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Driving home from Thanksgiving dinner, Paramedic Richard Recinos spotted flames on West Oakwood Avenue and rushed to the scene
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Authorities said the shooting in a parking lot outside an LDS church during a memorial service and does not appear to be a random or faith-targeted attack
Ohio County commissioners were told that paramedics’ pay increases have averaged less than 1% annually since 2020
A six-month Clark County Fire Department pilot using a paramedic, EMT, and social worker diverted 70% of behavioral health patients from emergency rooms and de-escalated 94% of crisis calls
Bystanders say EMS providers were forced to approach on foot after law enforcement vehicles obstructed access to the scene where a woman was shot in the head
Lack of planning, unrealistic expectations and stress can derail resolutions, but adopting small, meaningful changes can lead to lasting success
As an Ohio ballot effort seeks to eliminate property taxes, rural ambulance districts say the move could erase up to 70% of their budgets
Saint Francis Hospital will expand its prehospital whole blood program to a fourth EMS agency, with more than 250 field transfusions already credited with saving lives
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has defended Bonsignore’s decades-long EMS leadership background, emphasizing her experience leading one of the nation’s largest EMS systems
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Take pride that our work as caregivers is connected to the medics caring for injured children in Syria and other war zones
Progressive programs like community paramedicine and MIH are important steps towards fixing a flawed, inefficient health care system
Illegal drugs and adverse environmental conditions are a potent combination at mass gathering events covered by EMS providers
Pre-planning and code enforcement are essential to EMS accessing, treating and extricating patients from political rallies and other mass gatherings
Social media comments made in haste and frustration are causing public safety personnel to lose their jobs and the community’s trust
A heartfelt image, viewed and shared by millions, informs civilians about the consequences of gun violence and that all lives matter to EMS providers
PRODUCT NEWS
A tourniquet was applied and the worker was flown to the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
Ukiah hospital’s ‘Trauma Expo’ brings first responders and ED staff together to experience each others’ jobs during an MCI training drill
An unfinished two-story house in Conroe collapsed on workers, trapping them under piles of lumber
The city has seen ambulances break down en route to the hospital with patients inside, EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist said
Divers performed a grid search to locate the man on the floor of the bay
The agency gets paid whether its crews care for patients at home, or transport them to a clinic or an ED
Four years ago at Chabad of Poway a gunman opened fire during a Passover service, killing one of the congregants and wounding three others
Careerline Tech Center students worked through several scenarios evaluating their skills as they prepare for a career in EMS
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
While first responders were helping victims of a crash, another vehicle hit the ambulance with so much force that it knocked it over, MEDIC said