The bill would waive 30 percent of a responder’s in-state tuition at the University of Nebraska, a Nebraska state college or community college
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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Inside EMS Podcast: How to make 2018 the year you achieve your EMS goals
Our co-hosts kick off the new year with a discussion on vision, goal setting and developing a plan to make 2018 a great year
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Data: Naloxone use by non-EMS personnel in NH on the rise
The amount of naloxone administered by laypersons in 2017 was 232 mg, an increase of 442 percent
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Actress talks new '9-1-1' TV show, preparing for dispatcher role
Connie Britton, who starred on “Friday Night Lights,” plays 911 operator Abby Clark on the new Fox series
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Free opioid overdose kits distributed in Ill.
Each person who took a kit was taught how to administer naloxone; the effort is being funded by a federal grant
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12 killed, more than 260 injured in South Africa train crash
Authorities blamed a truck driver for allegedly trying to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming train, part of which burst into flames after the collision
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Dispatchers discuss 'very busy' call volume during ice storm
Officials said dispatchers handled three to four times their normal call volume as an unprecedented ice storm struck
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Suspect in deadly 911 hoax has history of making phony calls
A man was shot after a prankster called 911 last week with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping
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SD ambulance services see boost in volunteers
After announcing that three ambulance services would be forced to close, 11 people signed up to become certified EMRs
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Paramedic revives lifeless cat found in burning home
Paramedic Tammy Hoag was commended for her hard work on Facebook by the Aberdeen Police Department
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