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3 great old-school EMS patient handling devices

Carry a small personal aid kit with you at all times to treat the aches, cuts and scrapes you are most likely to experience yourself or need to treat in friends and family

State investigators found that Guard Well Medical Transportation failed to ensure its vehicles were properly staffed during transports and failed to properly train its employees

Local hospitals could not agree about how best to evaluate and care for patients in the immediate aftermath of a stroke

The mailing alleged that the imminent termination of an EMS agreement between the town and the Gardner Lake Fire Company — which goes into effect June 30 — creates a “massive liability and public safety risk”

“It’s very plausible,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A judge dismissed a lawsuit against Puyallup police and Central Pierce Fire & Rescue filed by a woman who was misdiagnosed with DUI but was later found to have suffered a massive stroke

New self-loading stretchers, Sprinter ambulances, and a few show stealers on display in Dallas

Technology to photograph, video and broadcast from an emergency incident to a dispatcher shortens EMS response, improves bystander care and ensures better patient treatment at hospitals