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More than 80 people are confirmed dead, including 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, after catastrophic flooding swept through central Texas over the July Fourth weekend
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Northwest Ambulance District faces soaring equipment prices, staffing pressures as continued levies sustain service
A new Thompson Career Campus wing is training high school students for in-demand EMT jobs, backed by ARPA funds and grants
An Mecklenburg EMS MEDIC ambulance was hit by gunfire, renewing calls for state funding to equip EMS with ballistic vests.
Essex County plan would shift from county staffing to town-run EMS, using an estimated $2M a year in STR revenue to reimburse 50% of local EMS spending
Powell County EMS crew faces a hearing after learning that only wilderness paramedics can administer antivenom
The Illinois Department of Public Health rejected Orland Fire Protection District’s waiver to put an ambulance back in service after it was taken offline in June
Coworkers recall the dedication of the N.C. crew who died in the Chesapeake wrong-way collision
An OMB memo directs departments to plan “reductions in force” for lapsed-funded programs, going beyond past furloughs by eliminating positions
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
EMS doesn’t choose people — it prioritizes patients based on risk, access and the realities of an unstable scene
Here’s what EMS providers should know about the updated standards, national assessments and opportunities to improve pediatric care together
The heartbreaking death of a Kansas City FF/paramedic reminds us that every shift carries unseen dangers
Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
From community risk reduction to treatment in place, other cities are reaping the benefits of advanced EMS systems. A proposed independent NYC EMS department could be the turning point.
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PRODUCT NEWS
Videos show paramedic performing CPR on a man lying on the sidewalk, fires shrouding Lake Street neighborhood in smoke
The South Carolina firefighter-EMT and other good Samaritans helped free one person; a second person was revived after 20 minutes submerged
Callers can discuss their symptoms with dispatchers to help determine whether transport is necessary
The volunteer team of 22 paramedics exclusively handles calls involving confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases
The company will provide free 5G access to all public and nonprofit state and local fire, police and EMS agencies for 10 years
Highmark Inc, a healthcare company, donated nearly 40,000 cloth face masks to EMS providers in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia
William Ivory, 57, took the ambulance for a joyride while the crew transported a patient inside
Floodwaters rose after the breach of a trouble dam on the Tittabawassee River; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the major flooding “a historic event”
The Wilmington Fire Department plans to buy 60 vests for firefighter-EMTs responding to shooting or stabbing incidents
The toy company also announced it will be donating dolls to the children of first responders, in addition to donating proceeds