Colorado Springs keeps AMR contract despite failure to meet response time
July 18, 2018
“It’s not that AMR is the greatest thing on the face of the Earth, trust me,” Mayor John Suthers said. "Our choices aren’t very good"
Texas EMS agency denies going ‘rogue’
July 18, 2018
Reps say they are within their rights under state law to answer medical calls and transport patients through private agreements or direct personal contacts
AAA study sets a benchmark for turnover in the EMS industry
July 18, 2018
Voluntary turnover and involuntary turnover of part-time and full-time EMS providers was studied to determine the overall EMS turnover rate
Volunteer first responders would be covered under proposed Pa. workers’ comp bill
July 17, 2018
Volunteer fire and emergency services personnel are exposed to the same dangers as members of paid companies, and they certainly deserve the same protections under the law
HHS encourages EMS data integration to combat opioid crisis
July 17, 2018
The CMS reminded state Medicaid directors that existing funding sources can be used to better integrate information systems
Pa. EMS treats more than 100 for heat-related illnesses at concert
July 17, 2018
Washington County EMS called the crisis a “mass casualty incident,” and 27 concert-goers were transported to the hospital
NTSB eyes engine failure in Chicago medical helicopter crash
July 17, 2018
The three crew members on board were injured in the July 7 crash, as the helicopter landed upright along Interstate 57
Former paramedic arrested for stealing fentanyl
July 17, 2018
Jason Howard confessed to police he took the drugs and has been charged with felony drug possession and misdemeanor theft
40 of Dallas’ ambulances without functioning A/C
July 17, 2018
The higher than normal air conditioner failure rate is a “real challenge for both patient and first responder”
EMTs help disabled pilot visit former airport
July 16, 2018
Two EMTs volunteered to help a former patient visit the airport where he was a pilot before suffering an aneurysm