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Va. Medicaid cuts could strain mental health crisis response
Virginia plans to end Medicaid reimbursement for community stabilization and cut mobile crisis response coverage from eight hours to four
Pa. paramedic, college create scholarship fund for future medics
Luzerne County Community College’s new Olsen Family Endowment Scholarship will provide eligible paramedic students with $2,250 in financial aid to help cover…
Pa. officials plan city-run ambulances as part of hybrid EMS system
Scranton’s proposed 2027 capital budget includes $190,000 to purchase three used ambulances as the city moves toward integrating public and private EMS…
N.Y. man seriously injured after being run over by bulldozer
A 64-year-old landfill worker was airlifted to a hospital after falling onto the tracks of a moving bulldozer while trying to climb…
Wis. fire, EMS district warns of service cuts amid $2.2M shortfall
The Baraboo Area Fire and EMS District is asking its five municipalities for sharply higher contributions as unpaid patient bills, wage increases…
Md. county weighs using EMS crews to help shorthanded firefighters
Somerset County officials and volunteer fire chiefs are developing a policy that would allow EMS crews to assist with hoses, hydrants and…
Ill. PD launches full-time behavioral health crisis team to reduce workload, improve crisis care
Naperville’s full-time Mobile Crisis Intervention Team pairs specially trained officers with clinicians to manage mental health emergencies
Ohio city proposes CPR, first aid, FD fee hikes of up to 60%
Parma’s proposal would increase fees for CPR and first-aid training, inspections and permits to help cover rising fire department operating costs
Bipartisan bill would fund firefighter, EMS mental health programs
The proposal would provide $7.5 million annually for suicide prevention, peer support, counseling and other mental health resources
Phoenix honors fallen firefighter/paramedic with street dedication
A street outside Station 25 was dedicated to Miguel Angulo, who died in 2021 after contracting COVID-19 following an EMS call
Calif. first responders turn to peer-support dogs to help cope with trauma
Specially trained Critical Incident Stress K-9s are helping first responders process traumatic calls, reduce stress and open up during peer-support debriefings
Nurse, new EMT and firefighter save man in cardiac arrest at Pa. fire company
The trio began lifesaving care within seconds after a 74-year-old man collapsed during a bingo game