Quick Look
The network is expected to provide better information on scene and the ability to provide electronic patient records to hospitals while in transit
The new rules include stricter procedures for landing in remote areas or flying in poor weather, equipping helicopters with additional safety devices and improving pilot training
A medic in the U.K. also wrote a book compiling silly 911 calls and a new comedy about EMS launched on USA Network
Dallas Fire-Rescue and area hospitals are also discussing plans to expand the program to include additional in-home services
Cardiac arrest survival also hits 57 percent in Seattle
AMR also gets new 911 contracts and bankruptcy filings detail Rural/Metro’s struggles
Shift lengths, staffing, and response problems at center of the dispute between labor and management
EMS providers to enter the warm zone with law enforcement to reach victims in need of lifesaving treatments
Fitch & Associates suggested minor tweaks to Pinellas County’s service, rather than decommissioning 25 fire-based rescue vehicles and eliminating 150 county firefighter positions
To determine the barriers to timely STEMI treatment in rural areas, a team of researchers conducted a web-based survey of 65 critical access hospitals in Nebraska
Sedgwick County EMS implemented a policy where patients transported to an ED who call 911 again within 72 hours must be transported to the same ED
A website that enables providers to anonymously report adverse events or close calls involving patient care or vehicles now has a section for reporting violence
EMS providers taught nearly 100 people CPR in a flash mob-style training in Santa Barbara
Surveys found that public was confused about the meaning of the EMS acronym, thinking it meant emergency management, emergency medicine in hospitals or environmental management services