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If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case – Part 1: Action steps for EMS leaders
”... As frustrated as I’ve ever been on a call, I can’t fathom doing any of these things to a patient,” one commenter wrote
Police Chief Michael Sack said fast actions by a security guard, along with police officers who “ran to the gunfire” helped end the shooting before more people were killed or hurt
Dallas Fire-Rescue transported the suspect to another hospital
“No damage was done, nothing was stolen, so we’re not really sure what he was doing,” said Traverse City Fire Captain Steven Ball
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
The two EMS providers were loading a patient into a rig at the time of the incident; the knife-wielding man was charged with attempted murder
Harold Jaesson Perez is the second Monroe County Fire Rescue Trauma Star program paramedic to be arrested
An USAR team found the missing person’s vehicle by using a satellite radio service to obtain its coordinates
State police said that the deceased person was not in the ambulance and that another person was transported to a hospital
Two others, including a Raleigh Police Department K9 officer, were transported to a hospital
Response to these medical emergencies should focus on intervention and treatment of the patient
According to a police report, Mark Denton told EMS providers that he cut his toes with a lawnmower, but he later admitted that happened in 1971
Off-duty officer Chas Kulow was with his girlfriend as she was being treated at a Five Finger Death Punch show
Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component
One person was detained by police, and several people were transported to nearby hospitals, including three who were listed in critical condition
Dozens of EMS providers watched from a courtroom gallery as Peter Zisopoulos entered his plea in a video feed from a Bellevue Hospital bed
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling served New York for 25 years and responded to the 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center
The suspects had reportedly cut through the back of the building and stole defibrillators, chainsaws, radios, generators and Jaws of Life
Despite the finding, the 23-year-old massage therapist’s cause of death remains listed as undetermined
A Monroe County Fire Rescue paramedic is accused of tampering with evidence and official misconduct
“They saw someone aiming a gun at their truck and began shooting at their truck,” said Lauderhill Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Levy
Police returned fire, wounding the suspect and avoiding further injuries to the public
The 29-year-old victim remains in critical condition
A driver faces multiple charges in the incident that crushed the EMS provider’s leg and caused other injuries
Crewmembers treated the man and worried a shooter was also targeting them
Officers began first aid, and EMS providers took over and transported the man to a hospital in an air ambulance
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Curry County Court Deputy Amy Jo McKenna was assisting with a prisoner transport in a Texico ambulance and was airlifted after the crash
Freeport EMS declined to press charges against Justin G. DeAngelis
Candice Mangan could be sentenced up to 10 years in prison and fined $250,000
Lynda Jayne Rusinowski was charged with two counts of grand theft of a controlled substance, two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and two counts of official misconduct
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