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September 1, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Texas firefighter-EMT killed battling Calif. wildfire

Cresson Firefighter-EMT Diana Jones was killed battling the August Complex fire at Mendocino National Forest

September 1, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Michigan announces statewide EMS Naloxone Leave Behind Program

EMS responses for opioid overdoses in Michigan were 22% higher from April to July this year compared with the same time period…

September 1, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

NY town board seeks removal of EMS volunteer over critical Facebook post

The Massena Volunteer Emergency Unit responded saying the volunteer was exercising his First Amendment rights

September 1, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

How field officers influence safety culture

Most of the firefighting risks we face should be extinct; they've survived off inconsistent and conflicting messages about safe behavior

September 1, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Ariz. city considering switch to fire department ambulance service

The expansion of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department's ambulance fleet and upcoming expiration of a contract with AMR has revived talks…

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

What’s in your tactical medical kit?

When you’re on an operation and you can only take what you can carry, what do you choose?

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Can respiratory support devices create air hunger through flow dyssynchrony?

The work of breathing can go up and oxygen saturation can go down when the patient and the equipment are not in…

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

ROSC after death: The Lazarus syndrome

What EMS providers need to know about the physiology behind the Lazarus syndrome to ensure a patient is deceased before declaring death

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Texas dispatchers recall trauma 1 year after mass shooting

Odessa dispatchers recounted the Aug. 31, 2019 shooting that killed seven people and injured 25

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

NJ Assembly passes bill allowing police to transport gunshot victims

The bill is based on a practice in Philadelphia known as "scoop and run"

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Helicopter rescues skyrocketed 225% in Calif. county this year, first responders say

Orange County fire, EMS and law enforcement officials urged hikers to properly prepare and take caution before heading out to the trails

August 31, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

6 injured in head-on crash between NC ambulance, pickup truck

Officials said a pickup truck going the wrong way collided with a Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency ambulance

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