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Australian Paramedic Sunny Whitfield shares tales from the lighter side of paramedicine, adventure and life
Dov Maisel advises on 5 elements of disaster response as United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit team responds to Florida
Should we overhaul our protocols? What we’ve learned about STEMI, OHCA ROSC from the PEACE study
“This is going to be a historic event for Puerto Rico,” said Abner Gomez, the island’s emergency management director
Just after search and rescue dog teams returned home from Harvey and Irma, they set back out to rescue victims from more disasters
A mix of neighborhood volunteers, police and firefighters used trained dogs and their bare hands to search through ruins
Rescue workers rushed to the site of damaged or collapsed buildings in the capital less than two weeks after another quake left 90 dead in the country’s south
Steffan Williams rescued three people while he was kayaking and alerted his lifeguard dad about two stranded teens two days later
The four female students were treated at a hospital for burns after they were sprayed in the face with acid
Two of the tourists were injured in the face in the attack in the city’s main Saint Charles train station and one of them has a possible eye injury
Police said the explosion was a terrorist attack, the fifth in Britain this year
A paramedic named Johan held Dave Grohl’s leg in place so he could finish the concert
Responders described scenes of horror — first of boys screaming for help behind barred windows as neighbors watched helplessly
A first responder shares his own addiction story and why nobody should fear reaching out or calling 911
Authorities were working to re-establish supplies of water and food and provide medical attention to those who need it
A massive 8-magnitude earthquake caused buildings to sway violently and people to flee into the street in panic
French firefighter Xavier Gourmelon said the princess was conscious when he pulled her out the Mercedes
Elite members of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit were dispatched to provide mental and emotional stabilization
A hospital treated more than 130 people; police said the injuries were mostly minor
April Pone said the paramedic was acting “like a policeman” instead of helping her sick child
In 2018, they will begin using drones to make up to 2,000 deliveries per day to more than 1,000 health facilities
Craig McDonald will face his fears to raise funds for three charities he holds close to his heart
AMR paramedic Eric Thepsiri’s mission is to help civilians and Iraqi Special Forces members who have been hurt
After getting her car fixed, Revital Curiel drove past a crash scene and helped a victim
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the rare attack but it came amid tension in the area
The attack left dozens of people sprawled out on the ground in the city in northeastern Spain, some spattered with blood and others coping with broken limbs
Fellow staff members said incidents like this “tarnish the good name of committed paramedics”
EMT Gavy Friedson was talking about volunteers dropping everything to save a life when an emergency call interrupted his lecture
A coroner urged the health department to deploy more ambulances, saying his mortuary only has four
The Egyptian Railways Authority said that a train coming from Cairo crashed into the back of a train that was waiting at a small station in the district
Jennifer Jesty said treating a firefighter’s broken ankle in the heart of the wildfire was the “call of her career”
When Shiran Finder was alerted that someone collapsed nearby, she left the salon to help with tin foil and dye packets still in her hair
The cause was an electrical fault under one of the carriages
