Legislation and Funding
Legislation and funding issues always affect EMS budgets and operations. Use this topic to find out how the latest economic news is affecting EMS.
The risk of cardiac arrest increases with age; I would find more comfort in more adults knowing CPR
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the week’s top news stories
Dramatic changes for EMS reimbursement are destined to happen regardless of the Republican repeal or replacement efforts targeting the Affordable Care Act
Bryce Reed cried as he apologized in federal court for collecting a metal pipe and chemicals that could have been used to make an explosive
Darren Etheredge admitted to stealing the ambulance and drove it for about seven blocks before he was arrested by police
EMTs were given 90 days to leave by the landlord, but city officials have found no structural deficiencies
Voters will be asked whether to increase the town’s dedicated EMS coverage from 12 hours a day, five days a week to 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the first three months of 2014
The paramedic who took the photo of patients said he did so spontaneously, and later sent it to the media to highlight the overcrowding
Officials ruled to allow fire departments to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ rule against illegal drug use by paramedics and EMTs
The judge ruled that the 911 calls should be released, because they will be used to vindicate the actions of the emergency responders
The student is among dozens of defendants in paramedic assault cases being charged now as felonies
The residents are speaking out in hopes that the ambulance company will win the bid to be the permanent EMS provider next month
The raid is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, but employees have not been told the reason for the raid
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, only two states have laws requiring carbon monoxide monitors in schools
If the state bids out non-emergency medical transportation, the loss of revenue could prove critical to the operation of some EMS agencies
It includes a two percent pay increase beginning in 2014 and marks the first union agreement during the city’s bankruptcy filing
Members of Local 4911 voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve the new two-year contract with Rural/Metro
Currently, Iowa does not consider emergency medical services an essential service; rural ambulance are funded with donations
The group is hoping to raise about $15,000 towards research for prostate and testicular cancer
A state audit shows that the responders should receive benefits if they work more than 15 hours per week
The charges stated that from 2007 through 2011, he reported performing “thousands of surgical procedures, often as many as 20 or more in a single day”
The anti-heroin package of legislation includes immunity for those helping to report an overdose, and allowing first responders to administer naloxone
With passage of the levy, the program will be able to hire two additional full-time positions 24/7 which will include one paramedic and one EMT
Nearly seven months after her husband, Quinn Boyers, was murdered, she talks about the man she lost, the life they shared and moving forward
This will be achieved through 12-hour shifts of part-timers with on-call stipends for each shift
Colleagues are calling for the FDNY to discipline the EMT for lying to investigators about a high-profile case involving two paramedics
The medic is on paid administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted
Terri Elmore, 42, was involved in a 2011 crash that killed Pastor Jackson Boyett and his wife Barbara
The Pa. man was charged after allegedly wrecking the vehicle that he wasn’t permitted to be driving
His lawyers declined to specify the charge to which he would plead guilty or the recommended sentencing range he will face
His left hand swollen, the bite victim was admitted into the ICU, where he will need to take antivenin doses
