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October 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

EtCO2 monitoring: You’re doing the right thing

Amid protocol changes and airway/respiratory procedure modifications due to COVID-19, it’s comforting to know that when it comes to EtCO2 monitoring, you…

October 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Tenn. EMS requests compression devices for all county ambulances

Cumberland County EMS is set to receive four Lucas devices but says it would be unfair for areas served by its other…

October 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Video: Sudden cardiac arrest survivors under 40 raise awareness, encourage CPR training

The Citizen CPR Foundation's 40 Under 40 Committee released a PSA on Oct. 16 to coincide with World Restart a Heat Day

October 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

1 dead, 2 hospitalized after ambulance crash in Cincinnati

Two Cincinnati Fire Department members were injured and another driver died after the collision Thursday night

October 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Tiered vaccine plan laid out in Idaho; healthcare workers on 1st tier, FFs and LEOs on 2nd

An advisory group formed by the state said it will consider local input before announcing the finalized distribution plans

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Video: 13 burned in boat explosion in Florida, multiple victims transported

When Fort Lauderdale fire crews arrived, nearby boaters were plucking people out of the water and off the boat

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Conn. FF-EMT saves cat suffering smoke inhalation

Chesterfield Firefighter-EMT Amie Barnes said she had never given oxygen to an animal before but followed her instincts to save the "feline…

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Mo. ambulance catches fire with crew inside

The two Ava Ambulance District employees managed to escape uninjured, but the rig was destroyed

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Air ambulance company flies healthcare worker with COVID-19 home for free

Respiratory Therapist Roman Valles, a contractor for Peak Medevac, was flown home to Colorado after contracting COVID-19 while deployed to Texas

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Ga. county program allows some 911 callers to speak with a nurse, consider ER alternatives

American Medical Response partnered with DeKalb County to roll out the 911 Nurse Navigation Program this month

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Pa. police looking for person who put soap in first responder memorial fountain

The memorial in Ridley Township honors first responders who have died in the line of duty

October 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Fla. paramedics finish yardwork for veteran suffering heat exhaustion

When Army veteran Prince Pinkney, 83, became overheated while working on his lawn, a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crew treated him and…

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