The report is expected to be completed within 90 days and will include a detailed critique of the emergency response and other issues to identify lessons from the experience
Source: ems1.com
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Dispatcher on leave after not sending ambulance to 911 call
A mother called 911 saying that her baby was having trouble breathing; the dispatcher told her to drive the baby to the hospital
Source: ems1.com
Paramedic reunites owner with dog lost during Calif. wildfires
Sara Jo Long refused to leave the gentle giant shaking and injured in the only block he had come to know in his nine years
Source: ems1.com
County, VA work to fix $1.5M in unpaid ambulance bills
The unpaid bills are a combination of calls from veterans for transport to the hospital and calls by the hospital to transport patients between health facilities
Source: ems1.com
Paramedics administer naloxone to 2 unresponsive students
Officials said a third student became ill at the high school from taking an unknown drug
Source: ems1.com
EMS agency proposes ambulance chase car
The chase car would be available during a mass casualty event anywhere in the county; it could be provided to make up a BLS crew if all other avenues were exhausted
Source: ems1.com
New dispatcher didn't realize caller was reporting a homicide
Paramedics were immediately dispatched to the scene, but it took five minutes before the dispatcher transferred the call to the Bradenton Police Department
Source: ems1.com
UK research: 1 in 5 witnesses do not perform CPR on victims
Researchers found that cardiac arrest survival rates remain low in the U.K. due to the lack of knowledge and skills to perform CPR
Source: ems1.com
Woman reunited with EMT who delivered her 35 years ago
At the time, EMT Jim Acton, who was 21, had never delivered a baby before
Source: ems1.com
Patient: 'I thought I was going to die' during chase in ambulance
While Erika Anderson was being loaded into an ambulance, a fire department vehicle was stolen
Source: ems1.com