York County athletic trainers met with local emergency personnel to coordinate standards when it comes to treating field injuries
Source: ems1.com
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Recovery group praises NY gov.'s tough talk on opioids
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would sue pharmaceutical companies that violate rules on prescription monitoring and reporting
Source: ems1.com
RI hospitals treating dozens of storm-related injuries
They have been treating people for heart attacks, snow blower or shoveling injuries, motor vehicle accidents, frostbite or hypothermia and other snow-related injuries
Source: ems1.com
Police investigating others over deadly 911 prank call
A man was shot after a prankster called 911 last week with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping
Source: ems1.com
Mass. first responders kept busy during blizzard
Police Chief Terence Delehanty said the emergency crews had a “hectic” two hours following high tide, pumping water out of 50 homes
Source: ems1.com
Ga. city considers litigation against opioid companies
Officials said drug makers and distributors contributed to a “public health crisis” where patients are turned into addicts to feed corporate greed
Source: ems1.com
Aspiring paramedics, nurses, doctors join new year of EMS training program
Since 1983, Emergency Medical Services Explorer program has offered teens training and mentoring through medical care experience and ambulance ride-along’s
Source: ems1.com
EMS provider suffers ‘significant’ head injury in ambulance crash
Officials said the driver of the ambulance indicated that he hit a patch of ice before crashing into a guardrail
Source: ems1.com
Husband on the run after allegedly murdering paramedic wife
Officials said they are looking for Patrick O’Sullivan after he allegedly shot and killed paramedic Rebekah Hart-O’Sullivan in a domestic dispute
Source: ems1.com
Mass drug overdose sends 9 European backpackers to hospital
Neighbors described a frightening scene in which seven men and two women delirious and with “glassy eyes” were wheeled out on stretchers to nine ambulances
Source: ems1.com