The short-term goal is to have the ability to assign the EMT basic certified firefighters on city rescue trucks after an available shift is offered to EMS staff
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
NC veteran EMS provider reflects on 43-year career
Terry Barber said one of the toughest calls he’s responded to was a drunk driver that crashed into a group of Girl Scouts and killed several
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Conn. EMS company struggles to respond to calls
Data collected from May through Nov. 16 show that of the 338 calls, the company had no crew for 88 of them
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NY volunteer firefighter-EMT receives new heart for Christmas
Barbara Fudge said she was speechless when an available heart was ready for her
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Canadian paramedic on overdose victims: ‘I relate to the powerlessness’
Paramedic Clive Derbyshire said his past addictions allow him to empathize and relate to overdose victims
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Girl, 3, thanks Mo. dispatcher for lifesaving efforts
Dispatcher Dasha Fox had just begun her shift when she received a 911 call about a girl who had lost most of her right foot in a mowing incident
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Calif. firefighter stripped of EMT license after hotel fight
Lontavious Johnson, 32, and Andrew Desmond, 31, were charged with assault and battery against police officers in October
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OB/GYN group recommends delayed umbilical cord clamping
New recommendations suggest waiting at least 30 to 60 seconds after birth for all healthy newborns
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AMR takes skilled nursing facility residents on Las Vegas holiday light show tour
Accessible bus is used to transport wheelchair and ambulatory residents on a nightly tour of the Glittering Lights display at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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Dozens injured in Manhattan high-rise fire
Among the injured was a 7-year-old girl who was in cardiac arrest on the 21st floor
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