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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…
The 10 best podcasts for EMTs, paramedics
In EMS, staying up to date on the latest and greatest can be difficult; here are 10 podcasts that will keep you…
W. Va. county to help residents pay for EMT classes
The proposal asked officials to use money that would have been allocated to Valley Ambulance—which no longer exists—to help sponsor students
Officials searching for missing Alaska air ambulance
The Coast Guard said they were notified that a Guardian Flight King Air 200 medical flight was expected to land, but it…
Three Dead in Ohio Medical Helicopter Crash
No patients were aboard the helicopter which crashed near Zaleski.