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Report: Fentanyl Deaths in Alaska Quadrupled in 2017
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new report says overdose deaths in Alaska involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl more than quadrupled last year.
Nerve Agent Information for EMS, Hospitals Now Available
NHTSA Office of EMS has compiled a refresher on standard protocols for recognizing, treating and protecting oneself from nerve agent exposures.
California Woman Dies After Jumping Out of Ambulance
The co-owner of the ambulance company said the EMTs followed proper procedures in their use of safety belts to restrain the patient.…
Plane with Sick Passengers Quarantined at JFK
A spokesman for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says representatives of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were…
One Killed, Two Injured in Medical Transport Flight
A volunteer pilot was killed and a mother and daughter he was transporting to a Northern California hospital were injured when their…
Several Injured in Highway Collapse in India
The concrete segment that slammed to the ground killed at least one person and injured another 23, police said Wednesday.
Several Dead, Injured as Typhon Slams Japan
A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge,…
Responders rescue hunter who hung upside down in tree for 2 days
Eddie Voelker was hunting in a remote area when he slipped off his tree stand and became entangled
1 dead, 2 hurt in Calif. plane crash
Palo Alto Deputy Fire Chief Geoffrey Blackshire said the single-engine Mooney M20 was trying to land when it crashed in a pond
FDNY: vandal arrested for scrawling swastikas on firehouse, ambulances
City fire marshals arrested 42-year-old Jem Ibrahimov on Saturday after he allegedly returned to the scene of the crime
Boy awarded honorary blackbelt for saving brother from dog attack
When Sasha Pchelenkov, 8, saw his mother trying to get a large dog off of his 2-year-old brother, Misha Moore, he immediately…
NM fire dept., police team up in pilot program for ‘down’ patient calls
A down subject call occurs when the member of the public who calls dispatch is not willing or is unable to approach…