Philadelphia hospitals, paramedics begin research study to randomize stabbing and gunshot victims to ALS care or no ALS care during transport
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
French officials: Truck driven into crowd 'Undeniable act of terror'
The Bastille Day truck attack kills 84 in Nice and injures scores of adults and children
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Truck slams into crowd in France, dozens believed dead
Eyewitnesses and officials believe the attack on a crowd of Bastille Day revelers was a deliberate attack (AP Image)
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Paramedic charged with stealing medications
The wife of a Florida paramedic reported the theft and believed the medications were intended to poison her
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Mich. ambulance service seeking millage
The funds will go toward maintenance and operation of the ambulance service and the purchase and housing of ambulances and equipment
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Pa. health employee fired over racist Facebook post
By Sam Wood The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — A Jefferson Health employee who posted an invective-filled, racist rant on social media was fired Wednesday after her screed went viral. Diane Amoratis, 53, of Bridesburg, apparently wrote the inflammatory Facebook post after Saturday night's Black Lives Matter protest in North Philadelphia. "They should have bulldozed the BLM protest …
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Paramedic, 3 firefighters fired for Facebook comments
A firefighter wrote Black Lives Matters protesters blocking the interstate “WILL get run over!”
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'At The Scene' mobile EMS application announced for first responders
A new mobile app developed by a New York state EMT gives access to patient medical history on scene
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Police: Overdosed man required 7 doses of Narcan
The 50-year-old received 4 doses from firefighters, 3 from paramedics. He was taken to St. Luke’s hospital for further treatment and monitoring
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Air Force officer, volunteer EMT gives back to community
The EMT has decided to return his $10 per call stipend to the city to fund two picnic tables for fire stations
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