Pinnacle Rewind 2026: Turn conference ideas into action
August 14, 2026
Missed Pinnacle 2026? Catch up on key insights, strategies and conversations shaping the future of EMS
Calif. patient receiving CPR during transport dies after rig crashes
August 14, 2026
A medical helicopter was requested, but the patient was pronounced dead before the aircraft arrived
Pa. 911 dispatchers seek expanded support amid mental health crisis
August 14, 2026
A new union contract provides critical incident leave, but dispatchers say more support is needed after traumatic calls and long shifts
Officials credit cadaver lab training after Mass. paramedics, police save man injured by circular saw
August 14, 2026
Bridgewater officials say paramedics used a humeral head IO technique practiced during cadaver training while treating the severely injured patient
Conn. EMS union threatens to strike over alleged staffing issues, unsafe work conditions
August 14, 2026
Federal mediation is scheduled as Hunter's Ambulance Service union leaders seek limits on mandated shifts
Colo. law recognizing EMS as an essential service goes into effect
August 14, 2026
HB 26-1238 covers ambulance and air ambulance services while clarifying that off-duty EMS providers are not required to respond
Photo of the Week: Whole blood takes off in Va.
August 14, 2026
Mecklenburg County paramedics can now administer whole blood to patients at the scene or during transport
Stolen Texas ambulance involved in pursuit, fatal shooting
August 13, 2026
The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin
Idaho man sentenced in crash that killed paramedic
August 13, 2026
Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash
Conn. firefighter/paramedics' ALS restriction lifted at university campus
August 13, 2026
A new program allows licensed UConn firefighter/paramedics to provide ALS, ending a decades-long restriction at the Storrs campus