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A falling interstate sign crushed a vehicle on I-77 South, seriously injuring two people and forcing a seven-hour shutdown
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Fourteen people were injured when a Route 54 Houston METRO bus was hit and veered off the McGowen Street overpass
A distressed man pulled from the ocean off an Atlantic City beach allegedly attacked a firefighter with a screwdriver during a rescue
Two civilians were injured after a South Metro Fire Rescue ambulance was involved in a crash
40 people were killed and about 115 injured in the Crans-Montana blaze, with authorities sending critically burned patients to specialty centers in neighboring countries
10 Iowa organizations are set to receive up to $1M each in opioid settlement funding, supporting overdose prevention, treatment access and programs like community paramedicine
The first-year funding from a new federal Rural Health Transformation Program targets hospital stability, EMS sustainability, workforce shortages and ambulance response times
After years of Christmas-season gaps, Carroll County maintained full staffing without mandatory overtime
Spirit EMS crews and community members collected and delivered more than 200 stuffed animals to hospitals and nursing homes across western Ohio and eastern Indiana
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A special report published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine explains why all mass gatherings are not created equal
Montana legislators have endorsed a bill to prevent financial ruin for patients who urgently need air ambulance transport
All patients, including terrorism suspects, are treated with the same fairness and respect we deserve ourselves
Awareness of the cultural differences and working to reduce barriers to entering the EMS workforce will help us perform our jobs more effectively
Technological progress will continue to transform how we connect with our community, one patient at a time
Even if PTSD becomes a workers’ compensational eligible occupational disease, EMS leaders need to change the culture for traumatic stress treatment
PRODUCT NEWS
The incident is the first time someone at Rockaway Beach has been bitten by a shark in 70 years
Recent violent events have pushed Wake County officials to buy additional protection for first responders
Cambria County Box 11 was formed in January as a rehab unit providing food, water, tents, heaters, fans and clothing
SIM-IA has been visiting cities on the RAGBRAI route to offer EMS training through clinical scenarios
CAD upgrade in Owensboro eliminates previous extra steps and sends call information directly to ambulance service
First responders faced difficult terrain while working together to reach, package and remove an unconscious, bleeding patient
Portable Solutions Group’s donation will help the Greenup County Ambulance Authority with the purchase of their first ambulance
Calhoun County officials were able to lock in the price and fund the new ambulances through a government cooperative purchasing program
The Ventura County Fire Department is adding four ambulances for use when AMR response time is at least 10 minutes
A Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service provider was allegedly struck multiple times and shoved head-first into a cabinet by a patient in the back of the ambulance