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Rescuers Search for Survivors after Brazil Dam Collapse
Mud complicates search efforts after dam collapse buries neighborhoods.
Rescue Efforts End in Spain for Boy in Borehole
Julen's remains were found in the early hours of Saturday by rescuers digging a tunnel to reach him.
EMS quality improvement through clinical specialty teams
Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change
Documentary highlights private Mexican ambulances
“Midnight Family” follows the Ochoa family in Mexico City, who run an ambulance company in a city where only 45 government-run ambulances…
Ind. dispatcher helps boy who called 911 after ‘bad day at school’
Lafayette dispatcher Antonia Bundy helped the boy with fractions after he said he had a “really bad day” because he had “tons…
Mo. ambulance service experiments with 48-hour shift schedule
Cole County Ambulance Service EMS providers work two consecutive 24-hour shifts, followed by four days off
Increasing your career options with more education
Due to on-the-job injury, family demands or burnout, many EMS professionals eventually need to find work outside of EMS
Lawsuit: Amazon delayed calling 911 for worker who had fatal heart attack
The lawsuit claims workers waited about 25 minutes before calling 911after Thomas Becker fell ill, even though there’s a fire station about…
Ind. fire dept. develops PTSD peer support network
The Anderson Fire Department developed a peer support network with about 20 firefighters and EMS providers available to help anyone struggling with…
Calif. college gives students a glimpse at career in emergency dispatch
Pairing simulations with a classroom environment, students in Hancock College's dispatcher course learn how to funnel all the information first responder need
Pa. program decreases opioid use for spine surgery patients
New protocol virtually did away with pain pumps, devices that allow patients to dose themselves with morphine after surgery
Reviews: No patients harmed in Minn. hospital ketamine research
Investigations commissioned by Hennepin Healthcare found that its paramedics and research staff acted appropriately in its ketamine study of agitated patients