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Ambulance Wait Times of 17 Hours Reported in LA County
These are dark days for Los Angeles County doctors, nurses and EMTs, marked by levels of death once unimaginable in the United…
Calif. mutual aid system dispatches FF-EMTs, medics to help hospitals with COVID-19 patients
Fire officials say the call to assist hospitals is the first time the system has been used for something other than a…
Officials Seek ID for Pickup Truck Driver They Say Hit CT Ambulance
While the ambulance sustained heavy damage and was towed from the scene. No one inside the ambulance was hurt. The post Officials…
NJ EMT accused of filming rescue squad members in bathroom has license suspended
The New Jersey Department of Health issued a letter saying Douglas Gimson's EMT certification "constitutes an immediate and serious threat to public…
Project Mayday: Lisa Bertaccini, LCSW
Why did you choose to be a first responder? Is there a link between the impact of childhood trauma, or does a…
Authorities searching for driver of pickup truck that struck Conn. ambulance
Officials say the driver of the truck fled on foot following the crash
Vaccine Rollout Confirms Public Health Officials’ Warnings
Operation Warp Speed, the federal vaccine program, had promised to distribute enough doses to immunize 20 million people in the U.S. in…
Volunteer Health Corps in California Dwindles
COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and intensive care needs are spiraling out of control. The post Volunteer Health Corps in California Dwindles appeared first…
Too Hot to Handle: Prehospital Stabilization of the Burn Patient
January 25, 2021 - 1 PM EST / 12 PM CST / 10 AM PST / 6 PM GMT Delivered in a…
NJ DOH investigates after EMTs accused of botching COVID-19 call, dropping patient
Ed Fox, who died due to COVID-19 two weeks after the 911 call, reportedly suffered two falls under the care of the…
Off-duty Conn. EMS lieutenant pulls 11 people from rolled-over van
Chesterfield Fire Company EMS Lt. Mark Battista was driving through inclement weather in Pennsylvania when he came upon the crash scene
Georgia EMS crews near ‘breaking point’
EMS providers in the state are struggling with diversions, staffing shortages and fears about needing to ration care as COVID-19 cases overwhelm…