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Considerations for planning interdisciplinary training and staging include properly equipping EMS providers and developing a common lexicon
Great active shooter incident training takes a concerted effort to make exercises real, relevant, interesting and captivating for all participants
Investigators found no difference in paramedic student recognition of scene hazards between a walk-around size-up and UAV flyover video
FDNY EMS personnel crowded City Hall demanding equal pay to other uniformed public safety services
The paramedics were inside the Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia when their ambulance was stolen
Ronald C. James walked to the kitchen, grabbed a steak knife and told the paramedic he would kill him, according to police
Emergency crews heard a struggle in an adjacent room while they were performing CPR on a man who had suffered a heart attack and called the police for assistance
The ambulance sustained a flat tire and crashed into an unoccupied Ford Explorer parked at an intersection
The man sprayed responding EMS crews with starter fluid and told police he believed that first responders were trying to kill him
Thomas R. Harrigan was found at his home with a gunshot wound to the chest and later died at the hospital
Briana Turner allegedly became furious and tried to hit an EMT before jumping out of the ambulance to get away from first responders
Two AMR first responders were transported to the hospital with various injuries and released
The American flag, raised by NYC firefighters at Ground Zero shortly after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, was discovered years later in Washington state
A Med-Star ambulance was responding to a call of a four-year-girl that sustained a gunshot wound to the chest when the path her house was blocked
The two men got into an argument with the head nurse at a hospital and ran back to the ambulance demanding the FDNY EMTs to give them a ride to another hospital
Doug Stevens, 25, was celebrating his birthday with fellow first responders when he helped police detain a suspect in a robbery attempt
Police released audio of a former 911 dispatcher scolding a frantic newspaper delivery woman for driving into floodwaters
Police received a criminal mischief report and found a vandalized 9/11 stone memorial covered with spray paint
Oklahoma Highway Troopers used stop sticks and flattened three of the emergency vehicle’s tires before it came to a stop
Police tracked the ambulance via GPS and when they found it, the driver put the ambulance in reverse and crashed into a police SUV
The lawsuit claims dispatchers failed to send help, even though 13 seconds into the call, the 911 system pinged Brian Wing’s location
Heather Locklear faced five counts of battery on an officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer
Twelve search and rescue teams were deployed to continue the search for Daniel Komins, who has not been heard from since August 11
Officials say one victim was found trapped inside the van and responders used hydraulic rescue cutters and saws to remove them
Officials credited the quick response by area EMS and firefighters for helping the passengers and mitigating any potential environmental problems with fuel runoff
Justin H. Ryan refused to follow police orders and recorded paramedics treating a patient with his cellphone
Eric Stanke, 34, was arraigned for charges that include possession of a controlled substance and two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud
Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center
Emergency management concerns for the hours and days following an active shooter event
The Armstrong Ambulance Service taught cadets hands-only CPR and Stop the Bleed techniques to ready them for the field
The lawsuit states that “defendants acted recklessly and with deliberate indifference in failing to protect Kyle Plush, causing him to suffer greatly before his death”
The FDNY ambulance was passing an appartment complex when its crew heard loud cracks and spotted two spiderweb holes in the passenger-side window
The study found some of the system’s equipment to send and boost radio signals is no longer being manufactured or supported by manufacturers