EMS community donates clothing, boots and money to paramedic students in need
September 25, 2018
EMS professionals, educators rally to support and “take care of the next generation of providers”
Growing EMS reach is stretching Idaho agency budgets
September 25, 2018
Officials said that since residents in the unincorporated areas they are responding to don’t contribute to the EMS system, other taxpayers are bearing the burden
Study: Cardiac survival rate higher for men than women
September 25, 2018
Researchers found that despite “tremendous improvement” in CPR and defibrillation, they “did not see an improvement in survival for women”
EpiPen shortage has parents, pharmacies scrambling to find medication
September 25, 2018
The shortage is one of several that have hit the drug market recently, prompting lawmakers to call for officials to address gaps in pharmaceutical manufacturing
2 ambulances attacked with bricks while on call
September 25, 2018
The first ambulance was on the way to a patient when it was hit, and the second was taking the same patient to the hospital when the attack occurred
First responder brothers team up to deliver baby in Times Square
September 25, 2018
NYPD Officer Yan Kit Poon and his younger brother, FDNY EMT Yan Hao Poon, responded to the same call about a woman about to give birth in a hotel room
Lessons learned in civilian active shooter scenario training
September 25, 2018
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
Firefighter-EMT reunites with woman he saved from fire
September 24, 2018
Da’Von McRae pulled Bettye Carter to safety after a senior living building went up in flames
Ford creates system to alert drivers to oncoming emergency vehicles
September 24, 2018
The new system helps drivers give emergency vehicles a route through traffic by forming an “emergency corridor”
EMS students conduct study on bullying, harassment, critical stress
September 24, 2018
A group of students is conducting a survey to shed light on the “things that nobody wants to talk about”