Climbing the ranks of EMS often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Drones to deliver defibrillators to 911 callers to treat cardiac arrest
A start-up called Flirtey partnered with REMSA Health to dispatch drones with portable defibrillators when 911 callers report cardiac arrest symptoms
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Inventors present drone that could help treat patients in disasters
The drone could be loaded with a medical kit containing supplies and a headset so civilians at a disaster site could receive medical instructions
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Pa. officials consider tax breaks for volunteer EMTs
Qualifying EMTs would receive a 20 percent discount on local real estate taxes and up to a $300 tax break on the township’s earned income tax
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Fla. Legislature looks at combating opioid epidemic
Gov. Rick Scott, who declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in May, wants more than $50 million in funding
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Police officer plans to appeal firing in nurse arrest
Jeff Payne was fired after he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels, who refused to allow him to draw blood from a patient unconscious after a car crash
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Top EMS Game Changers – #2: 12-lead EKGs
I soon discovered that although learning about 12-leads wasn’t hard, doing them prehospitally could be
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LODD: Minn. paramedic dies after ambulance hits semi
Officials said the driver of the ambulance, paramedic Susanna Kelly, was also injured but is expected to survive her injuries
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Peer support for EMS provider mental health
The EMS work environment affects a provider’s mental health, placing a new focus on peer support in EMS
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Hospitals forced to evacuate patients during raging Calif. wildfires
Officials said at least 11 people have been killed, hundreds injured and 1,500 homes and businesses destroyed
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