Texas fire dept. now using whole blood in ambulances
October 16, 2018
San Antonio is the first large metropolitan area in the U.S. to use whole blood to perform blood transfusions on trauma patients
Congressman helps firefighter-paramedic return home from Mexican hospital
October 16, 2018
Fire Lt. Jason Oliver has been unable to leave a hospital in Cancun after being transported by ambulance while on vacation with his wife
Fla. Opioid Task Force’s $13.7M proposal focuses on ERs, jails
October 16, 2018
Hillsborough County’s Opioid Task Force is proposing a $13.7 million fix to tackle the epidemic, which it says will lower the number of victims
Officials: Paramedic stabbed himself, claimed he was attacked
October 16, 2018
The paramedic stabbed himself five to six times inside of a gas station bathroom while on duty, and initially told police he was attacked
Retired ambulance donated to high school EMT program
October 15, 2018
The AMR ambulance will serve as a simulation lab for the Academy of Health Services at Lanier High School
Off-duty firefighters save teen’s life while playing basketball
October 15, 2018
Columbia Fire Department Captain Kareem Spain and Kiah Thomas were playing a pickup game with some high school students when a teen collapsed
Man jailed for bogus emergency calls, abusing paramedics
October 15, 2018
John Harvey, who has a history of making hundreds of bogus calls for help, was jailed when he began asking bystanders to call for him instead
Mass. island residents raising money for AEDs
October 15, 2018
Plum Island residents are aiming to make their isolated island safer by raising money to install two AEDs and train community members on how to use them
My ‘why’: How the first responder community helped me heal
October 15, 2018
After losing her sister six years ago, EMS1, FireRescue1 Associate Editor Sarah Calams explains how she was able to heal by working closely with the first responder community
EMTs grant dying woman’s final wish to see lighthouse
October 15, 2018
EMTs Brian Costa and Era Koroveshi drove the ambulance for over an hour to take hospice patient Laura Mullins to see the Scituate Lighthouse