Dale McNeill, 44, had been in a medically-induced coma and was placed on the heart transplant waiting list
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
2016: Can I get a do-over?
Although the Ambulance Driver had a year he wants to forget, there are five noteworthy events in EMS propelling us into 2017
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Paramedic instructor on students' heroic efforts to help crash victim
As the students piled out of their vehicle to help, paramedic and professor David Fifer’s first worry was for their safety
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Awake and paralyzed: The frightening final minutes for an injured teen
RSI can be lifesaving when appropriately applied or deadly if not performed with a high-level of proficiency and accuracy
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Cardiac arrest survivor: Life as a one-percenter
My rescuers saved my life and with this action they also impacted many more people than they could have ever possibly imagined
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Paramedic: 'Failure wasn't an option' to get transplant patient through blizzard
Peter Amato fought through blankets of snow to transport a woman awaiting a kidney transplant, a gift his brother had received 18 years ago
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Can metro fire departments afford community health programs?
Tucson’s pilot program is pulling habitual 911 callers out of the system, here’s how
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Frequent Flyers: Messy ambulance problems
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS
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Panel: Heroin addiction often starts in medicine cabinet
Panelists discussed a bill that creates a pharmaceutical drug disposal program effective in 2018, strengthens the state’s drug courts and requires that pharmacies update patient drug records daily
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Amidst embezzlement charges, Mich. towns reassess ambulance services
After the director of the towns’ ambulance service was charged with embezzlement, municipalities are reconsidering how they want to handle finances
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