EMS News
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BREAKING NEWS
With 1,288 cases and outbreaks in 14 states, the U.S. is facing its largest measles spread since 1991, prompting renewed CDC efforts and warnings amid falling vaccination rates
An SUV crashed into the Yonkers clinic lobby, injuring several people
FDNY EMS officer and union vice president says separating EMS from the FDNY would close pay gaps, curb turnover and give medics the autonomy to modernize patient care
Logan County commissioners approve hiring additional advanced life-support providers to strengthen ambulance coverage
Officials tell lawmakers that calls have doubled while volunteer ranks shrink, leaving hundreds of vacancies and slower rural response times
The North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company will revise policies for handling minors and require sensitivity training after Chief Peter Alt was filmed cursing at a youth during a call
Five townships allege Lackawanna County 911 is ignoring their primary ALS provider, while the county says it dispatches based on patient needs
New Orleans EMS says the medic was struck while awaiting a call and is in fair condition at a trauma center
Four Given Coffee employees were hospitalized after their truck exploded outside Winston-Salem’s Joel Coliseum
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Preservation of evidence and scene documentation can help bring the guilty to justice and also ensure an innocent person is not wrongly convicted
Develop restraint polices, train to apply restraints and adhere to those policies when behavioral emergency patient restraint is indicated
It is critical for EMTs and paramedics to check in with one another and advocate nationally for recognition of PTSD as a work-related illness
The mass murder of college students strikes painfully close to home for me and we must not accept this as normal
With heavy- and binge-drinking on the rise, EMS providers can go beyond basic protocols to help connect patient behavior to consequences
There’s hardly a mobile phone out there that can’t capture video, but EMS providers must maintain professionalism regardless of if they’re being filmed
PRODUCT NEWS
Following the dramatic rescue, paramedics treated the two patients for hypothermia
Four local agencies responded to the North Warren Emergency Squad incident, which was reportedly caused by a driver failing to yield the right of way
A photo from Columbia Fire & Rescue members who responded to the scene showed an ambulance on its side with significant damage
“No damage was done, nothing was stolen, so we’re not really sure what he was doing,” said Traverse City Fire Captain Steven Ball
The vehicles are equipped with vital items, including medications, blood products, IV pumps, intubation equipment and ventilators
The captain who was driving was not injured, but the rig is now out of service
Following the shots, the Med Express Ambulance employees noticed a man on a bicycle hit the ground, and made a U-turn to render aid
Naples Fire-Rescue Department crewmembers were forced to dismantle the chair in order to free the patient
Before mulling your “raise,” Page, Wolfberg & Wirth says to recall that a bill to “renew the ambulance fee schedule bonus payments” may pass
West Virginia Northern Community College also received a mobile ambulance simulator