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Wash. city council approves first ambulance rate hike in over a decade
The unanimous vote raises Bellingham's basic life support fees from $877 to $1,177 and advanced life support from $1,093 to $1,393
Hurricane Isaias approaches Gulf Coast, prompting evacuations
The late-forming storm prompted states of emergency in Florida and Alabama as it threatens the Panhandle and southern Mississippi with life-threatening storm…
'Not causing a problem' is not a size-up: Lessons from Ohio firefighter/paramedic stabbing
A NIOSH investigation shows how a routine transport escalated into a stabbing and why dispatch coding, staging triggers and patient-notification practices all…
Ultralight aircraft crashes onto Iowa home's roof after takeoff
The pilot lost control while taking off from Abel Island Airport, striking power lines before his aircraft landed upside down on a…
Calif. FD launches community paramedicine pilot to ease ED, 911 strain
San Jose Fire Department's six-month pilot sends a two-person mobile unit to connect residents with complex medical and behavioral health needs to…
NYC ambulance response times hit record high amid EMS staffing shortage
Life-threatening emergency response times have climbed from 9:34 in 2021 to 13:09 this fiscal year as FDNY loses about 10 ambulance units…
3 people, 6 points: The Star of Life challenge is spreading on social media
EMS and fire crews are using their bodies to form the Star of Life, posting it on social media and tagging the…
Supreme Court declines to hear case of Wash. firefighters fired over vaccine mandate
The high court's refusal leaves in place lower court rulings that Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue could not reasonably accommodate firefighters who…
32-vehicle crash sends 15 to Idaho hospitals
Idaho State Police say a crash involving a group of motorcyclists on I-84 near Caldwell caused several vehicles to pile up, prompting…
2 dead, 26 injured in crash involving Fla. school bus
A car crossed the center line and struck a Winter Haven school bus carrying 39 people, ripping off a tire and sending…
Pa. surpasses 1,000 measles cases, largest state outbreak in over 30 years
With 198 hospitalizations and five deaths since April, Pennsylvania's outbreak is the largest since the early 1990s, as New York declares a…
Neonatal Transport Incubator Platform-FL: 2026 EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist
The platform lets air medical crews convert a LifePort AeroSled TS stretcher to carry a Dräger Isolette TI500 incubator in seconds, then…