Artist’s image shows a correctional facility’s emergency response team aiding an inmate
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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Helping first responders recover after Las Vegas shooting
As the country struggles to make sense of the massacre in Las Vegas, it’s important that those who responded are not overlooked
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Customized care can help first responders in the aftermath of trauma
First responders witness some of the most difficult moments in the lives of the men and women in their communities, and are charged to keep us safe at all costs
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Lawsuits claim negligence in fatal medical helicopter crash
Last month, the FAA alerted owners, operators and repair facilities of a possible problem with blockage in the engine oil drainage system
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'My leg, my arm, I can't breathe': Shot Dallas firefighter-paramedic recalls last memory
Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter-Paramedic William An was shot in his arm and leg while helping a victim who was lying in the middle of an East Dallas street
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Canadian paramedics: Ambulance Act changes could put lives at risk
Paramedics are planning a protest, saying the amendments, such as moving toward fire-based EMS, are “happening without regulatory and managerial oversight”
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2 moms plead guilty to drunkenly attacking paramedic
Veteran paramedic Paul Judd,61, required multiple surgeries after Amanda Warren and Caris Underwood kicked, punched and stomped on him
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'Flying Eye Hospital' helps give sight to the blind
The MD-10 cargo plane lands in developing countries, treats patients suffering from eye diseases, trains the local doctors and then flies to the next location
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Standardized reporting process improves transition of patient care
Patient hand-offs are an intersection between healthcare providers where critical information is shared regarding the mutual patient
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New drug could stall deadly symptoms of rattlesnake bite
Officials said EMTs and hikers could carry the medication to help stall the spread of rattlesnake venom through the body
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