EMS News
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BREAKING NEWS
Annapolis Fire Chief Douglas Remaley presented the citations of merit Wiley H. Bates Middle School staff
FDNY EMS Lieutenant Alison Russo had served the department for 25 years
Training event in Fort Carson works on care and transport involving NATO countries
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed treat-in-place and whole blood bills, empowering EMS providers
Mayor Brandon Scott said the city is readying a team of call takers, dispatchers, support staff and a supervisor to deploy in a few hours
Egg Harbor Township EMT David M. Austin was known for his dedication to public service
An exercise in Staten Island showed how drones search for survivors in the aftermath of a coastal storm
The Colorado Springs Fire Department joined UCHealth to launch the whole blood program in May
Significant updates to the process, open until March 31, 2025, will benefit clinicians and approvers
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people and wounding more than 400
A patchwork of pilots and ground crews work to deliver relief to North Carolina communities cut off by the storm
Five workers were rescued in storm floodwaters that struck the small town of Erwin
Teams with cadaver dogs search through the storm debris in western North Carolina
Asheville and many surrounding mountain towns were built in valleys, leaving them especially vulnerable to devastating rain and flooding
The Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services will install the first of four vending machines in Brunswick
The complaint alleges that Santa Fe paramedics “stated that Mr. Tapia was obviously dead and would not be transported”
Routes and fallback routes were mapped for miles between the old hospital in Atlanta and the new one in Brookhaven
NaphCare disputed the investigation findings but agreed to pay the larger part of a $650,000 settlement
Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine described the decision to move Unicoi County Hospital staff and patients to the roof amid rising floodwaters
Basic supplies arrive by airlift, truck and mule as at least 121 deaths are recorded
First responders in central Texas look forward to Texas State Technical College’s Emergency Medical Services classes
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
A patient was unresponsive after EMS administered sedatives to a postictal seizure patient restrained by police
USAR task forces and fire department swiftwater teams conduct rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene
A University of Michigan study uncovers significant delays in stroke alerts for Black patients, despite equal presentation of symptoms
A lawsuit claims Honolulu paramedics could have prevented a fatal ambulance fire. Was the crew’s response justified?
PRODUCT NEWS
New laptop offers productivity, reliability and security for professional use across the enterprise
OneWeight is the first patient scale specifically designed for use with ambulance gurneys
ZOLL’s donation of the National AED Registry to the Emergency AED Registry, hosted by PulsePoint, optimizes dispatch and citizen responder accessibility to AED locations