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.
How can we begin to mourn, make sense of and learn from the tragic line-of-duty death of EMT Yadira Arroyo?
Stranded victims are at high risk of suspension trauma, which can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes
Rehab patients are friends and co-workers, which requires additional awareness for rehab medical personnel and preplanning to administer over-the-counter medications
Bloomington Fire Chief Brian Mohr said that although response times have improved, the increase in medical calls is taxing on the department
Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter-Paramedic William An was shot in his arm and leg while helping a victim who was lying in the middle of an East Dallas street
Paramedics are planning a protest, saying the amendments, such as moving toward fire-based EMS, are “happening without regulatory and managerial oversight”
Vulcan Society firefighters called on the mayor to delay Joseph Cassano’s promotion due to his previous racist tweet scandal
The survivors raised more than $40,000 to assemble 1,000 baskets as a gesture of appreciation
Daniel Greene was declared a “danger to the public” after allegedly killing Jon Hickey over a love triangle
A funeral for Jon Hickey, who was shot in his home after what police called a “domestic-related” incident, will be held today
City plans to begin fire-based emergency services would mean dozens of veteran paramedics would lose their jobs
Hannah Lindemuth said she was inspired to join the fire service after first responders helped her say goodbye to her dying father
More than a thousand 911 calls were handled during the first six hours of the deadly fires that broke out across Sonoma County
Daniel Helsel said it was fate that put him in the back of another ambulance on his birthday
Chief Porter R. Welch shares factors to consider before and while implementing a MIH-CP program
Robertson County EMS Assistant Director Russell Gupton said the passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries
The Unified Fire Authority will also teach everyone how to use the kit in an effort to teach the public how to reverse overdoses
Lindsey Derby was a police officer and an EMT before becoming Kasson Fire and Rescue’s first female firefighter
Orlando’s union president Ronald Glass said the department should be hiring more firefighters who can also respond to medical calls instead of 25 paramedics
Funds for the nearly $4,000 memorial stone, feauturing the Fireman’s and EMT prayers, came through donations
By working together to combat acts of mass violence, public safety agencies will save more lives
“We are dismayed by these selfish actions and hope the community can help us find the person,” Tualatin Valley Battalion Chief Chris Dawson said
“What if you have a call and the ambulance has to try and find your house ... for an emergency reason, a heart attack or something?” Councilman Dino Loprieto said
Treat aggressively with high-flow oxygen, rapid sequence intubation and Cyanokit in a patient with evidence of airway burns and CO2 poisoning
Capt. Tim Goodman was suspended in May after posting more than 100 allegedly racist posts on Facebook
Crews were able to successfully resuscitate 83 percent of the time, compared to an 11 percent national average
Four boxes are scheduled for installation in Indiana and Ohio next year
Megan Erdley said Chief James Blount had a “discriminatory desire to remove all women from the ranks of the paid staff of firefighters”
The new ambulance, which was purchased with leftover money from a new ladder truck, will help with the growing demand for medical services
Another medic was able to administer naloxone to the firefighter-medic, who was transported to the hospital along with the patient
David Knight was arrested after an investigation that was sparked when Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services noticed “some discrepancies” in their finances
Police officers used a squad car as a makeshift ambulance earlier this year to rush a wounded firefighter-paramedic to the hospital