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Laughing Gas? IN Paramedics See Nitrous Oxide as Option to Opioids
CLOSE Fishers paramedics will begin providing laughing gas instead of a powerful opioid to patients in pain, the first department in the…
Man Killed, Woman Seriously Injured When Boat Hits Piling in Water
Two patients were recovered by Tampa Fire Rescue and rushed to nearby hospitals after a boating accident in the waters off Davis Islands…
Boston EMS Help in Arrest of Breaking and Entering Suspect
Boston Emergency Services and a businessman with a bat helped to make an arrest in a breaking and entering in South Boston…
11 Killed, Nearly 70 Wounded in Chicago Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (AP) — At least 11 people were shot and killed and about 70 others were wounded over the weekend in Chicago,…
Five Killed When Small Plane Crashes in California Parking Lot
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Witnesses watched in horror as a small plane banked low in sunny skies over a Southern California…
3 metrics to track in your EMS operations
EMS, like any other aspect of healthcare, is data driven, and tracking, measuring and reporting the right data can improve operations and…
EMS coordination: Healthcare coalitions provide organized cooperation
Healthcare coalitions offer EMS a “seat at the table” for regional emergency planning
Survey community disaster preparedness protocols and approaches while traveling
When we travel, we get a chance to see other cities, meet other emergency management professionals and discover hazards that exist for…
Seattle AMR EMTs demand higher wages
As AMR’s seven-year contract with the city comes to an end, EMTs are asking to get the same amount of pay as…
Father arrested for refusing to call 911 as son, 8, died of overdose
Police said Curtis Collman II not only refused to call 911 to try and save his son, but threatened others who tried…
Paramedics discover crash victim was also shot
A paramedic crew was treating a driver of a crashed vehicle when they found a gunshot wound to his chest
Police: Man chased paramedics with ax, tried to steal ambulance
Officials said the man chased paramedics with an ax, rammed a van into an ambulance, then tried to steal the ambulance