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Paramedic Grace Denny says every medic faces a weekly violent encounter as unions warn EMS workers are four times more likely to be injured
Naloxone will now sit alongside AEDs, CPR masks and Stop The Bleed kits at six park kiosks and municipal sites in Windham
Peer-voted and honored at the county commissioners meeting, the Lenoir native became a paramedic at 20, helps recruit and mentor new providers
Mercer County commissioners approved $100,000 apiece now, plus $50,000 annually for three years, from the $2.3 million opioid settlement fund
A letter from Office of EMS Director Gam Wijetunge informed NEMSAC members that their appointments had ended
Funded by $1.9M in city support, plus foundation seed money and community donations, the Danville Life Saving Crew’s new station aims to drop average responses from 10 to 8 minutes
After a heart attack, a 72-year-old waited five hours at Amberwell Atchison for a paramedic ambulance until Jackson County EMS arrived from Topeka
Alpena Firefighter/Paramedic Abby Smith is one of only a handful of women riding rough stock in Michigan
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After two families claimed deaths due to 911 issues, Assistant Dallas Police Department Chief David Pughes said he is confident it will not happen again
Sunstar Paramedics said they have personally been impacted by breast cancer after losing an employee to the disease years ago
A start-up called Flirtey partnered with REMSA Health to dispatch drones with portable defibrillators when 911 callers report cardiac arrest symptoms
Dani Kamenar was 32 weeks pregnant when she was attacked by a patient while responding to a routine call
With the acquisition, ESO will serve more than 13,000 EMS agencies, fire departments and hospitals
Ian Dow said he was inspired to buy the ambulance after crashing his motorcycle
DMI announced the release of Endzone, which enables responders to handle real-time scenarios from a mobile device
Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad is deploying its ASAP, or Alternate Support Apparatus, unit to help in rescue efforts
The Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area created ODMAP to give responders data they need to treat victims quickly
Anthony Agathangelon said he intended to kill the EMT because they were “out to get him”
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