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April 30, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Colo. bill that would limit EMS ketamine use passes House committee with amendments

An amendment to the bill would remove the requirement that patients always be weighed before ketamine administration

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Survey: How is fatigue impacting EMS providers?

Take 2 minutes to provide insight into fatigue symptoms, sleep disorders and mitigation strategies

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Watch: Good Samaritan Uber driver rushes 2 to hospital after Chicago shooting

Michael Bussan had just dropped off a passenger when he heard a crash and found the two victims, one bleeding severely

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Georgia’s only collegiate EMS agency abruptly shuts down

Emory Emergency Medical Service managers and members say they were given no prior warning that the program would be ending

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Police: Man arrested after running over firefighter, injuring 2 EMTs

EMTs were checking on the man when he suddenly "punched the gas" and dragged the firefighter with his car, police said

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

DA: Responders won’t be charged for restraining patient whose death was ruled a homicide

An attorney for Jamon West's family alleges firefighters threw West to the ground and put their weight on top of him while…

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Treating family, friends in rural EMS

Band employee jumps in a swamp to assist with cardiac arrest

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Kan. lawmaker warns of ‘mass exodus’ of personnel amid calls for EMS director to resign

Sedgwick County EMS Director/Medical Director Dr. John Gallagher also came under scrutiny after 7 EMS providers were cited last month

April 29, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Ill. House passes bill aimed at boosting rural EMS recruitment

The bill would allow nurses and physician assistants to serve as volunteers and perform the same work as EMTs

April 28, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

The chain of survival: How a fire chief who suffered 2 sudden cardiac arrests beat the odds

A month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency while driving

April 28, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

Substance abuse treatment program for first responders launches in Indianapolis

Recovery Centers of America officials say the program is the first of its kind in Indiana

April 28, 2021 • EMS1 Daily News

4 Iowa EMS providers cited after medic allegedly gave intoxicated EMT IV fluids

Two of the providers were cited for allegedly witnessing the incident and not preventing or reporting it

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