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Video: Semi-truck runs ambulance off highway
Dash cam footage shows semi-truck driver Michael Mack ramming an ambulance that had its lights and sirens on off the highway
Study: Talking to patients may reduce readmission rates
The study showed readmission to the hospital was reduced when nurses surveyed patients before release
Tenn. first responders arrested amid fraud investigation
Robert Reasonover and Tyler Rathert allegedly logged into AMR’s accounting system and claimed hours they never worked
Plane debris found in search for missing air ambulance, crew members ID’d
Officials found what appeared “to be part of an airplane’s wing” near the last known location of a Guardian Flight air ambulance
Research Analysis: Using continuous feedback to drive cardiac arrest care improvements
There is no silver bullet for cardiac arrest care, just silver buckshot
Midwest Cities Scramble to Keep Homeless from Dangerous Cold
The bitter cold is the result of a split in the polar vortex.
Official Urge Vaccinations amid Northwest Measles Outbreak
Health officials say the outbreak is a textbook example of why it's critical to vaccinate against measles.
Do lights and sirens make an already distracted driver more dangerous?
An ambulance and vehicle collision immediately transforms an incident from the patient’s emergency to an emergency shared with the EMS crew
How to avoid, survive an ambulance collision
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
Man uses CPR he learned from ‘The Office’ to help save woman
Cross Scott remembered an episode of “The Office” where Michael Scott sings “Staying Alive” while doing chest compressions on a dummy
First responders help deliver baby, shovel snow for new parents
Two Cedar Rapids Fire Department first responders shoveled snow outside a house as the rest of the crew helped deliver a baby…
Ill. hospitals report cold-weather injuries days before arctic blast
Several patients had broken bones after falling on ice, some were frostbitten, and several were poisoned with carbon monoxide after vents became…