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BREAKING NEWS
As Cleveland debates Tanisha’s Law, council sponsors are pointing to models in Albuquerque, Allegheny County, Durham and Evanston that dispatch behavioral-health teams
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Chief Barton “Butch” Inks, who prioritized physical and mental health initiatives while leading the St. Paul Fire Department, retired this week after a 31-year career shaped by fire, EMS and loss
The OC Bomberos nonprofit has awarded more than 40 scholarships to help aspiring firefighters, EMTs and paramedics afford academy and medical training
Under a new state law, EMS providers must report known or suspected overdoses to a Pennsylvania State Police system aimed at tracking trends and identifying dangerous drug batches
Backed in part by NHTSA’s Office of EMS, the five-year effort targets improvements in EMS, 911 and post-crash care, including prehospital blood transfusion
Medical City Alliance plans to break ground on an eight-bed emergency department expansion and a revamped ambulance-bay layout designed to speed EMS access
With ambulance call volume rising and EMS staffing stretched thin, the Sublette Fire Department is launching a second year of its teen cadet program to build a pipeline of future EMTs and firefighters
The appeal comes weeks after a judge barred the Baltimore County paramedic from his family’s home amid allegations tied to a firehouse and a continuing police investigation
A two-vehicle collision involved a West Chester Township ambulance returning from a hospital transport
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Removing endotracheal intubation from paramedic scope and implementing blood glucometry and CPAP at the EMT level are under consideration
Crumbling volunteer EMS infrastructure requires radical thinking and strategies to provide quality emergency care
Wholesale health care reform cuts endanger entire communities by threatening EMS reimbursements
As we move on from the uproar over “three strikes and you’re dead,” it’s time for EMS professionals to contribute ideas to solve the overdose epidemic
Extrapolating the consequences of a policy limiting opioid overdose treatment that goes against the foundation of EMS
Public policy debate, reduced access to prescription narcotics and societal desire to make real change are needed to confront the deadly opioid epidemic
PRODUCT NEWS
The training ended with an exercise involving mock shooting victims, allowing medics to refine skills such as wound packing
EPISODE-hEadpulse for Ischemic StrOke DEtection Prehospital, is a large, EMS based study that included 6 states, 17 hospitals, and 14 EMS facilities
This system is an innovative solution that sets a new standard for the secure transport of multiple medical devices, including ECMO during critical care transport
ACETECH reps will be in BOOTH #26 at the Arrowhead EMS Conference & Expo in Duluth, Minnesota January 17-21
QinFlow donates dozens of Warrior blood warmers to Ukraine for field transfusions to improve patient outcomes
Technimount’s solutions address the needs of the industry by offering enhanced flexibility and safety during EMS and critical care transport
Demers Ambulance USA names MacQueen Emergency as an authorized dealer partner representing Demers and Crestline products throughout Iowa
Wheeled Coach is a manufacturer of Type I, Type II, Type III and Medium-Duty ambulances
While behavioral and mental health is a small part of National EMS Education Standards, it represents a growing and significant portion of the call volume for EMS services
Sameer Jafri, Rory Beyer and Moseley Andrews included in prestigious list recognizing 30 of the top innovators, game-changers, and influencers under the age of 30