Police say the patient, a man in his 70s, was being transported in the private ambulance “a non-life-threatening medical appointment”
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Callers to UK non-emergency number denied ambulance response
Investigation reveals some 111 callers, an alternative to the 999 emergency number, with life-threatening symptoms did not receive an ambulance response
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Investigation: Fla. emergency responders have high rate of distracted-driving crashes
About 18 percent of Collier and Lee county police, fire, and EMS vehicle collisions involve distracted driving compared to 11 percent for all drivers
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After days of pain, doctors find .38-caliber bullet in Fla. woman's leg
She thought she may have been hit by a firecracker while sitting at a cafe on July 4
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Top 10 translations to Facebook comments on EMS topics
For those of you who actually go there to have meaningful discussions, I have thoughtfully provided translations for 10 of the most common Facebook EMS forum comment types
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Excited delirium: Medical emergency – not willful resistance
The ability to think and act quickly when encountering a patient in an excited delirium situation could spell the difference between successful treatment and a lost life
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Emergency call for sick pigeon a 'waste of time'
UK ambulance spokesman said emergency responders were not dispatched because “we’re here for people, not animals”
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NM man accused of posing as EMT responded to life-threatening calls
David Phillips, 47, responded to a call for a person suffering shortness of breath and tended to a heart attack victim who died, police say
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Concern over police regularly parking in ambulance spots at Ohio hospital
Police union president said officers may park at the trauma center out of necessity and the department has never received a complaint
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Texas EMS chief vows to fix work-related fatigue
The chief wrote in a staff memo that he is working with a consultant to develop a fatigue management plan
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