It’s important to brush up on protocols, equipment and other areas of EMS after taking some time away from the field
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Paramedic reunites patient with lost dog after crash
Mary Esserman was determined to find Finn, a dog who had escaped after a patient’s semi-truck was involved in a rollover crash
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EMT killed in Iowa ambulance crash
Steven Werner was killed when an ambulance crashed into a semi-tractor trailer that had stopped on a bridge for construction
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Man flees from police ambulance with toddler in back of ambulance
Police responded to a hospital after a woman reported that her boyfriend had assaulted her; he fled in an ambulance with his 18-month-old son
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Vandalized ambulance taken out of service after ‘terrifying’ attack
West Midlands Ambulance Service EMS provider Edd Davis said a mirror was broken off the ambulance and mud was thrown while a patient was being treated
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The need for objective alcohol consumption assessment in EMS
Without a standard, objective-based assessment of patient sobriety levels, situations may arise that test the limits of EMS personnel
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Nurse's family blames American Airlines for her death after in-flight emergency
A lawsuit alleges wrongful death and negligence on the part of the airline for, among other allegations, refusing to divert the plane for an emergency landing
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Alaska governor’s request to improve aging 911 system rejected in Senate
Gov. Bill Walker had sought $9.5 million in the annual capital budget to pay for the first phase of a 911 upgrade in an effort to improve emergency response times
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Calif. bill would let paramedics transport patients to alternative facilities
The state is now considering a bill to give paramedics the same authority that police have to direct patients to the facility best suited to treat them
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Colo. fire dept. struggling with increasing call volume
Chief Shawn Shelton said if the current trend continues, he anticipates surpassing 25,000 calls a year by 2020 and the department may have to start holding calls
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