EMS News
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BREAKING NEWS
Dozens of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded to a spill at a shared semi-truck depot
ProTeam Tactical Performance cut the ribbon on a second-floor, state-of-the-art facility at the West Chester firehouse
A Davenport man stemmed bleeding with a tourniquet before St. Louis County first responders reached him
Northwest Ambulance District faces soaring equipment prices, staffing pressures as continued levies sustain service
A new Thompson Career Campus wing is training high school students for in-demand EMT jobs, backed by ARPA funds and grants
An Mecklenburg EMS MEDIC ambulance was hit by gunfire, renewing calls for state funding to equip EMS with ballistic vests.
Essex County plan would shift from county staffing to town-run EMS, using an estimated $2M a year in STR revenue to reimburse 50% of local EMS spending
Powell County EMS crew faces a hearing after learning that only wilderness paramedics can administer antivenom
The Illinois Department of Public Health rejected Orland Fire Protection District’s waiver to put an ambulance back in service after it was taken offline in June
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Montana ballot initiative 179 seeks to train and authorize EMTs to provide non-emergency care to veterans is a meaningful pivot for EMS and patients
Realistic training, dedication to management and monitoring, the ability to troubleshoot and competently use available tools are critical to all EMS providers
The medical director’s resignation is the latest failure for a department entrusted with the care of the nation’s capital citizens and visitors
We are regularly reminded that the communities we serve know little about EMS costs, challenges and services provided
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics have an obligation to respond regardless of their opinions about addiction and Narcan
EMS providers have a duty to make a good faith effort to provide competent, efficient and compassionate emergency care to everyone and anyone in need
PRODUCT NEWS
The sports car has a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Lamborghini Huracan
The 2% urban, 3% rural and 22.6% super rural additions for ground ambulance services are about to expire
The pedestrian sustained a serious head injury while the crew was transporting a patient
The agency will not receive its $1.27 million order for up to two years because of manufacturing delays
The city failed an audit and was left with about 800 claims on hold dating back up to five months, according to an internal investigation
Pa. police stopped the stolen rig more than 20 miles away
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
Social security numbers and other information belonging to at least 100,000 people was taken, according to court documents
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
Area Ambulance Service is the latest U.S. agency to donate a used rig instead of selling it