Police said the 13-year-old girl did not know she was pregnant until she gave birth
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
EMT pleads no contest to groping female co-worker
Jerry Johnson asked a 25-year-old female EMT to take her shirt off; when she refused, he lifted her shirt and groped her chest
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EMT killed in ambulance crash laid to rest
Marina DeSteno Challeen’s funeral included an honor guard ceremony and military rifle salute with hundreds of responders in attendance
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Pediatric population-specific disaster management
As we face more and different disasters, communities must consider the special needs of the pediatric portion that makes up one quarter of the population
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Officials: VA owes $1.5M in unpaid ambulance bills
A spokesman for the hospital said management will need to do an extensive record check to respond to the county’s complaint
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Ohio seeks technology ideas to solve national opioid crisis
Officials launched an $8 million effort to attract ideas for using technology to solve the national opioid addiction crisis that has touched scores of families
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EMS agency debuts pink ambulance for Breast Cancer Awareness month
Sunstar Paramedics said they have personally been impacted by breast cancer after losing an employee to the disease years ago
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Las Vegas shooting survivor starts fund for first responders
Chad Robertson has started the Las Vegas First Responder Thank You Fund with the goal of raising $100,000 to deliver 1,000 gift baskets to responders
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Flags ordered at half-staff for EMT killed in crash
Gov. Mark Dayton ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Marina DeSteno Challeen
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9/11 EMT dies after battle with cancer
Dr. Michael Guttenberg developed pancreatic cancer after helping with clean-up efforts at Ground Zero
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