The ability to hire DACA recipients as first responders varies state by state and department by department
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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Police union blasts handling of Utah nurse arrest probe
The Salt Lake Police Association said they are “extremely concerned and dismayed” about handling that has “corrupted” the high-profile investigation
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LODD: Firefighter-EMT dies 14 years after becoming paralyzed in ambulance crash
Matt Deicher died from injuries he suffered in a 2003 ambulance rollover
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Ohio police investigating overdose of 6-month-old boy
Police and paramedics found the boy unresponsive with shallow breathing in a home where several adults with drug history live
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1st FDNY EMT to contract HIV on the job honored 20 years after death
A memorial stone marker honors Tracy Lee, who was 17 months into her EMT position when she contracted HIV from a patient
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2 hurt after teen driver collides with ambulance
An EMS provider was not hurt, but a patient on board was injured and transported to the hospital
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Ambulance tires slashed while EMS providers respond to call
Officials said the ambulance was making its way through a huge fight on the street when the tires were slashed
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Driver leaves school bus to perform CPR on man
A woman flagged down Codi Parks, also a nursing student, because her husband wasn’t breathing
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FCC head: Storms teach lessons on emergency communications
The recent storms spurred the Senate to act on legislation that will require cellphones to work on other carriers’ networks during emergencies
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7 injured after car plows into Honolulu restaurant
All victims were transported to a local trauma center with what were described as “multiple serious injuries”
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