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How cardiovascular check-ups save firefighter lives
Decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease and line-of-duty death with these steps to stay firefighter ready to protect your community
Increasing sensitivity to EMS PTSD
Educating friends about EMS PTSD can prevent innocent questions that can undo years of mental health work and progress
Mysterious polio-like illness baffles medical experts
A spike in the number of children with a rare neurological disease that causes polio-like symptoms has officials scrambling to understand the…
Texas fire dept. now using whole blood in ambulances
San Antonio is the first large metropolitan area in the U.S. to use whole blood to perform blood transfusions on trauma patients
Congressman helps firefighter-paramedic return home from Mexican hospital
Fire Lt. Jason Oliver has been unable to leave a hospital in Cancun after being transported by ambulance while on vacation with…
Fla. Opioid Task Force’s $13.7M proposal focuses on ERs, jails
Hillsborough County’s Opioid Task Force is proposing a $13.7 million fix to tackle the epidemic, which it says will lower the number…
Officials: Paramedic stabbed himself, claimed he was attacked
The paramedic stabbed himself five to six times inside of a gas station bathroom while on duty, and initially told police he…
N.J. EMS Council Receives $7,000 AT&T Contribution to Support Cadet Scholarships
The 89-year-old nonprofit New Jersey State First Aid Council, now doing business as the EMSCNJ, represents 20,000 EMS volunteers affiliated with 250+…
7 Killed, Almost 80 Injured in Morocco Train Derailment
Local residents were the first to reach the scene in the town of Sidi Bouknadel, helping injured or trapped survivors out of…
Future Service Dogs Schooled on Emergency Response
Paws With A Cause service dogs service dogs in training investigate ambulances so their owner will be ready if they need emergency…
Florida Hurricane Death Toll Proves Elusive
Search and rescue teams have crawled and walked through thousands of buildings and ruins for days in places like Mexico Beach.
Retired ambulance donated to high school EMT program
The AMR ambulance will serve as a simulation lab for the Academy of Health Services at Lanier High School