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2020 Vision: EMS leaders offer predictions, tips for the decade ahead
From provider safety, to community paramedicine, degree requirements, retention, climate change and reimbursement; how to prepare for the challenges and opportunities the…
Amidst exploding bullets, cars engulfed in flames, Ohio medics treat one of their own
Judy Ortiz and Adam Van Duzen of Morrow County (Ohio) EMS treated Trooper Jason Phillips for traumatic injuries, including a bullet wound,…
The Star of Life: Quick thinking, teamwork contributes to skydiver’s miraculous recovery
Coordinated efforts between fire, EMS, CareFlight and hospital physicians made it possible for Paul Rizzo to continue living his life to the…
‘It was an honor of a lifetime’: Paramedic reflects on his time as former President George H.W. Bush’s personal aide
Evan Sisley has spent time as a photojournalist, EMT, paramedic and corpsman, but it was the president himself who inspired Sisley to…
W.Va. college improves EMS programs to meet community needs
The programs were restructured to work with the schedules of working adults through incorporating an online component, multiple lab sites and clinical…
Calif. ambulance service protests city’s selection of foreign rival
AMR's lawyer sent a letter to the city council referencing the "spotty track record" of Falck of Copenhagen, Denmark, as unsuitable for…
More than 60 vehicles involved in Va. crash; 35 people taken to hospitals
Officials said at least two people sustained life-threatening injuries in the chain-reaction pileup
13 shot at memorial party in Chicago
More than a dozen people were wounded, four critically, when gunmen began "shooting randomly" while leaving, police say
British ambulance service creates video compilation of its nonemergency calls
The service said it created the video to inform the public about when it is appropriate to call emergency services
Employees at Ala. EMS endure insurance lapses
Employees at the emergency medical service and their families say their work-provided coverage has repeatedly fallen through
Ohio ambulance service owners surprise employees with new equipment
Company owners presented employees with 10 new vehicles, seven new computers, three new power cots and more
5 times EMS made mainstream media headlines in 2019
Issues plaguing EMS, from low wages to mental health and safety concerns, the plight of rural emergency medicine and the FDNY’s first…