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EMS Today 2019 Quick Take: Alternative transport destinations
Applying global solutions and the CMS ET3 model to EMS’s low acuity patient population with alternative destination transport
Learn how to read a MAP
Mitigate NIBP and auscultating innacuracies by watching the plethysmography waveform on your pulse oximeter and noting the mean arterial pressure
Firefighter-paramedic honored for saving neighbor’s infant while off-duty
Levi Dalton was returning home and found his neighbor carrying his lifeless infant from his home after calling 911
1920s ambulance thought lost gets refurbished
The 1927 ambulance was thought to have been scrapped after about 30 years of use at the Detroit Fire Department, but was…
911 center foster dog helps lower dispatcher stress
The St. Joseph County 911 Center is fostering Twix to help dispatchers deal with tough situations, as well as help Twix until…
Report: Additional Chicago ambulances not decreasing response times
Paramedic Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice said the added ambulances were a “Band-Aid on a wound that needed a tourniquet”
Paramedic, police officer rush into burning home to try and save man
Paramedic Darrick Gerano and Officer Ken Hollis managed to get James Indovina out, but were unable to save him
Simulation training prepares first responders for the possible not just the probable
With violence against paramedics and fire-rescue personnel becoming more frequent, training must include simulations of responding to "everyday" calls gone wrong
Fla. fire union questions battalion chief’s overtime pay for paramedic school
The county will pay $7,600 Bobby Bohn’s school, and will also pay him to take 1,200 hours of classes, 450 hours of…
NAEMT president outlines agency impacts of ET3 model
Our co-hosts sit down with NAEMT president as he describes the changes agencies will need to make to be ready for the…
EMS Medical Directors Chart the Future of EMS at Annual Gathering of Eagles
Highlights from the closed, invitation-only retreat attended by 70 medical directors from the most-populated metropolitan EMS systems in the U.S. and around…
AMR Looks into Safety after Portland Attack
Unlocked doors noticed in recent attack on Portland medics.