Lawmakers request expansion of fire, EMS reimbursements
The bipartisan group of House representatives is calling for agencies to receive reimbursements for treatment-in-place responses and telehealth use
Fla. governor signs law requiring silent panic alarms in schools
"Alyssa's Law," named after a Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim, seeks to establish real-time coordination between schools and first responders in em...
Report: Crowd attacked fire, EMS responders trying to save crash victim
A Virginia Beach Fire Department report said first responders were pushed and kicked and that EMS vehicles were jumped on after the fatal motorcycle crash
2 ambulance company owners sentenced in $10.8M Medicare fraud
The case is one of the largest Medicare ambulance fraud cases ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice
1 killed, 4 injured after vehicle crashes into Atlanta ER
Ambulance services were temporarily diverted after officials say a woman in her 70s lost control of her vehicle and crashed through the ER's glass doors
Study: EMS calls dropped 26% nationally during pandemic
The University of Buffalo-led study also found that the proportion of EMS-attended deaths doubled around the same time period