Fitness & Health
The Senate wants more time to study the issue and other provisions passed by the House as part of the workers’ compensation budget
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The Senate wants more time to study the issue and other provisions passed by the House as part of the workers’ compensation budget
911 call operators first found bedbugs in a room at the Public Safety Answering Center II and bug-sniffing dogs have been finding the critters ever since
The city will increase staffing for the Resource Access Program, an initiative that provides outreach and resources to residents who are frequent 911 callers
Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour course that teaches how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis
EMS1 Editorial Advisory Board member Ann Marie Farina discusses first responder suicide, mental health with Vox
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday said that it was good that McConnell agreed to meet with 9/11 responders, but that the GOP leader needs to promise to make funding permanent
From engaging staff in strategic planning, and collaboration in organization goals, 5 strategies to EMS staff retention
Nearly 23,000 people in Maryland have been certified to dispense naloxone and reported administering it more than 600 times since a 2013 law expanded access beyond medical professionals, according to health officials
In 2018, San Francisco paramedics administered naloxone to 1,647 people, up from 980 two years earlier, according to numbers from the city’s emergency response system
Researchers have found the Miami-Dade program has discarded 11,000 more needles than it gave out and reversed 1,304 overdoses