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Calif. FD plans $764K community paramedicine pilot program
San Jose firefighter/paramedics will help patients with chronic illness, mental health, substance use and housing needs avoid repeated emergency calls
Former Ky. ambulance director indicted on fraud charges
Michael Burling faces six felony counts alleging he misused Elliott County ambulance service funds and falsified records
2 off-duty Minn. firefighters killed in collision on lake
A late-night collision between a pontoon boat and a commercial barge on Lake Pepin claimed three people, including two off-duty Wabasha firefighters
N.C. volunteer EMS receives grant to equip QRV
Suttontown EMS will use a $4,000+ grant to add emergency warning lights to a donated former sheriff’s K-9 vehicle
Ambulance crash survivor calls for safer EMS transport design in wake of N.C. LODD
After Paramedic Ashley Moore was killed in a high-speed ambulance crash, a Mecklenburg EMT urged more research into protecting crews during patient…
Helicopters rescue over 200 children from summer camp during Mo. flooding
Helicopters rescue over 200 children from summer camp during Mo. flooding
Calif. hospital resumes receiving ambulance patients
Orange County has restored Anaheim Global Medical Center's emergency receiving status, allowing ambulances to resume transporting 911 patients after a temporary suspension
Ind. hospital plans $37M emergency, trauma center expansion
The Elkhart hospital will expand and renovate its Emergency and Trauma Center to add private rooms, behavioral health spaces and improved ambulance…
Ohio officials approve co-responder program for behavioral health calls
A MetroHealth social worker will respond with Parma and Parma Heights police and firefighters to mental health, substance use, homelessness and other…
Support team helps families of Calif. rescuers deployed to Venezuela
While Los Angeles County search-and-rescue crews worked in Venezuela after the deadly earthquakes, a three-person deployment support team helped care for their…
Calif. invests $100M in community disaster preparedness
The Ready California program funds local groups providing emergency training, disaster supplies, translated information and alert sign-ups for vulnerable communities
‘Emergency!’ star, longtime EMS advocate Randolph Mantooth dies
Mantooth’s portrayal of firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage introduced millions of viewers to the emerging profession of paramedicine