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What paramedics needs to know as reports of self-medication for COVID-19 rise
Have we taken the lessons learned from 9/11 and truly changed our practices?
Tanir Ami, CEO of California’s CARESTAR Foundation on diversifying the prehospital care workforce and improving health outcomes
Doug Wolfberg raises concerns about New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health directive
“EMS providers are effectively being required to intervene and transport persons merely because they are homeless and apparently mentally ill”
Much of the increase is driven by older people and those with existing health problems, CDC director says
Naperville’s International MedTec series 4300 rig had been a reserve vehicle, was destined for Mexico, then went to a Ukrainian hospital before its current location
“Our worry is that this policy will only exacerbate the danger our members are faced with,” said FDNY EMS union Local 2507 leader Oren Barzilay
The Fresno County Department of Public Health reinstated an “assess-and-refer” policy on Wednesday to ease the burden on hospitals
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the directive as an effort to curb a recent wave of crimes involving people experiencing homelessness
EMS providers resuscitated Saddle Brook Fire Captain Basil Pizzuto at the scene and transported him to a hospital, where his condition worsened
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Nick Theofilis worked for both Penn Hills EMS and White Oak EMS
The former “Tonight Show” host may make a full recovery after sustaining second- and third-degree burns to his face, hand and chest
“COVID was the ultimate bully. It bullied every other virus for two years,” said Dr. Mark Griffiths. As COVID-19 rates go down, “they’re coming back full force”
This year’s key findings include information on antibiotic use, injury severity, hospital events and hip fracture surgeries
‘We need a tourniquet': LASD recruits render aid to wounded after driver plowed into them during run
“We need an airway for him,” one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, “We need help, here. Help, here.”
Montgomery County Hospital District evaluates prehospital NTG feasibility, effectiveness and safety for pulmonary edema
Kelsay Irby wrote an opinion piece expressing her dedication to patients “no matter what it might cost”
Thomas McCauley will be sentenced to 11 years in prison after wounding EMS provider Richard McMahon in an ambulance, prosecutors say
Advocacy, public health and medical specialty organizations signed a nine-page joint letter describing the ambulance bed crisis in a series of stories
James “Jimmy” Scanlon, 38, felt unwell while driving and later died from a heart attack
A crowd of first responders cheered for Ashley Diaz, who placed her hand on her heart before being taken home in a transport van
Monticello Fire Department crew members extricated a Wayne County EMS provider from the ambulance
Juan Wilson was an 11-year veteran of the Baltimore City Fire Department, according to Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734
Since the September crash, Ashley Diaz continues to battle infections from her wounds, and underwent a partial amputation of her leg
Dallas Fire-Rescue transported the suspect to another hospital
A second Fort Osage Fire Protection District member also was hurt when a brush truck became surrounded by heavy smoke and was destroyed
The three-day training exercise is to prepare for a major disaster that renders the hospital unusable
The influx in applicants may be due to the county offering to pay for new hire training, and the closure of a local hospital, one Lee County supervisor theorized
Firefighters found “extremely high” levels of the lethal gas inside the building, said Kansas City Assistant Fire Chief Jimmy Walker