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Calif. patient receiving CPR during transport dies after rig crashes
A medical helicopter was requested, but the patient was pronounced dead before the aircraft arrived
Pa. 911 dispatchers seek expanded support amid mental health crisis
A new union contract provides critical incident leave, but dispatchers say more support is needed after traumatic calls and long shifts
Officials credit cadaver lab training after Mass. paramedics, police save man injured by circular saw
Bridgewater officials say paramedics used a humeral head IO technique practiced during cadaver training while treating the severely injured patient
Conn. EMS union threatens to strike over alleged staffing issues, unsafe work conditions
Federal mediation is scheduled as Hunter's Ambulance Service union leaders seek limits on mandated shifts
Colo. law recognizing EMS as an essential service goes into effect
HB 26-1238 covers ambulance and air ambulance services while clarifying that off-duty EMS providers are not required to respond
Photo of the Week: Whole blood takes off in Va.
Mecklenburg County paramedics can now administer whole blood to patients at the scene or during transport
Stolen Texas ambulance involved in pursuit, fatal shooting
The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin
Idaho man sentenced in crash that killed paramedic
Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash
Conn. firefighter/paramedics' ALS restriction lifted at university campus
A new program allows licensed UConn firefighter/paramedics to provide ALS, ending a decades-long restriction at the Storrs campus
Calif. FD adds single-role EMS positions, returns engine company to service
Folsom Fire Department will hire 14 EMTs and paramedics in a restructuring expected to cut costs and restore an engine taken out…
N.Y. ambulance service receives $50K grant for new rig
Town of Watertown Ambulance used the funding to purchase a new ambulance amid growing financial and staffing pressures on volunteer EMS
EMS agencies invited to help streamline Medicare ambulance data reporting
Weigh in on which GADCS data elements are most valuable as AIMHI seeks to reduce reporting burdens while preserving data used to…