A total of $10 million was divided among 57 counties to improve 911 response and emergency dispatching
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Ambulance stolen with paramedic inside
A man discharged from a S.C. hospital jumped into an ambulance and drove away with a paramedic still in the patient care compartment
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Top 5 EMS videos of December 2015
This month’s favorite videos include a dramatic video of a needle thoracostomy and a quick tip to relieve nausea symptoms
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Prove It: Are continuous chest compressions more effective?
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) randomized, controlled trial compared interrupted CPR and continuous-chest-compression CPR
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Firefighter suspended in ambulance vs. fire truck crash
Both rigs were running lights and sirens, but the firefighter driving the ambulance ran a red light
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Bus fire kills 17, injures 32 in China
A man set the bus on fire over a financial dispute and then escaped from a window. (Twitter photo)
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Florida honors emergency responders with appreciation week
Officials said anyone in public service should be honored
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How I returned to EMS after the loss of my mother
Reboarding an ambulance after my mother’s death, I discovered a new dimension to my service
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A Call in the Wild: 9 lessons learned as a National Park medic
Any EMS provider can improve their patient care and assessment by thinking like a remote-area medic
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South Africa EMS provider stabbed to death while on duty
The EMS provider was stabbed in the neck while attending a call
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