A car ran a stop sign, forcing the driver of the private school bus to swerve and smash through a concrete wall
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Buzz Aldrin recovering after South Pole medical evacuation
Aldrin, 86, was visiting Antarctica as a tourist when he fell ill; officials said he had fluid in his lungs
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FDA OK's MDMA to be tested for PTSD treatment
Participants in the studies reported MDMA therapy “not only helped them with painful memories, but also had helped them stop abusing alcohol and other drugs”
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Va. EMS holds workshop for K-9 search, rescue training
The participants were K-9 rescue handlers from 17 states who came to run their dogs through the facility’s disaster training area
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FDNY to honor mechanic who saved city $700K
Jomar Pichardo invented ways to refurbish ambulance batteries and car parts that would normally be tossed away and replaced
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Coroner: Drug overdoses killed 3 Calif. concertgoers
Officials announced that the three accidentally overdosed on Ecstasy
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Vt. couple found passed out in car with 2 kids
The children were taken to a hospital and then into state custody
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Report: Lax ambulance rules put paramedics, patients at risk
The study found that 84 percent of EMS providers in the patient compartments of ambulances that crashed weren’t using their own restraints
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Ordinary people trained to save lives in shootings, attacks
Paramedics and doctors brought in fake body parts to show staffers of a school district how to tie tourniquets and pack open wounds with whatever they have
Source: ems1.com