The March 7 crash left four dead and dozens injured
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Dallas offers cautionary tale as it moves to fix 911 woes
It was initially believed that the city’s 911 center was bedeviled by T-Mobile phones making “ghost calls”
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Doughnut shop sued over man's fatal allergic reaction
The federal suit claims the business was negligent for selling Brian Allen Sr. an apple fritter without any warning that it was made with walnut flour
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Study: EMS activation of stroke cases using Pulsara linked with faster door-to-needle times
The study included 2,589 unique stroke cases and found that those activated by EMS were significantly more likely to receive treatment within 60 minutes of hospital arrival
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Paramedics perform lifesaving thoracostomy on crushed patient
Jonathan Arteaga was working on a mobile home when a jack gave way and the home pinned his knees to his chest
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Inside EMS Podcast: FDNY EMT's death grim reminder of workplace violence
FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo, 44, a mother of five and 14-year veteran, was killed in the line of duty by an ambulance hijacker
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Responders help save cardiac arrest patient on trail
A doctor, nurse and firefighter were mountain biking when they saw David Jones collapse on a section of a trail
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Canadian paramedic saves woman from jumping off overpass
Paramedic Ben Valentine was in his ambulance when he saw a woman stumbling and heading toward a bridge
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Rapid response: FDNY EMT killed by ambulance hijacker
How can we begin to mourn, make sense of and learn from the tragic line-of-duty death of EMT Yadira Arroyo?
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What is it like being a paramedic?
Being a paramedic isn’t like what you see on TV; it isn’t all fast-paced lifesaving
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