Response Times
An ambulance and vehicle collision immediately transforms an incident from the patient’s emergency to an emergency shared with the EMS crew
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With faster response times and a growing list of drivers that have delivered babies, Uber is ready to take on additional health care challenges
Can Uber really be a legitimate alternative to 911-based EMS and mobile integrated health?
The investment went into recruitment efforts, new ambulances and raises for current employees
Panacea’s Cloud will allow first responders and medical directors to better coordinate their response to mass casualty disasters
Though it might seem odd John Malcolm is glad an out-of-control driver hit the ambulance and not another vehicle
The ground-based mobile blood transfusion team is dispatched when an EMS agency requests it
Health care practitioners challenged to think outside the box to understand and solve the problem of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
The woman named the baby Uber after giving birth in a taxi operated by the app-based company
One of the cabs participating in the protest also knocked a police officer to the ground
The NSW Ambulance service will implement the compact vehicle during the holiday period
Shelby County dispatchers blame this incident on a flood of non-emergency calls
Tactical medic Ryan Starling recalls assessing the victims and separating the living from the dead
Local hospitals could not agree about how best to evaluate and care for patients in the immediate aftermath of a stroke
The Colorado Springs Fire Department tactical paramedics pulled victims away from the hot zone, which helped save lives
SWAT Dr. Michael Neeki arrived on the scene before the rest of the SWAT team and said the scene he found was similar to a war zone
Each kit is equipped with $25 to $30 worth of gauze, gloves and two tourniquets for bystanders to render aid
After the first suicide bomber blew himself up, health officials decided to put their “White Plan” into action, a disaster response plan that had never been used in such circumstances
The report also attributes the improvement to more staff in the fire department
The MD-1 Physician Response program aims to cut time for critical patients to receive doctor’s care
Increase in unit hours comes after a $230,000 fine last week for failing to meet required response times
The vehicle will respond to calls for nonlife-threatening injuries such as minor falls, cuts and bites
Rural/Metro San Diego was fined $230,000 by the city and is required to submit a plan for improvement
The most recent victim was Cam’ron Matthews, who suffered an aneurysm Friday
The city went from an average of 17 minutes to 9 by adding staff and reprioritizing calls
Some readers said GPS is a crucial tool, others said you can’t rely on technology and you should know your area
Police stopped the ambulance for not having its mandatory safety test on file, meanwhile the amputee patient sat for hours on the roadside without pain medication
An EMS organization with one or more of these problems is in severe distress and needs immediate managerial interventions
Research found that the patient population studied were more likely to survive if transported in a BLS ambulance rather than an ALS one
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