Platte County voted to purchase seven automated defibrillators that can save lives of members of the public and employees who suddenly suffer cardiac arrest
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
DC nurses now handling less urgent 911 medical calls
A new program was recently launched to reduce the strain on emergency services by redirecting certain medical calls to nurses
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Ky. fire department requests grant for body armor
The department is asking for a $44,600 Homeland Security grant to purchase body armor firefighters can wear during incidents where responders might be in danger
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Va. suspect in hospital after crashing stolen ambulance
The unidentified man had to be extricated from the ambulance after police found it overturned on the road
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Ex-firefighter-EMT dies reviving neighbor who had heart attack
Robert Cordani responded to a medical call for a neighbor suffering from cardiac arrest and began to perform CPR before collapsing from cardiac arrest himself
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Inside EMS Podcast: The use of medical marijuana by EMS providers
Our co-hosts respond to a listener’s email regarding where medical marijuana fits into public safety, especially EMS
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3 reasons to attend the EMS PRO conference
Keep up with the latest best practices and learn from EMS experts, vendors and peers at the annual conference and trade show
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EMS director recalls responding to fatal prison riots
Lee County EMS spent more than seven hours at the Lee Correctional Institution, treating various injuries such as stab wounds, cuts and bruises
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Houston dispatcher sentenced for hanging up on thousands of callers
Harris County jurors on Wednesday found Crenshanda Williams guilty of interference with emergency telephone calls
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Woman arrested for crashing car into dealership, ambulance
Police said Karen McGlasson Harold crashed into the dealership and then “unlawfully and willfully” crashed into the responding ambulance
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