1 Injured in San Diego Cannabis Oil Explosion

One person was badly burned and had to be taken to a hospital.

Safety Concerns About New Minneapolis 9-1-1 Dispatch Software

A caller mentions that a man was maced at the start of the call, but the dispatcher doesn’t ask about an ambulance until more than three minutes into the call.

Guns Send over 8,000 U.S. Kids to ED Each Year, Analysis Says

Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-it...

Online S.T.A.R.T. Triage Certification Course Offered by Disaster Management Systems, Inc.

Disaster Management Systems, Inc., the nation’s leading supplier of disaster preparedness solutions, today announced the availability of a new e-learning course...

Paramedic Chief Digital: How to improve patient and provider safety on the road

This issue features articles highlighting the importance of patient and provider safety during ambulance transport and the need for an EMS overhaul

Quiz: Test your cardiac emergency knowledge

More than 90 percent of people who suffer from cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die, so EMS providers have to act fast; are you ready to respond?

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