In 2016, AMR was fined nearly $900,000 for late responses ranging from a minute to more than an hour
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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Fire chief: Uber, Lyft 'unsafe' choices over ambulance transport
Chief Mark Becraft said a ride-share service doesn’t have a place in emergency medicine
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Military association builds WWI Army ambulance replica
The team started with a 1917 Model T chassis and built a wooden box to serve as the ambulance compartment
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Firefighter-paramedic invents device to protect stethoscope
The StethoSafe is a patent pending case that protects the head of a stethoscope
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Woman with Cri-du-chat syndrome made honorary paramedic for the day
Holly Thomason, daughter of a retired battalion chief, grew up around the fire station and always wanted to become a paramedic
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2 EMS providers injured after ambulance strikes tree
Firefighters extricated a paramedic who was trapped in the ambulance
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Family files lawsuit in fatal ambulance crash
Arthur McArthur suffered fatal injuries in the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene
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Sons of slain FDNY EMT to announce NFL team draft picks
The New York Jets’ selections will be held at FDNY EMS Station 25
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AMR teams up with IAFC, ACEP to train 1M people in bystander CPR
The organizations will come together for the World CPR Challenge, which trains bystanders to recognize the signs of sudden cardiac arrest
Source: ems1.com
DC firefighter thanks bystanders who saved her life
A restaurant worker, two medical students and members of the fire department came to her aid
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