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October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Tackling gender inequality in fire, EMS

In this episode, our co-hosts discuss Firefighter-Paramedic Wendy Ashworth, who became the first female to command an incident in her department's history

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

EMS World Expo Quick Take: How to care for lay responders who perform CPR

Diffusing and debriefing lay responders can mitigate traumatic stress and reduce the risk of post-traumatic injury from the experience of performing CPR

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Conn. EMS chief in need of kidney transplant looking for donor

Adam Goldstein, who put out the call for a donor last year, said he's hopeful he will find a match

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Boy’s death sparks petition to require ambulances at school football games

Riley Boatwright, 13, collapsed on the field while playing in a football game last month

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Controlled blasts to bring down cranes at New Orleans collapse site

Fire Chief Tim McConnell said work was beginning Thursday in hopes of bringing the multi-ton structures down ahead of approaching tropical weather

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

City appeals ruling that gave job back to Fla. firefighter-paramedic

The City of Orlando is arguing the decision was "explicitly based on a misunderstanding" of criminal charges filed against Joshua Granada

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Firefighters, EMT under investigation after alleged battery of autistic man

The Jennings Volunteer Fire Department has since been shut down pending an investigation into the incident

October 18, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

2 FDNY EMTs critical after suffering separate medical emergencies

EMT Liam Glinane suffered a stroke while driving an ambulance, and Lt. Raymond Wang suffered an aortic aneurysm after responding to the…

October 17, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

How empathy in action can help beat the opioid epidemic

The compassionate treatment opioid users receive from first responders can lead to education and healing

October 17, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

EMT reunites with baby he helped deliver 17 years ago

Brian Garland, who was 18 at the time, was captured in a Polaroid picture after helping deliver a healthy baby girl

October 17, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Fla. EMS agency approved to administer hepatitis A vaccine

EMS providers were OK'd to administer the vaccine after 19 new cases were recorded in the state last week

October 17, 2019 • EMS1 Daily News

Man arrested for attacking female paramedic in ambulance

Officials said Orlando Wilford lunged at the paramedic, grabbed her by the hair and began to claw her face

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