EMS News
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BREAKING NEWS
Ken Pagurek stepped down after delays in deploying FEMA teams to deadly Texas flooding, citing growing frustration with DHS oversight and the Trump administration’s handling of disaster response
Monarez was fired less than a month after refusing to back “unscientific, reckless directives,” as four other senior CDC leaders resigned in protest
Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service now carries whole blood on ALS units across Bartow, Cobb and Paulding counties
Minneapolis Police say the shooter opened fire through church windows toward the children sitting in the pews during school Mass before dying at the scene
New Orleans EMS providers recall wading through floodwaters, improvising landing zones and carrying patients when 911 went silent 20 years ago
The Life Flight helicopter, responding to an ATV wreck, clipped a business sign
Addressing Sioux City Fire Rescue, the “Black Hawk Down” surgeon said only 2 % of U.S. rigs carry blood
FEMA workers who joined a 180-signature letter warning that staff and budget cuts imperil disaster response have been put on indefinite paid leave
The Knox County EMS director had a blood alcohol content of nearly twice the legal limit
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A growing population with more chronically ill patients and budget pressures demands all EMS agencies work diligently to provide appropriate services to their community
Being overweight is a threat to our patients, to our health and to our livelihood
Call on your elected officials to support legislation pending in the U.S. Congress to set aside federal land for a National EMS Memorial
EMS providers need to admit that prehospital patient care errors can and do happen to begin addressing this serious cause of patient injury and death
Reinstating the Illinois Public Duty law may be warranted, but not because of the case that led to it being abolished by the state Supreme Court
Take responsibility for building and improving a department culture through good words and deeds, not disparaging ones
PRODUCT NEWS
The Municipal Emergency Services Authority in Lancaster County will set fees as it aims to address industry challenges
Crews added more than 2,000 wireless network antennas and additional improvements in and around State Farm Stadium and the Phoenix metro area
The Olympics-style games welcome first responders from around the country to compete in 50 different sports at venues throughout San Diego
Councilman Joseph Borelli plans to add language to the bill that would require the FD to replace aging vests as the protective material deteriorates
Upton police, fire and EMS members and mutual aid partners carried the man out of a wooded area and transported him to a hospital
EMS providers were tending to a patient when they noticed the vehicle was missing
The 35-year-old man died from compressional and positional asphyxia, which a coroner said was a result of being placed face down on a stretcher
Cass County Sheriff’s Office deputies said a car’s driver failed to yield and drove in front of the rig
The truck can drive through up to 40 inches of water, in over 230 mph winds, up steep inclines and slopes, and can withstand 40,000 pounds of impact
The sports car has a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Lamborghini Huracan