Ryland Ward rode in a fire truck from University Medical Center in San Antonio to his home in Sutherland Springs
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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Quiz: Understanding acid-base issues in EMS
How well do you know the conditions associated with pH imbalances?
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Inside EMS Podcast: The development of airway, intubation skills
Our co-hosts discuss the development of an apprentice, journeyman and supervisor competency-based training system
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Employee of ambulance service accused of stealing equipment
Jerimeice Johns was accused of stealing equipment and selling it after a patient showed up at a hospital wearing a device belonging to the ambulance service
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Union: Austin EMS is being overlooked in labor dispute
Although the EMS department is without a contract, officials say the police labor dispute overshadows their complaints
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7 signs your agency's QA program is a dysfunctional mess
Does your agency’s quality assurance program practice the principles of Just Culture and learn from errors to influence improvement?
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3-year-old girl calls 911 after being left home alone
Deputies found the girl and a younger boy home with an aggressive dog and a shotgun within reach
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Death toll hits 15 in Calif. mudslides; search goes on
The drenching rainstorm that triggered the disaster cleared out and was no longer a hindrance as searchers made their way across a landscape strewn with boulders
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Ill. foundation to help with more AEDs in schools
Operation Revive aims to add or replace AEDs in schools, and will start with rural schools farthest away from first responders
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IV bag shortage has hospitals scrambling to treat flu
Official: “If we can’t support patients coming in emergency rooms who have the flu, more people are going to die”
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