Patient Transportation
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The 74-year-old musician experienced dehydration and heat exhaustion, according to his manager
The San Antonio Fire Department’s AMBUS is part of the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force; it can carry 24 patients in seats or 20 patients in beds
Monroe County Fire Rescue took the patient to an airport, and she received a blood transfusion during an air ambulance flight to Miami
The injured Pa. woman was transported to a Wyo. hospital
Lifeguards also extricated two women from the crashed vehicle; one woman was transported to a hospital as firefighters worked to remove the car
Ali Bakker did not have a cellphone, recently suffered a fracture and was on pain medications prior to the crash
Mo. firefighter Todd Covington described the derailment and aftermath, saying, the scouts “probably saved 20 or 30 people’s lives”
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Those in the trailer were part of a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States
Paramedics treated the child on scene and transported him to Falmouth Hospital
The patients were participating in a reality TV show called “Bad Girls Gone God” when some suffered heat-related illness
Sgt. Michael Daniel-Hagan became ill during a training exercise, was transported to a medical center with limited bed space and was being transferred
Baton Rouge police found that the EMS provider who had been driving the ambulance immediately rendered aid and took Kiyana Baskin, 20, to a hospital
Four firefighters and an inspector were hurt and transported to a hospital, where two were listed in critical but stable condition
In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
We need our legislators to enact laws that focus on the real issues of reimbursement, enabling ET3 and recognizing EMS as an essential service
MCHD medical directors discuss whole blood alternatives and implementation considerations
A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson said the paramedics were placed on administrative leave before the police department released body cam video
Four members rappelled down to start providing medical care and others built rope systems to lower the patient to the ground
Grady EMS medical director, Dr. Lekshmi Kumar, said that the team is trained and expects more such calls
An attending doctor said the crash likely did not contribute to the patient’s death at Skokie Hospital
EMT Delilah Wells, who was in the back of the rig, the patient who was being transported, and two people in the other vehicle were injured
Governor signs bill prohibiting Arizona’s EMTs from persuading patients into not going to hospital
The police department released body camera video of the interaction with LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall
The bill’s sponsor said a pattern of counseling people out of transports is not a best practice
Firefighters freed the woman from underneath the vehicle and transported her to University of Cincinnati Medical Center
One patient was transported to NYC Brooklyn, and another person refused medical assistance
The golfer, Steve Levin, has since had Lincolnwood Fire Department members conduct CPR training at his law firm and wants to raise public awareness of CPR
The Poughkeepsie crew was utilizing the ambulance’s lights and siren when the incident occurred; the force of the impact caused the rig to crash into a streetlight and a fence
Syracuse members used ladders, ropes and pulleys to complete the rescue in about an hour; AMR transported the men
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