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19 rescued after Wash. carnival ride malfunctions
Nineteen people were riding “El Nino” at the Washington State Fair, when it stopped moving
EMS From a Distance: Responding to Emergency
Emphasizing the old-world values of Squad 51 in today’s EMS
Strangers revive choking baby after mom screams for help
Reyna Martinez stood outside her home and screamed for someone to help her when her 1-year-old son began choking on Cheerios
Suspect arrested in theft of NM ambulance
David Neher, also known as David Sanders, 40, is charged with aggravated eluding, criminal damage to property and unlawful taking of a…
Minn. hospital’s request for statewide ambulance license alarms EMS providers
Some ambulance companies are worried that a statewide license for the children's hospital would open the door to multiple statewide licenses for…
NY politician wants disgraced FDNY EMT to resign
The EMT son of a high-ranking FDNY chief has been arrested three times for impersonating a cop and was found to have…
Fla. theme park offers free tickets to first responders
Legoland Florida Resort is offering free, single-day theme park admission in September for first responders
Mich. EMS provider stabbed in neck by patient
Police said the workers loaded the man into the ambulance, but he became combative and stabbed one EMS provider in the neck…
Pa. task force stresses improving access to mental health services in schools
A task force commissioned in the aftermath of the Parkland mass shooting calls for better communication about potential threats
Kan. fire officials: Too many ‘band aid and aspirin’ 911 calls
The Wichita Fire Department will test sending EMTs on “what some have called band aids and aspirin” medical calls, Mayor Jeff Longwell…
Mich. medical examiner’s office needs more money for overdose autopsies
Nearly half a million more dollars and an extra death investigator are needed to keep up with the record number of opioid…
US senator pushes Opioid Crisis Response Act
The bill would expand a naloxone grant program, authorize a grant to teach post-overdose treatment and authorize funding for technology to screen…