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Pinnacle EMS 2018 Quick Take: The power of collaboration for EMS leaders
Jay Fitch, Ph.D., tells Pinnacle leaders that collaboration with colleagues and frenemies is critical to greater operational success
Fire dept. intern saves man’s life with newly-learned skills
Kaylee Mosley jumped into action to save a man who had driven into a wall by performing CPR, which she had just…
Pinnacle EMS Quick Take: Why public safety leaders must have zero-tolerance for sexual misconduct
Police sergeant challenges and educates EMS leaders to do more to reduce the risk and occurrence of sexual harassment for all employees
Cops pull paramedic, patient away from ambulance seconds before explosion
Officials said the ambulance crashed after an EMT swerved to avoid a deer, and the ambulance was already on fire by the…
Pinnacle EMS Quick Take: Active shooter incident lessons learned for leaders
NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing EMS agencies, fire departments, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery
Paramedic Wrestles Gun Away from 94-Year-Old Shooter at Nursing Home
Paramedic Timothy Hoar jumped into action and wrestled a gun away from a 94-year-old man who fired a shot at an assisted…
Boston’s Efforts to Boost EMT Job Readiness and Recruitment
An interview with Boston EMS Chief James Hooley and Angie Camacho of the Boston Mayor's Office of Workforce Development talk about job…
Soldiers Test Army’s Newest Transport Telemedicine Technology
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Army Medicine is developing a technology to improve patient triage and communication during medical evacuations -- and looking…
2 Dallas firefighter-paramedics hurt in ambulance crash
A patient in the ambulance was not hurt, but two firefighter-paramedics were taken to a hospital
Paramedics help rescue woman stuck behind bus stop bench
Polk County paramedics helped a road supervisor save a woman who had been stuck behind a bus stop bench for hours
Dispatcher meets grandmother she coached through baby delivery
Britt Miller, who had never helped anyone deliver a baby over the phone, met Kim Schroeder, who delivered her daughter-in-law's baby with…
Paramedic wrestles gun away from senior home resident
Officials said the AMR paramedic was trying to convince the resident to go to the hospital when the 94-year-old man fired a…