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EMS education in the age of social distancing
Educators are adapting to virtual classrooms and embracing distance learning to continue to train new EMTs and paramedics
Pa. FF-EMT dies from COVID-19 weeks after brother
Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac EMT and Fleetwood Firefighter Jeremy Emerich, 40, died six weeks after his brother also died from COVID-19
Video: FDNY EMT asks Congress for hazard pay, PPE
During a video testimony to the U.S. House's coronavirus committee, FDNY EMT Diana Wilson said the government had failed first responders
Provisional certification: What if it weren’t just an emergency measure?
A bold proposal to change the way we educate and certify EMS providers
Why extending the vehicle replacement cycles makes sense
Ambulance fleet management cost measurement, preventative maintenance to prevent critical failures can extend the vehicle life cycle
Quiz: How well do you know ‘Stop the Bleed’?
In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging
Healthcare company donates 40K cloth masks to EMS in 3 states
Highmark Inc, a healthcare company, donated nearly 40,000 cloth face masks to EMS providers in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia
EMT released after 46 days on ventilator with COVID-19
Lynn EMT Todd Beaudet was released from Tufts Medical Center and escorted by fellow first responders to a rehabilitation facility
Ky. engineer-paramedic’s sudden death a shock for fire district, family
Whitney Craig died unexpectedly on Sunday after nine years as a first responder
Importance of situational awareness process for emergency responders
Firefighters and EMTs learn a situational awareness process and complexities to maintaining and acting on situational awareness
Fallen paramedic honored with first responder procession during funeral
Capt. R.A. Furiosi of the William Walker Hose Company died from cancer, and was honored by local first responders
Man steals ambulance while crew inside hospital
William Ivory, 57, took the ambulance for a joyride while the crew transported a patient inside