‘Rosie’s Hugs’ brings happiness to kids in emergency rooms
August 22, 2018
Stefanie McAlister, an emergency room nurse, started “Rosie’s Hugs” to gift children with stuffed animals in their time of need
Ohio addicts get help from response teams after overdoses
August 22, 2018
Project FORT (Fairfield County Overdose Response Team) works to help residents who are addicted to opioids and other drugs get clean and reclaim their lives
Officials concerned after survey shows high abuse rate against paramedics
August 22, 2018
Peterborough Paramedics Chief Randy Mellow said that 66 percent of paramedics surveyed reported some form of abuse while on the job
Ill. paramedic sentenced to prison for stealing fentanyl
August 22, 2018
Jason Laut was sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing fentanyl and morphine from ambulances
How EMS leaders can increase 12-lead capture frequency
August 22, 2018
Make a strategy and pick the tactics for your agency to improve its 12-lead EKG use for patients with non-traumatic chest pain
5 tips to provide safe and effective ventilation
August 22, 2018
Assign someone to monitor the patient’s airway visually and with capnography using these five tips
Paramedic recalls trying to save couple from beach tragedy
August 21, 2018
"Here's a family who went to the beach and didn't come home. For most people that's not even a remote possibility," paramedic Shaun Dean said
Police: Drunk man assaulted EMT, tried to flee
August 21, 2018
The suspect kicked and attempted to head-butt the EMTs, and police noted it took substantial force to get him in the back of an ambulance
Police: Drunk man assaulted EMTs, tried to flee
August 21, 2018
The suspect kicked and attempted to head-butt the EMTs, and police noted it took substantial force to get him in the back of an ambulance
Teen gets EMT scholarship after saving police officer
August 21, 2018
Bradley Delay can now go to EMT school for free after jumping into action to save Major Tommy Bradford when he was hit by a car