The man and his wife were engaged in a bitter split that involved a custody battle over the 6-year-old girl.
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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Paramedic gets heartfelt thanks, hugs from patient's wife
Chris Kinzer saved a man’s life after he fell off a roof; the man fractured his spine at the neck
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Family appeals decision on toddler brain death test
Mirranda Grace Lawson, 2, was placed on life support after choking on a popcorn kernel
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Orlando releases more 911 calls from nightclub shooting
The release of more than a dozen 911 calls Wednesday comes three months after the massacre that left 49 people dead.
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Texas EMS agency earns accreditation by CAAS
The agency is one of nine Texas EMS systems to be granted the accreditation.
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EMS distributed naloxone kits may make a difference
EMS participation in harm reduction strategies, like giving a narcotics overdose patient who refuses transport, is worth the cost of a naloxone kit.
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EMS mental health survey released
The NAEMT survey results look at the resources, programs and services available to help EMS personnel cope with the stresses of the job.
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Feds shutting down troubled SD hospital's ER
The Sioux San Hospital emergency department is set to be closed on Sept. 20 due primarily to the age of the facility and equipment.
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Toddler suffocates under daycare's bean bag chair
A worker sat down to read to the other kids without being aware the toddler was underneath.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue to buy new dispatch system, expand community paramedicine
The software will give dispatchers scripted questions to figure out what ails callers and decide which tier of response to provide.
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