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“Just try to wrap your thoughts around having 3, 4, 5, 10 gunshot wound patients thrown at you – at one or two medics with one ambulance.”
Emergency services organizations are struggling to meet the escalating needs for medical supplies, equipment and vehicles
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
The Rwandan Ministry of Health’s Jean Marie Uwitonze and Dr. Sudha Jayaraman discuss the jewel in the crown of African Ambulance Services
Cathy Trainor worked at a refugee center shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where she treated people suffering the mental and physical effects of war
The sports car has a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Lamborghini Huracan
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
Richmond Ambulance Authority donates supplies, ambulances abroad
From locally, to Ecuador and Ukraine, EMS and fire organizations stepped up to make a difference both at home and internationally
The donation was made in coordination with the International Fire Training Force, a Chicago nonprofit effort to aid overseas fire departments
A union leader said staff shortages and delays would continue until the British government increases wages
Roughly 1,700 emergency workers were dispatched to the scene where ambulances lined streets and EMS providers and bystanders performed CPR
CDC issues Health Advisory Network Health Advisory, for healthcare workers to be aware of the Ebola outbreak
The ambulance service is spending more than $3M on the new safety measures
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
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Yuliia Paievska, who was held captive for three months, gave the Helsinki Commission a detailed, searing account of detainees’ suffering and deaths
The tech company and the advocacy group said they plan to focus on guidelines, goals and strategies
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Senior EMT Jeremy Williams “looked like he was about to die,” said a colleague with the East of England Ambulance Service
Australia EMS medics join the podcast to discuss their efforts to fill U.S. positions with their paramedic surplus
While trying to film a message for the awareness day, two members of the East of England Ambulance Service couldn’t keep a straight face
Richard Webb-Stevens responded to the 2017 Westminster attack and has led improvements for people with hearing impairments working in EMS
Firefighters landed in second place on a list of 29 jobs
A CNN news team saw the tactic firsthand as they accompanied paramedics responding to a call to help a wounded man
“These medical supplies will help alleviate the suffering of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers injured in the war,” said NAEMT President Bruce Evans
The proposed medical support also includes armored ambulances and transporting some patients to a U.S. military hospital in Germany
While next to the wounded woman and with others injured nearby, the medic yells, “Stay on the ground! Don’t get up! Keep lying down!”
Katya Korshenbaum deployed with Magen David Adom, which has sent ambulances and field hospital staff
The Santa Fe Fire Department’s Rollin Tylerr Jones spent four weeks providing aid and working at trauma stabilization points
The American College of Surgeons is also seeking donations to help send bleeding control supplies to the region
“I don’t think there’s a single firefighter that watches what’s happening in Ukraine right now and doesn’t feel a little heartsick,” said Greg Zimmerman
Departments in California, Florida and Ohio have been collecting PPE, medical supplies, food and more
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