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The video shows an ambulance being towed while others acted as escorts, walking behind and next to the ambulance
Lifeguards were practicing with the new drone when they were alerted that two men were caught in 10-foot swells
North West Ambulance Service Trust said they were “appalled” that the staff member did not take the body directly to the morgue because their shift had ended
About a dozen paramedics in Ottawa have begun treating elderly flu patients at the nursing home to prevent trips to the hospital
Corti, an AI assistant, uses speech recognition software to analyze the conversation and alert dispatchers if the patient is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest
Three helicopters and 10 ambulances rushed to the scene to bring the injured to area hospitals for treatment
Alice Johnson said she lost nearly five pints of blood on the way to the hospital after being told she would have to wait five hours for an ambulance
Jasmin Legg found her 4-week-old baby cold, blue and not breathing; she called 911 and was instructed to give CPR
One Metrorail train rear-ended another train that had failed as a result of a technical problem
Neighbors described a frightening scene in which seven men and two women delirious and with “glassy eyes” were wheeled out on stretchers to nine ambulances
A report found that paramedics were sent on their own to 2,204 calls in 2016 and 2017
Authorities blamed a truck driver for allegedly trying to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming train, part of which burst into flames after the collision
Officials are telling hospitals to delay some procedures to free up staff and beds to deal with emergency patients
Stockholm introduced the ambulance after it was revealed that more than 1,500 people die annually by suicide in the country
The so-called drunk tanks will help ease the strain on emergency rooms and ambulance services
The EMS provider allegedly injected air into terminally ill patients to get a payout from a mafia-linked funeral home
Police said the driver was a 32-year-old Australian citizen of Afghan decent who has a history of drug use and mental health issues
Mobile treatment units equipped with paramedics will be on standby in popular town areas with sick buckets, stretchers and defibrillators
After he had his hand fractured in an attack by a patient, John Liddle continued to treat the man for another half hour
The caller said the person was sitting on a bench perfectly still and covered in snow, according to West Midlands Ambulance Service
Elise Flitcroft suffered a breach birth less than three hours after her midwife blamed her abdominal pain on a urinary infection
Two men answered a plea for help on Twitter and freed the ambulance from snow while paramedics treated a patient inside
Paramedics are planning a protest, saying the amendments, such as moving toward fire-based EMS, are “happening without regulatory and managerial oversight”
The MD-10 cargo plane lands in developing countries, treats patients suffering from eye diseases, trains the local doctors and then flies to the next location
Paramedics allegedly told the nursing home staff that her injuries were not a priority
Andy Beasley was hailed a hero after risking his life to save victims from the attack that killed eight and injured 48
A fatal shooting prompted an investigation into the EMS agency after witnesses said paramedics did not take the patient seriously
First responders rushed the man to the hospital for treatment for “massive bleeding” from the open wound
The video footage shows the nurses jumping in to action to protect every baby in the room as soon as the earthquake occurs
Shaun Hartley-Foster walked out into the highway with his high-visibility jacket on and two torches to warn drivers of a crashed vehicle
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