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• Nursing home calls strain Ohio city's EMS capacity

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  Officials said about one-fifth of Xenia's ambulance calls come from senior living facilities, often for non-emergencies

• How much do you know about prehospital stroke care?

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  Are you ready to respond to a stroke emergency call? Find out by taking our quiz

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• 2 Ind. FDs seek to mandate dementia awareness training for first responders

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  The departments hope to make training on identifying patients with dementia a requirement

• $4M lawsuit says 92-year-old died after EMS crew dropped her on sidewalk

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  The woman's family says she broke seven bones when EMS personnel allowed a stretcher to tip over

• EMS social work: A new approach to serving low-acuity patients

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  An EMS social worker describes how a new program in Texas is serving patients while decreasing 911 calls

• Officials: Calif. nursing home patients had minutes to flee wildfire

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  Employees copied residents' paperwork, gathered medications and got everyone into a common room while dialing 911 to ask for a bus and ambulances

• Geriatric slips, trips and falls: 3 assessment considerations

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  On-scene considerations for EMS assessment for evaluating lift-assistance calls and making transportation decisions for geriatric fall patients

• Q&A: Thom Dick on what it takes to be a caregiver and lifesaver

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  Thom Dick, a paramedic, caregiver and advocate for patients and providers, discusses his more than 40 years in EMS

• Wearable tech: Detecting arrhythmia, falls with the Apple Watch

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  An Apple Watch update can detect abnormal heart rhythms and even call 911 for the user; learn how it works

• Minn. county introduces safety app to improve interactions with disabled

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  The Vitals first responder app is a non-intrusive, real-time resource developed as a way to give individuals with various conditions more peace of mind

• How to help Calif. wildfire first responders

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  Here are some ways you can give back to first responders who are responding to the wildfires, often as they lose their own homes

• What is sepsis

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  Sepsis explainer video from Kaiser Health News introduces signs and symptoms of sepsis and immediate care steps. Learn more about sepsis and 10 things you need to know to save lives.

• Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of older patients to gruesome deaths

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  A federal report found that care related to sepsis was the most common reason given for transfers of nursing home residents to hospitals

• Elderly patient falls cost medics time, money

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  A new study suggests paramedics are spending a month’s worth of time each year assisting geriatric patients after falls

• Texas hospital unveils senior-oriented ER

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  "Of course, everybody of all ages get hurt, but the ones who get sick often tend to be the elderly," nurse Wesley Milum said

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