Fire Up A Cure featured teams of firefighters and paramedics competing in events such as tug of war and a relay obstacle course for the Cure It Foundation
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
How difficult is EMT training?
Succeeding in EMT class and as an EMT in the field is more than just knowing things
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Mass. fire chief asks state for improved hazmat protocols for opioid overdoses
Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said he thinks firefighters need standards and protocols to follow when they handle overdoses that may involve highly toxic substances
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Firefighters rescue daughter after soldier stepdad ODs
Davis told Fayetteville police officers that he used narcotics before he lost consciousness in his vehicle, which was parked at a Walgreens
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White Shirts: The two-week suspension: Fantasy versus reality
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of having or being an EMS supervisor
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Ohio doctors cut opioid prescriptions, but experts say it's not enough
Across Ohio, prescriptions for opioids decreased by at least 10 percent in all but 13 of 88 counties
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NY city wants to change ambulance transport law
The law prohibits a certified first responder from transporting a patient in an ambulance to a hospital without the presence of an EMT
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No bail reduction in Calif. crash recorded on Instagram
Obdulia Sanchez,18, pleaded not guilty to six felony counts after her sister,14, died in the crash
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Ariz. baby dies in hot car in church parking lot
Firefighters said Josiah Riggins,1, was the second Phoenix baby in two days to die in a hot car
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Boy, 4, mauled to death by family's 4 dogs in El Paso
Jacob Brooks was left by his mother in an enclosed trampoline in the backyard of the southeast El Paso home, where there were four dogs, according to police
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