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Man In Critical Condition After Being Hit By Ambulance
The crew inside saw the man in the road, who was walking across the street in the dark outside of a crosswalk,…
$80,000 EMS Medicine Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Benjamin Nicholson
Dr. Benjamin D. Nicholson from Boston Medical Center will be awarded the NAEMSP/Stryker EMS Medicine Medical Director Fellowship at the NAEMSP Annual Meeting,…
Rescuers Meet Woman Saved in Car Crash Two Years Later
Marenna Ward’s life changed when she was involved in a catastrophic motor vehicle crash that left her with a permanent traumatic brain…
Training day: 3 Waveform capnography scenarios
Help student paramedics identify CHF, Curare cleft and ROSC in capnography waveforms, and develop a treatment plan
Family counseling: Keeping bonds strong
First responder families face unique stressors, which can be overcome with the help of a professional family counselor
Family surprises dispatcher who saved dad’s life
Two years after Stephanie Cifuentes helped save a man by giving CPR instructions, the family surprised her by coming to say “thank…
2 FDNY EMTs hurt after 2nd first responder assault in recent days
An EMT was knocked unconscious and another suffered broken ribs just a few days after another violent incident on a call
Kan. EMT pleads guilty to stealing morphine from ambulances
Colby VanWagoner pleaded guilty to stealing vials of morphine from ambulances and replacing them with watered-down solutions
Rude note left on ambulance insults paramedics for blocking driveway
When a paramedic crew returned to their ambulance after treating a patient, they found a note calling them insulting names
The flipped classroom: Capnography in use
The flipped classroom is an inquiry-based learning strategy designed to improve student engagement, discovery and outcomes
Calif. man rescued 2 days after getting stuck in restaurant grease vent
A would-be burglar had to be rescued from the grease vent of a vacant Chinese restaurant after being trapped for two days
Indianapolis EMS Reveals 30% of Scooter Accidents Happen While Drunk
Since September, Indianapolis EMS has taken 63 people to the hospital for injuries on scooters. In all, 19 of them were drunk.