If EMS had its own Olympic Decathlon, here’s what our events would be
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Mich. paramedic saves child locked in car with blood pressure cuff
The 16-month-old was accidentally locked inside along with the keys to the vehicle
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Dallas officer: Firefighters, paramedics 'didn't get enough credit' for bravery in face of ambush
One police officer remarked that members of the dept. insisted on reaching wounded officers during live gunfire
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Olympics bet on company's portable isolation units in event of catastrophe
The vacuum-sealed units allow rescuers to safely help victims of chemical and biological attacks
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Edwardsville EMT admits to secretly filming female coworker in bathroom
The man, facing a misdemeanor charge, used his cell phone camera to record through an old lock
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NY fire department buys cooling tent for first responders
The “Fast Shelter” offers relief to EMS personnel working mass casualty incidents
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3 die after attending Calif. rave
Crowds in the parking lot slowed EMTs; hot temperatures and ecstasy implicated in deaths
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Ohio ambulance company adds 'In God We Trust' to all vehicles
The ambulance company is following in the footsteps of a Ky. sheriff’s office, which placed the phrase on the backs of its cruisers
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Penn. disbanding an EMS service in line with national trend
An underfunded, overworked volunteer staff has forced a local EMS service to close its doors
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Wis. volunteers may pick up drug needles
The volunteer effort would relieve city firefighters; the city also runs a needle exchange program
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