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Wis. rescue squad to hire temps to fill EMT positions
The city will handle the hiring of the temporary staff at the Burlington Rescue Squad, but their salary will be paid for…
8 reasons we are on the cusp of Peak EMS
A bold prediction that EMS patient transport to the hospital by ambulance is sure to peak, level off and decline as we…
Two Attacks on FDNY EMTs Sees Union Demanding Help from the City
Police sources say one man was arrested at the scene for biting one of the EMS workers. On the same day as…
San Antonio Fire Rolls Out New High-Tech Ambulances
The new units feature UV germicidal light that can kill germs that may be present in the back of the ambulance.
Heart Left On Southwest Flight Makes It To Destination In Time To Save Lives
After a heart was mistakenly kept on a connecting flight to Dallas, the pilot turned around around one hour into the flight,…
Iowa EMS agencies run biocontainment drill with local hospital, clinics
EMS and hospital staff practiced steps for a scenario in which a University of Iowa student fell ill with an unknown pathogen
Grant funds provide Tenn. EMS agency with 8 new stretchers
The battery-powered stretchers cost nearly $160,000, and the grant paid for 90 percent of the purchase
Judge backs license for Minn. children’s hospital ambulance service
The license will grant Children’s Minnesota the ability to operate a new quad-cab ambulance for transporting patients between hospitals across Minnesota
Officials release 911 calls from onset of deadly Calif. wildfire
The calls offer a chilling glimpse into the moments when the Camp fire arrived at the Butte County’s doorstep
Video: Texas man rescued from 30-foot manhole
Houston responders rescued a man who fell into the open manhole as he was walking
3 rescued from W. Va. coal mine
Three people who had been missing for days were found inside Elk Run Coal's Rock House Powellton mine
Virginia EMT Suspended after Alleged Racist Comments, Receiving National Attention
Reports from CNN and the Huffington Post took excerpts from him on the white supremacist podcast The Daily Shoah, which he frequently…