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West Foundation and Cleveland Clinic Fairview awarded funding to equip Avon Lake Fire Department with two LUCAS devices
Truckee police said a man intentionally drove into the front entrance area of the Safeway, injuring four people, including children
Two departments will be honored at Fire–Rescue Med for creative EMS approaches to cardiac emergencies and sudden cardiac arrest with Heart Safe Community Awards
The Bloomington Fire Department says the added day off between shifts has attracted more applicants, including a growing number of EMT-certified recruits
New FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore says low EMS pay is hurting recruitment and retention as medical calls make up the majority of the department’s workload
Emergency crews responded to a Wellesley daycare after children developed skin irritation from commercial dish soap mistakenly used for handwashing
A proposal to add civilian ambulance drivers to Lockport’s fire-based EMS system ignited a public dispute over overtime, staffing models and accountability
Two free naloxone vending machines will be placed in Marysville and Linda to expand anonymous access to the life-saving medication
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
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
The 2% urban, 3% rural and 22.6% super rural additions for ground ambulance services are about to expire
The pedestrian sustained a serious head injury while the crew was transporting a patient
The agency will not receive its $1.27 million order for up to two years because of manufacturing delays
The city failed an audit and was left with about 800 claims on hold dating back up to five months, according to an internal investigation