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Lawsuit settled between 2 Texas county ambulance providers
Under an agreement, University of Texas Health East Texas EMS remains the Smith County’s main provider, while Christus EMS will operate on…
Police: Man stole ambulance with EMS provider sleeping in back
An ambulance was parked at a truck stop while a crewmember was napping in the back, when a man reportedly got behind…
(Webinar) Community Paramedicine 101: What every EMS personnel needs to know
Learn how communities across the country are leveraging community paramedicine and mobile integrated health for better patient care
EMS social work: A new approach to serving low-acuity patients
An EMS social worker describes how a new program in Texas is serving patients while decreasing 911 calls
Q&A: How to increase EMS retention with competitive pay and a scientific approach to hiring
Taney County Ambulance District Chief Darryl Coontz discusses the department’s approach to staffing and how they avoid retention issues
Student who lost parents envisions device to assist CPR breaths
Utah high school student Kennedy Hall, whose parents both died from heart attacks, has been nominated for a scholarship for her idea…
Here’s the solution to lift assists that are breaking your back
Don’t let a lift assist compromise your safety or even your career
Program will pay people to become EMTs in Ohio city
American Medical Response's "earn while you learn" academies aim to address an EMT shortage and compensate trainees for lost work time
EMS professionals faced danger in hopes of saving lives at Calif. school shooting
The International Association of EMTs and Paramedics said the first responders chose to forgo body armor in order to quickly treat and…
Learning from early adopters: Pioneers in trauma
What do Abraham Lincoln, the Revolutionary War, and an orthopedist named Thomas all have in common? They all played a pioneering &…
Memorials to mark 1-year anniversary of air ambulance crash that killed 3
The plane crash that killed a paramedic, a nurse and a pilot in North Dakota is still under investigation by the National…
Training drill: Transporting a patient with Ebola
The Superior Ambulance team practices transporting patients with highly infectious diseases