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Nearly 20% of Honolulu first responders receive COVID-19 vaccine
City officials are encouraged by the initial round of volunteers, and are hopeful more will step up to receive the vaccine
PA EMT Loves ‘Emotional’ Job She Almost Quit
Laura Penatzer has spent 33 years as an emergency medical technician treating car crash victims, heart attack victims and more recently COVID-19…
IL Bowling Alley Shooting Leaves Three Dead
A U.S. Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley…
10 things EMS providers need to know about telehealth
Find out how telehealth applications can help expand the reach of out-of-hospital care to save more lives
Portage (OH) EMS Workers Among First in County to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The Portage County Health Department administered the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Community EMS workers on Saturday morning in a brief clinic that…
Front Lines of Coronavirus: OH Medical Helicopter Nurse Knows How Quickly Life Can Change
A constant witness to the fragility of life, Jessica Oakley offers advice in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The post Front…
CT EMT and Student Thrives in Unfamiliar Circumstances
Sydney Bryan had already been working as an Emergency Medical Technician for American Ambulance in Norwich during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post…
CT EMT and Student Thrives in Unfamiliar Circumstances
Sydney Bryan had already been working as an Emergency Medical Technician for American Ambulance in Norwich during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post…
Police reports detail sexual misconduct investigations of former Md. EMS director, chief
A paramedic says she was sexual harassed by a division chief while seeking a job at Allegany County Department of Emergency Services,…
Wash. volunteer EMT killed in murder-suicide while working at medical office
Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue EMT Liliya Zagariya, who was employed by PeaceHealth, was shot inside the medical office by a gunman…
Ohio bill to establish fund to pay for mental health treatment and lost wages from PTSD
House Bill 308 also prohibits employers from penalizing first responders who file a claim with the fund
The Autopsy, a Fading Practice, Revealed Secrets of COVID-19
At hospital morgues, which have been steadily losing prominence and funding over several decades, pathologists were busily dissecting the disease’s first victims…