A rail official said two coaches toppled off a bridge and fell into a dry canal bed
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Married Mont. EMT duo transports patients home for holidays
Kory and Camille Landwehr aren’t normally allowed to work shifts together, but were permitted to do so on Christmas
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Fla. ambulance struck by stray bullets
Officials said the crew was treating a patient in the back of an ambulance when bullets struck the front windshield
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Austin ambulance hijacked with crew, patient inside
Crew members updated police with their location and other details as the incident unfolded
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Mass. toddler shoots self with father's gun
The 3-year-old girl was transported to the emergency room for a severe wound to her left hand after firing the gun
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W.Va. EMTs avoid back injury with hydraulic lift machine
A lift, which is installed in the back of the ambulance, works by locking a stretcher into place and sliding the patient safely into the vehicle
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Wis. firefighter-paramedic demonstrates how to survive falling through ice
Adam Walton said victims have 45 minutes to an hour before they lose all ability to help themselves
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Pa. boy, 5, relatives killed in Christmas Eve fire
Fire Marshal Martin Jacobs said the child was found on the second floor and his grandmother and uncle were found at the bottom of the stairs
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Tragedy drives medic to give 'haven' to thousands of babies
Retired police ambulance medic Tim Jaccard helped spearhead laws that give mothers in crisis the option of leaving their newborns at “safe havens”
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3 children killed, 1 hurt in Ind. fire
Officials said the fire was contained to the apartment where the children were, though residents living in nearby were evacuated
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