The ambulance was crossing through a red light when it crashed into a pickup truck
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Dallas Police Chief: 5 officers dead, 6 hurt
Four shooters “planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could” during a protest and march in downtown Dallas (AP image)
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Managing Resources for Specialty Patients
1.Home health care is growing in popularity With the ever increasing cost of health care, home care services are becoming an affordable alternative to residency at skilled nursing facilities.[1] While the cost of private nursing home care has risen at a rate of around 4 percent annually, the cost of in home care has only risen approximately 1 percent per year.[2] This savings has created an increasingly …
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Music to get you through a bad EMS night: The Code Green Campaign playlist
New songs are regularly added to the Spotify playlist to inspire, encourage and entertain EMTs and paramedics
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EMS Artwork: The longer I am a paramedic the more I realize what I don't yet know
“The Paramedic” reflects on stages of his career and worries that he is on the doorstep of burnout
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Incident Review: Firefighters, medics rescue toddler at the Cincinnati Zoo
Here’s a fire and EMS look at how personnel from the Cincinnati Fire Department handled the rescue call for a 3-year-old trapped in a gorilla exhibit
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5 costly EMS documentation mistakes
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
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How EMS chiefs can improve employee engagement
Having an engaged, committed workforce is the best way to improve patient care
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EMS leader’s 8-step guide to excellent pediatric care
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders can ensure pediatric patients receive the correct care with right preparation, equipment and training
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Ohio paramedics respond to surge of narcotic overdoses
Akron police suspect fentanyl-laced heroin as the cause of 17 overdoses in one day
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