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10 hospitalized after chemical leak at La. business, including firefighters
A valve malfunction involving boron trifluoride at a Lafayette Parish business prompted evacuations and hospitalized workers and first responders
‘You just stuffed it down’: First responders, dispatchers confront mental health crisis
EMS personnel, dispatchers and other first responders are speaking more openly about PTSD, burnout and stigma as more agencies expand mental health…
Pittsburgh EMS brings ‘mini hospital’ to NFL draft
More than 100 paramedics staffed the three-day event, using foot teams to reach and treat patients in dense crowds
'The hands of God': Heart attack patient returns to thank Va. paramedics, EMT
Weeks after suffering a massive heart attack at home, Shayne South returned to Lynchburg Fire Station 7 to thank the firefighters and…
3 injured when dump truck overturns onto car in N.Y. crash
Rosendale police said a loaded tri-axle dump truck lost control and flipped onto an oncoming vehicle, trapping three people inside
NYPD waited 41 minutes for EMS before rushing patient to hospital, where he died
Officers made two calls for EMS before transporting the 22-year-old themselves during a medical emergency
EMS1 readers respond: Should IV acetaminophen replace opioids as first-line pain control?
EMS providers debate whether making IV acetaminophen the first-line option improves patient care or limits provider judgment
'Simply luck': Explosives-packed SUV attack at Ore. club nearly turns catastrophic
Portland police say a vehicle loaded with pipe bombs and propane tanks partially detonated, narrowly avoiding mass injuries at the Multnomah Athletic…
New Nev. ambulance HQ aims to boost response and training
Community Ambulance breaks ground on a larger dispatch and operations center in Henderson designed to expand EMS capacity, training and fleet maintenance
Suspected DUI driver crashes into Calif. ambulance, injures medics
Police say a driver with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit crossed into oncoming traffic and hit an…
Wrong-way crash kills 1, injures 6 on Calif. interstate
A suspected impaired driver going the wrong way triggered a seven-vehicle crash on Interstate 680 in Contra Costa County
Honolulu paramedics fired over vehicle use reinstated after flawed probe
An arbitrator found the city mishandled the investigation and fired the workers over a rule that didn’t exist