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Ill. bill aims to ensure Medicare funding for ambulance services
Under the current law, ground ambulance providers face a 23 percent cut in reimbursement for ESRD ambulance transports if the patient is…
Mass. woman charged with assaulting EMS providers, police at overdose call
Police said the woman became combative and assaulted several EMS providers and bit two police officers when they tried to restrain her
Retired firefighter-paramedics gives away 800 doses of naloxone
Luis Garcia's South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
Retired firefighter-paramedic gives away 800 doses of naloxone
Luis Garcia's South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
Calif. woman dies after jumping onto highway from ambulance
The woman was being transported to a psychiatric hospital after attacking a police officer when she jumped into highway traffic
Law firm sues Big Pharma over babies exposed to opioids
The suit alleging that a number of opioid manufacturers are responsible for the medical needs of babies exposed to opioids before birth
NM fire dept. receives $1M in grants to improve services
The grants will pay for nine new firefighter positions, a third emergency squad unit and will help send 12 firefighters through a…
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…