How should EMS treat a traumatic cardiac arrest stabbing victim?
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Fallen firefighter's fiancée speaks out after fatal shooting
Lt. Jason Adams and Jeannie De Meyere met and worked at the same fire department; she set up a memorial fund to raise awareness for volunteer fire departments
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Train crash in Germany kills at least 9, injures 150
Black boxes from both trains had been recovered and are now being analyzed, which should show what went wrong.
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Mich. fire dept. gets grant for new ambulance
A $250,000 Community Development Block Grant allowed the purchase of a new ambulance
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Md. volunteer fire depts. get grant for equipment
Howard County’s West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department and Lisbon Volunteer Fire Co. received a combined total of $10,000 in grant funding
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Software improves efficiency of pre-hospital treatment
By Michael Cayes Mooring Tech, Inc. This article is provided by Mooring Tech, Inc. and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of EMS1. When first responders show up at the scene of an accident, a heart attack, or crime scene, they are trained to begin immediately triaging all parties on site. Without knowledge of preexisting conditions and other important health factors, EMT’s rank the level …
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Rescuers pull survivors from Taiwan earthquake rubble
More than 170 people freed from the high rise building; as many as 124 may still be trapped
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Podcast: Pathway from rural EMS to EMS1 editor-in-chief
The Medic2Medic podcast interviews Greg Friese, EMS1 editor-in-chief, about his EMS career, community paramedicine and provider safety
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First Mass Gathering Medicine Summit to be held in NYC
The summit provides a forum in which medical professionals and risk managers can discuss the most relevant topics facing mass gathering medicine today
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11 dead, hundreds rescued as strong earthquake hits Taiwan
An infant, two children and six adults killed when a 17-floor residential building collapsed
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