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September 6, 2018 • JEMS News

Opioid Maker to Pay for Overdose-Antidote Development

A company whose prescription opioid marketing practices are being blamed for sparking the addiction and overdose crisis says it's helping to fund…

September 6, 2018 • JEMS News

Passengers on Dubai, JFK Flight Appear to Have Flu

A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at New…

September 6, 2018 • EMS1 Daily News

Does the King Airway system signal the end of intubation skills?

Our co-hosts tackle the topic of supraglottic airways, and the best way to approach them in the field

September 5, 2018 • EMS1 Daily News

Newborn baby dropped off at Houston fire station

District Chief Steve Dunbar said a man approached paramedics and gave them the baby, who was so young he still had his…

September 5, 2018 • EMS1 Daily News

Wis. city among highest in cardiac survival rates

Janesville Deputy Fire Chief Jim Ponkauskas said one of the biggest factors in cardiac arrest treatment is ensuring the patient has consistent…

September 5, 2018 • EMS1 Daily News

2 Pa. EMS providers hurt in ambulance crash

The ambulance was knocked on its side when a box truck without a driver drifted down a hill and slammed into the…

September 5, 2018 • EMS1 Daily News

4 dead, including gunman, in Cincinnati bank shooting

Police Chief Eliot Isaac said the shooter opened fire at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building

September 5, 2018 • JEMS News

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.

September 5, 2018 • JEMS News

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.

September 5, 2018 • JEMS News

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.…

September 5, 2018 • JEMS News

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…

September 5, 2018 • JEMS News

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…

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