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Police: Woman attacks responders with cinder block, rocks, squeegee
The woman allegedly first threw a cinder block at an EMT, but missed him and instead hit the ambulance, breaking the window
1 dead, 6 hurt in Calif. supermarket shooting
Police are trying to determine what prompted a man to shoot his grandmother and wound another woman before he crashed his car…
How the closure of Ohio’s Good Sam ER will affect hospitals, patients
Good Samaritan saw 58,817 ER visits at its main campus in 2016, and now those patients will have to reroute to surrounding…
Michigan Medicine’s critical care transport team gets new $10M jet
The new specially-designed jet serves more critically injured patients and improves its organ procurement services.
Maine ambulance company to pay $17K in insurance fraud case
County Ambulance had been accused of submitting false claims to Medicare and MaineCare
2018 Hooley Awards winners named
Three individuals were named 2018 Hooley Awards winners at the 10th annual ImageTrend Connect Conference on July 19
Tackling the quandary of the late-night call to increase retention
Our co-hosts discuss a recent article on the topic of late-night fatigue in EMS and how addressing those issues can lead to…
Center for Patient Safety Launches EMS Safety Culture Assessment
CPS partners with EMS industry leaders to benchmark EMS safety culture at the agency level
New smartwatch engages user and notifies first responders
The watch also has built-in GPS that alerts responders or a designated contact to the patient’s exact location
New study tests benefit of epinephrine in prehospital-setting cardiac arrests
The study showed a lack of 'clear improvement in functional recovery' in patients treated with epinephrine
Drone delayed medical helicopter transport of crash victim in Idaho
Luckily, the medical helicopter pilot spotted the drone and bypassed what could have been a worse event
Inter-agency collaboration solves staffing challenge in Idaho region
To deal with the natural uptick in calls that comes with population growth, they find new ways to work with their neighbors