EMS News
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BREAKING NEWS
Ninth Circuit upholds Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, denies firefighters’ exemptions
At a packed ceremony, Hall Ambulance’s EMT Academy Class 50 celebrated the start of their EMS careers
A REACH medical helicopter experienced an “in-air emergency” and crashed onto a Sacramento highway, trapping one crewmember
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The agency ends across-the-board vaccine guidance and urges individuals, especially seniors, to consult their clinicians
After 12 years and 13,000 volunteer hours, the retired EMT appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” where ADT’s Everyday Heroes donated $10,000 to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
After a tanker crash totaled one rig, Carroll County deployed a spare, fast-tracked a replacement and approved three more purchases
The stolen rig ran a red light, struck another vehicle and was slowed by spike strips
In downtown Montgomery, rival gunmen opened fire after the Tuskegee–Morehouse game
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Even if PTSD becomes a workers’ compensational eligible occupational disease, EMS leaders need to change the culture for traumatic stress treatment
It’s time for EMS providers to advocate for their rights to equitable wages and a safer workplace
Review from The BMJ confirms what many paramedics, firefighters and police officers already know about shift work and its effect on sleep
Low hourly wages is a main contributor to most career EMS providers working two or more jobs
Follow the mantra “a patient isn’t dead unless they are warm and dead” based on assessment findings and knowing resuscitation contraindications
Hypothermia death of a Minn. teen is an unimaginable tragedy, but a breach is not enough for a finding of negligence
PRODUCT NEWS
The University of Iowa Simulation in Motion’s three vehicles each carry a simulated emergency bay, ambulance box and four patient simulators.
First responders in Juneau County had been planning the mass casualty drill for 4 years
First responders in Norman drilled several times with several scenarios focusing on quickly treating the wounded
Two Prince George’s County firefighters were inside their ambulance at an earlier accident
Lockport fire officials release new details of the rescue effort following a tour boat’s capsize
Topsham Fire Rescue program will focus on seniors and non-emergency calls
A freon leak inside the Pittsburg store caused an employee to have trouble breathing
Officials extended “Code Red” air quality alerts for a third straight day
Three workers were pinned when the 6-foot-high, 40-foot-long wall collapsed near a trench where they were working
Over 400 wildfires in Canada have affected air quality in several states