Interviews with NY EMTs and paramedics provides new insights into the complex, yet largely unknown juncture of emergency care and end-of-life care
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
100 new ambulances on streets of London this summer
LAS continues investment in fleet by adding news ambulances and fast responder cars
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Inside EMS Podcast: More tactical medicine training for EMS?
After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training
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Boston EMS personnel star in new 5-part ABC series
The first episode features the men and women of Boston EMS delivering expert and compassionate care
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Ambulance rolls after psych patient grabs the wheel, 3 injured
Police are investigating why the patient was unrestrained and able to take hold of the wheel
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Fla. fire rescue department receives grant to update equipment
By Jan Engoren ​Sun Sentinel BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — The Boynton Beach Fire Rescue Department received a $37,332 grant from Palm Beach County Emergency Management to replace and update three battery-powered stretchers that have been in service for the past seven years. The new power stretchers feature an enhanced battery system and additional safety features, including extendable side panels to …
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3 dead, including gunman, 9 injured in movie theater shooting
The shooter initially tried to flee with the crowd but turned back when he saw police; he fatally shot himself
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2 dead, 8 injured in movie theater shooting
Acadian Ambulance VP reports gunman and one other person were pronounced dead on arrival
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What first responders and lay people need to know about naloxone kits
Legislation and regulatory change has made it is possible for cops, parents, teachers, and friends of addicts to obtain naloxone; this is what you need to know before you buy a kit
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Deafening silence: EMS chiefs' response to triage best practices
Without the right triage training and MCI supplies EMS field personnel are ill prepared to be the masters of disaster
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