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9/11 remembered: A son in harm’s way
The most profound loss on that fateful day in 2001 was the loss of family
Calif. FF-medic finishes cooking after assisting woman who fell in her kitchen
Orange County Fire Authority Firefighter-Paramedic Joe Park finished cooking breakfast for the woman after assisting, including "eggs made to order"
Study: ‘Extremely low’ risk of EMS providers getting COVID from patients
Use of PPE and following infection control practices, especially during aerosol-generating procedures, credited for low rate of on-the-job infection
N.J. ambulance crew rescues 2 people from burning vehicle
A McCabe Ambulance crew pulled two people from a burning car after it had crashed into a tree
Texas swift water team, equipment deployed to Louisiana
The Guymon Fire Department has three boats, specialized suits and equipment for water rescues
1 dead in 7-vehicle crash involving Ind. ambulance
Two EMTs were transported for non-life-threatening injuries after a seven-vehicle crash in Camby left a woman dead and six people hospitalized, including two children
EMT 360: The importance of context in EMS education
Anatomy and pathophysiology frame what ET students will experience in the clinical setting
What if you could save a life in three words? Well, there’s an app for that
What3words has made it possible to locate any place on earth in just three words, and PSAPs are taking notice
Acadian Ambulance evacuates 700 patients before Hurricane Ida’s landfall
More than 250 ambulances, two ambulance buses, and 12 helicopters are available for ongoing hospital evacuations
Medical direction: Stepping up the ladder
Communication applications, tech allow real-time feedback on critically ill patients; enable error-insulated hospital reporting
FDNY, NYPD search-and-rescue team activated to assist Hurricane Ida response
"This team has faced a range of disasters and is now prepared to help people who are threatened by Hurricane Ida," said…
Book excerpt: ‘Here hold my drink and watch this’
Australian Paramedic Sunny Whitfield shares tales from the lighter side of paramedicine, adventure and life