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January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

FF-EMT donates 220 blood sugar kits to Wash. law enforcement for diabetic emergencies

Fairchild Air Force Base Firefighter-EMT Kris Maynard, the owner of Glucose Revival, said he was inspired to donate due to his own…

January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

10 things we’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

Preparation, vigilance and taking care of your mental health will be key strategies as we move forward

January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

President-elect Biden plans to accelerate vaccine delivery

President-elect Joe Biden said he will release most available doses, in contrast to the current approach of conserving supply to guarantee availability…

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

Sacramento (CA) Firefighters Get Inoculated

Sacramento's COVID-19 vaccine program took a notable step forward this week, expanding to include shots for thousands of firefighters and paramedics. The…

January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

LA County EMT says he waited 17 hours in rig with patient outside hospital

Los Angeles Fire Department Medical Director Dr. Marc Eckstein says the COVID-19 crisis in the area has reached "uncharted territory"

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases

The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.…

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

COVID Deaths in Los Angeles County for Single Day Equal to Homicide Deaths for Full Year

“Yesterday we had 259 deaths, that’s one more than all the homicides in 2019 in L.A. city combined,” Mayor Eric Garcetti told…

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

Siouxland District Health (IA) Vaccinates County’s Rural EMS Providers

About 100 paramedics and EMTs who serve towns outside of Sioux City received their first dose of the vaccine. The post Siouxland…

January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Aerospace company announces 1st preorders of compact air ambulance

Hatzolah Air has preordered four "CityHawks," lightweight EMS aircraft designed by Urban Aeronautics to more easily land and take off in urban…

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

Mille Lacs County (MN) Paramedic Collapses and Dies While Answering Call

Toby Rowan had just finished responding to a medical call for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and was still on…

January 8, 2021 • JEMS News

Pfizer Study Suggests Vaccine Works Against Virus Variant

New research suggests that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that…

January 8, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Minn. paramedic dies after collapsing on scene

Mille Lacs County Paramedic Toby Rowan had just finished responding to a medical call when he collapsed

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