Pediatric Care
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Hospitals with enhanced capabilities to treat trauma, cardiac care, pediatrics, burns and more are providing specialized care and changing transport algorithms
Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
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The service is under further scrutiny after an ambulance lost a tire while transporting a sick infant, days after the state took 30 ambulances off the road
Responders broke a window to get her out after she was left inside while the owner of the car left to get a spare set of keys
She knew what to do from a health and safety class, and sang “Frozen” songs to her 2-year-old sibling to keep him calm
He received an EMS Hero Award after a hysterical mother knocked on his door with her 2-month-old baby who wasn’t breathing
He jumped over a fence and began the Heimlich maneuver when an 11-year-old raised his hands to his throat during a watermelon-eating contest
Four adults and three children were injured when a car crashed into a Los Angeles pizza shop, including a 5-year-old boy who has serious head trauma
A man and 18-year-old women were killed; three children and two adult women were hospitalized
The money will be used to purchase winter clothing and blankets for those in need
The 12-year-old called 911 and calmly turned himself in after the boy ran home screaming and collapsed bleeding on his porch
The owner’s 2-year-old granddaughter left the realistic-looking doll in a car seat and EMTs broke the glass thinking time was of the essence
The dad and Army sergeant was killed at the scene of the emergency landing and his 9-year-old daughter died in the hospital after they were hit by debris
His parents tracked down the medics who saved him from a near-fatal anaphylactic attack and invited them to his birthday bash
Children ages 4, 7 and 12 were among the victims; murder-suicide is being investigated
Thirty-one of those sickened were children; a pool pump that restarted released chemicals into the water
Her training came into play when she realized the 911 call was from her husband; the couple’s baby boy had swallowed a metal washer
Because the dispatcher insisted on an address, the father wasn’t sure if an ambulance was coming; he left by the time one arrived
One was airlifted with a severe head injury; the mother driving failed a sobriety test and they were on top of the car to keep the interior dry
The children were hospitalized and are in stable condition; they were injured while participating in a Civil War re-enactment
The Labrador-golden retriever mix can predict when 7th grader Rachel is going to have a seizure, and has become such a staple at the school that he’s pictured in the yearbook next to his owner
Medics took the children, both under 2, to the hospital with head injuries; they are in critical condition
All three responders said that they immediately fell back on their training, which helped ensure a safe delivery even if the circumstances weren’t ideal
Only about six in 100,000 children suffer strokes, but his mother immediately recognized the signs and called 911
The boys, ages 9 and 12, allegedly put rat poison in her water bottle; she was treated and is recovering
When Memphis paramedics arrived they determined the child could not move his arms or legs
The baby girls were born holding hands and are doing well; monoamniotic births occur about one in every 10,000 pregnancies
A four-month-old baby girl died of respiratory arrest after agents held up the ambulance for 30 minutes in search for drugs that were never found
The most seriously hurt was the driver, who had to be cut from the bus and pulled through the windshield before he was taken to a hospital
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