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Genesee County commissioners are poised to approve a $50,000 partnership with the American Red Cross that would equip paramedics with Type O blood for emergency transfusions
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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
The caustic commentary of presidential politics is reflective of a deeper issue that impacts how we engage with our patients
Improving ePCR systems make it easier to capture, share, monitor and analyze big data for better local and national patient care
EMS providers can acknowledge their bias as they strive to deliver the best empathetic care to the patients they serve
EMS participation in harm reduction strategies, like giving a naloxone kit to an overdose patient who refuses transport, is worth the cost
The 15th anniversary is a time for quiet reflection and remembrance as well as a chance to discuss top lessons learned from a multitude of events since 9/11
A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
PRODUCT NEWS
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
Laguna Beach theater students used their makeup, costume skills to play the part of patients for EMT students
Durham EMS is not at the point it was several months ago when ambulances were breaking down on calls
Human metapneumovirus has many of the same symptoms as COVID and RSV