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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”
The fallout from Hurricane Helene has forced some hospitals to begin conserving supplies
10 hospitals and 300 healthcare facilities have already evacuated according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ website
Tampa General Hospital is the region’s only Level I trauma center and is expected to remain operational throughout the hurricane
Kansas is one of more than a dozen states with no “certificate of need” law
Providers and their communities are moving into the recovery phase while some healthcare workers are still unaccounted for in North Carolina
Routes and fallback routes were mapped for miles between the old hospital in Atlanta and the new one in Brookhaven
Ogdensburg officials, with the support of the Ogdensburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, turned down North Star Health Alliance’s plan
Hickey’s children tried to have her transported to another hospital, but officials said she was technically an admitted patient even though no bed was available
Teamwork was highlighted among the dispatcher giving CPR instructions and Chelmsford police officers, firefighters, medics and hospital paramedics providing patient care
Texas will try a similar law for hospitals enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in November
Exeter Hospital said it will delay ending the ALS intercept program and paramedic layoffs
AdventHealth Riverview Hospital in Hillsborough County is already earmarked for future growth
Nearly a third of New Jersey nurses have left the job since 2020
What EMS needs to know about treating suicide attempts
Fire chiefs say that Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s closing adds to the existing workload difficulties
Kern County officials created an Ambulance Patient Offload Time Task Force to deal with wait times
A fire on the roof of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Allegheny County was determined to be caused by welding
Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Boston face closing due to healthcare firm’s bankruptcy
North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo surgeon acknowledges prehospital care and response times in successful patient outcomes
ETI has been the primary method to help patients breathe; however, in the last decade, there’s been a significant shift toward using SGA, especially for cardiac arrest patients
A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center is using IntelliSep for rapid blood sample testing
Military medics at the University Medical Center benefit from the opportunities to treat serious injuries under supervision
San Diego County’s extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation pilot program using ECMO was started over a year ago and involves three hospitals
The Decatur Morgan Hospital was fined $5,000 and penalized for failing to meet response time requirements
Hospitals have been developing plans should violence or disaster strike at the convention during this time of political anxiety
Officials have planned and rehearsed for two years how to move 180 patients to a new hospital in Wheat Ridge
Regional Medical Center in San Jose changed course after county officials said the closure would lead to unnecessary deaths
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