Ground, air emergency services face challenges in rural areas
February 3, 2019
Dwindling volunteers and low medical reimbursement rates create a hardship for volunteer agencies in sparsely populated areas
Suspected arrested after shots fired in hospital ambulance bay
February 3, 2019
An employee of the University of Maryland Medical Center was wounded after shots were fired in the hospital ambulance bay
Suspect arrested after shots fired in hospital ambulance bay
February 3, 2019
An employee of the University of Maryland Medical Center was wounded after shots were fired in the hospital ambulance bay
Public memorial planned for crew of medical helicopter crash
February 3, 2019
Pilot Jennifer L. Topper and and flight nurses Bradley J. Haynes and Rachel L. Cunningham were killed in a crash while en route to pick up a patient
7 injured in N.Y. ambulance-involved crash
February 3, 2019
A multi-vehicle crash Sunday involved a privately owned ambulance, and seven people sustained minor injuries
Calif. county to build ‘first-of-its-kind’ psychiatric ER
February 2, 2019
The Be Well Orange County Regional Mental Health and Wellness Campus will offer mental health treatment, drug-abuse and psychiatric crisis-stabilization units
Md. telemedicine program helps decrease ER trips
February 2, 2019
Through the Chronic Care Management Program, patients are given tablets, blood pressure monitors pulse oximeters and scales for free
NC teachers undergo training to save lives
February 2, 2019
The teachers learned how to perform CPR, use the AED, execute the Heimlich maneuver, administer an EpiPen, and perform basic first aid
GoFundMe launched for Ala. firefighter-paramedic fighting brain tumor
February 1, 2019
Firefighter-paramedic Rex Allred had surgery to remove a brain tumor, but doctors were unable to remove parts of it
Idaho bill would give first responders immunity for rescuing pets
February 1, 2019
First responders who break into vehicles to rescue dogs or cats would get legal immunity under a proposed bill