Crews delivered baby Timothy with an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck
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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Colleagues save firefighter-paramedic having heart attack on duty
Captain Dave Galbraith took an elevator to his colleague’s office when he felt pressure coming from his torso
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Search dog teams respond to Mexico earthquake, Hurricane Maria
Just after search and rescue dog teams returned home from Harvey and Irma, they set back out to rescue victims from more disasters
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Funding the EMS response to the opioid epidemic
HHS, CDC commit opioid funding grant money to public health based models for combating the crisis
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Trump to award Medal of Honor to retired Army medic
Capt. Gary Rose will be recognized for risking his life while serving as a medic with the 5th Special Force Group during combat operations in Vietnam
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‘Selfie War’ paramedic sentenced to 6 months in jail
Christopher Wimmer pleaded no contest to seven felony counts of interception and disclosure of oral communications
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EMS provider sues FDNY over transfer after noose scandal
Capt. Vincent Walla said his unwanted transfer would make it look like he was involved in racist threats against a black paramedic
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Report: Opioids decrease life span by 2.5 months
Public health officials believe opioids reduced life expectancy for people in the U.S. from 2000 to 2014
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A radio and a reason: Are you sure you are dying?
Little white lies, lying by omission and honesty as the best policy – the things we say as EMS providers
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EMS Artwork: Devils in the box
Maybe the anxiety is from something else, it comes and goes but when it’s there it’s just terrible
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