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October 24, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

High-tech rivals pose a threat to iconic stethoscope

Dr. Eric Topol, a world-renowned cardiologist, considers the stethoscope obsolete, nothing more than a pair of "rubber tubes"

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Photo of the Week: Preserving the Legacy of EMS

Dr. Sam and Cherrie Schienberg have generously donated $5,000 to the National EMS Museum to support new growth initiatives and first responder…

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

New Iowa ambulance designed with children in mind

A lighting system inside the rig shows stars and fireworks on the ceiling to provide a distraction

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

$260M deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis

Across the U.S., the pharmaceutical industry still faces more than 2,600 other lawsuits over the deadly disaster

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Paramedics help save boy whose leg was backed over by lawn mower

Responders credited the 6-year-old boy's father for using his belt to make a tourniquet around his son's injured leg

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Several hurt after man hits pedestrians with hijacked Norwegian ambulance

The suspect driving the ambulance hit a stroller carrying two 7-month-old twins, who were taken to a hospital with minor injuries

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Family of boy hit by Pa. fire dept. ambulance files lawsuit

Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance on May 9 while crossing a street

October 23, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Family of teen hit by Pa. fire dept. ambulance files lawsuit

Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street

October 22, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Rapid Response: What we must learn from the FDNY EMT brutally beaten by a patient

Training and experience are instrumental to keeping EMTs, paramedics safe from violent attacks

October 22, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Put that down that soft stretcher now. Here are 3 reasons why.

Using soft stretchers for patient lifting can put both the patient and the EMS provider at risk

October 22, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Put down that soft stretcher now. Here are 3 reasons why.

Using soft stretchers for patient lifting can put both the patient and the EMS provider at risk

October 22, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

NEMSQA releases revised EMS Compass Measures

Out of 14 proposed measures, NEMSQA finalized 11 in August 2019 and developed resources to assist EMS leaders in implementation

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