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Wash. city votes to hire more FFs, EMS, upgrade fire stations
The approved tax levy would generate about $7.3 million per year and allow for the hiring of dozens of first responders
LODD: Ga. FF-EMR dies after month-long battle with COVID-19
Harold Boone, 49, was hospitalized in September and placed on a ventilator, but later contracted double pneumonia and was unable to recover
Woman tries to steal rig, thwarted by employee
A Guardian EMS employee who was cleaning the ambulance at the time had to physically restrain the woman while ordering her to…
Pregnant woman IDs killer to EMS before dying
Remy Lee, 31, told EMS providers at the scene, "It was my baby father," before later succumbing to her gunshot wound injuries
Boy, 7, calls 911 after mom has seizure
When Allison Doyle began seizing while alone with her son, 7-year-old Kristopher kept calm and dialed for help
Sacramento fire crew delivers fellow paramedic’s baby
Paramedic Rylan Smith’s new baby girl was greeted by a fire crew during her first seconds of life
Woman crashes car into DC ambulance
Providers were stopped and responding to reports of a stabbing when the woman careened into the parked ambulance
Texas paramedic dies after COVID-19 battle
Shon Matthews, 48, had worked in EMS since 2007, after a family crisis prompted him to switch careers
Reimagining Resuscitation – Episode 2: Quality of lives protected
Preventing hypoxia with apneic oxygenation
Ga. inmate escapes, steals ambulance from state prison
Authorities touted the recapture of David Pittman, who is serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated battery, but did not give details of…
Del. county hazard pay program at a standstill
The original proposal for the program would have awarded $10,000 in “bonus” payments to full-time county first responders
AHA Guidelines 2020: An EMS overview
Examining recommendations for EMS treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac arrest related to epinephrine, compression depth and rate, and double sequential defibrillation