EMS panelists at AAA say embracing new technology to manage supplies helped them reduce waste, cut costs and improve patient care
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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Video: South Korean nurses rescue babies during earthquake
The video footage shows the nurses jumping in to action to protect every baby in the room as soon as the earthquake occurs
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Police: Dead 8-month-old girl had fentanyl in her system
It wasn’t said how the drug entered the child’s system; the parents were arrested and both pleaded not guilty
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Wis. governor signs community paramedicine bill
Governor Scott Walker signed a bill allowing EMS providers to make non-emergency house calls in order to cut down on health care costs
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Wash. hospitals experiencing IV bag shortage after hurricanes
Also in short supply is saline, or sodium chloride, the solution most frequently given to help rehydrate patients
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Fire dept.’s first female firefighter achieves first responder trifecta
Lindsey Derby was a police officer and an EMT before becoming Kasson Fire and Rescue’s first female firefighter
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Pilot in plane crash credits off-duty fire captain for saving his life
Fire Captain John Meffert jumped into action to save Frank and Janan Pisano after their plane hit his car
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Clinician-embedded MIH program improves EMS use in high-risk population
Pairing community paramedics with advanced practice providers for home visits to frequent utilizers decreased 911 volumes in a pilot program
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EMS loses friend and mentor, Lou Jordan
A true EMS pioneer and legend leaves behind thousands of mentees to carry on his lessons and move EMS forward
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34 college students treated for carbon monoxide exposure
Fire officials said a boiler in the basement was leaking; the leak filled the dorm’s five floors with high levels of CO2
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