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Drone outpaces ambulance with AED delivery
A Canadian drone company finished phase one of a trial to determine if using drones can reduce response times when delivering AEDs
Ambulance gets stuck in mud trying to reach man who’d fallen off horse
After an ambulance and a medical helicopter were unable to reach the man, deputies were called in to get the man to…
Fla. report details new information on FF-EMS captain overdose death
A.J. Isaacs was an EMS captain and had been with the fire department for 25 years before dying of an overdose
NY city 911 dispatch center is crawling with bedbugs, NYPD operators say
911 call operators first found bedbugs in a room at the Public Safety Answering Center II and bug-sniffing dogs have been finding…
Quick Take: Understanding FirstNET at the MCC Expo
Speakers from FirstNet Authority and FirstNET at AT&T presented how the national public safety broadband network works, who can use it and…
Two More Deputies Fired After Shooting at Florida School
Two additional deputies have been fired as a result of an internal affairs investigation into the agency's response to the shooting at…
Airstrike in Syria Kills Paramedics
The incident comes a week after two ambulance workers were killed in the nearby village of Maaret al-Numan.
Quick Take: Building First Responder Resilience
A Pinnacle precursor webinar from the 911 Training Institute’s Jim Marshall, offers strategies for preventing PTSD, decreasing suicides and Increasing happiness in…
‘Robo-glove’ could be future of EMS ultrasound scans
U.K. physicians saw a demonstration of the upcoming 5G network used in conjunction with the glove that gives real-time results to a…
NJ paramedics first in US authorized to administer buprenorphine
New Jersey’s Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal approved the state’s 21 mobile intensive care units carry the drug to reduce overdose deaths
Off-duty Calif. paramedics save man from burning car
The paramedics saw the car crash, stopped to help and pulled the man out of the car before it caught on fire
Calif. city to revive program for frequent non-emergency 911 callers
The city will increase staffing for the Resource Access Program, an initiative that provides outreach and resources to residents who are frequent…