on it
Testing plays an important role in the application and promotion process, but needs to evolve to remain valid and useful
Considerations for planning interdisciplinary training and staging include properly equipping EMS providers and developing a common lexicon
Active volunteer responders could get a 20 percent credit on their municipal real estate taxes and a rebate on earned income taxes
School officials are teaming up with the Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association to learn lifesaving basics to stop blood loss
The audio reveals responders scrambling to get the wounded out of the freshman building while not knowing where the shooter was
To reduce transport time, the department is considering transporting patients to the closest hospital instead of their choice and not transporting low-priority patients
Diana Woolf competed to help raise money and awareness for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and her personal campaign, Rescue 4 PTSD
The bill would give volunteer fire departments the ability to make up the extensive costs of ambulance services by billing insurance companies
Tucson Collaborative Community Care aims to decrease transports for people with chronic issues by sending a crew of two firefighters, a paramedic and a social worker
Bursting Bubbles developed a toy that wouldn’t take up much space in emergency vehicles while allowing responders to connect with those with autism
The Rapid City Fire Department now deploys one paramedic in an SUV to calls that are not as urgent so that an ambulance unit is kept available
North Richland Hills Fire Department and Medical City North Hills created the Code Sepsis program to assess and treat sepsis with antibiotics en route to the hospital
The crew, who rescued Ernest Silva, 92, when he fell into his well after the pump house floor gave way, returned to rebuild it for him
Pipe Creek Township firefighters David Wittkamper and Kyle Hibst, who is also the EMS chief, were about to take off when their plane struck another plane
Dispatchers will now wait three minutes instead of five after alerting a crew before paging the department again
Zac Santiago was attacked after confronting the teens about using drugs on an abandoned property
Aodhan O’Ferrell is cycling “from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean” to raise awareness about “move over” laws after being hit on the highway five years ago
Hollywood Fire Rescue engineer and paramedic Daryel Richards, a 22-year fire veteran, was set to retire this year
Ryan Fowler now uses his experience of being saved from an overdose three times to give talks to firefighters about his experience
The move could save money, boost response times and improve coordination during wildfires
Julie Ryan became a volunteer firefighter in 1944 after most of the male firefighters had been sent off to fight in World War II
Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they “actually deal with having shortfalls” due to low staff numbers
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Jones said he would submit to the drug tests in an effort to make it a requirement for firefighters and paramedics
The firefighters were transported to the hospital in stable condition; the paramedics were treated on scene for their injuries
Chief Justin Mochar asked that active volunteer responders receive a property tax rebate of 20 percent, as well as an earned income tax refund
Susan Farren is on a mission to teach responders how to be healthy by coaching through First Responder Resiliency Inc.
Gretna Rescue Squad 1st Lt. Pernice White jumped into action after seeing her neighbor’s truck on fire while driving home
Investigators found no difference in paramedic student recognition of scene hazards between a walk-around size-up and UAV flyover video
First responders raced to find survivors in the rubble of the 175-foot span using high-tech listening devices, trained sniffing dogs and search cameras
The union said firefighters and paramedics would be more willing to sign a contract that requires drug testing if the chief agrees to be tested as well
Owensboro Fire Department Capt. James Howard has worked with his colleagues to meet face-to-face with refugee communities to develop critical relationships
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