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Off-duty paramedic gets resident safely out of burning SR home - California

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:07:01 PST

A Santa Rosa homeowner was rushed out of his burning house Thursday by an off-duty paramedic who noticed smoke billowing from the residence

Paramedics concerned by ALF outsourcing plan - Minnesota

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:06:04 PST

Two weeks after learning that their jobs will most likely be eliminated by the beginning of the year, Apple Valley-Lakeville-Farmington Ambulance paramedics still do not understand why.

Fee hikes to help fund trauma care - Mississippi

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:05:34 PST

Those who statistically create more trauma injuries will shoulder a bigger share in funding Mississippi's Trauma Care System under new legislation that took effect Tuesday.

Oregon: Firefighters, EMTs

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:04:47 PST

Duxbury Fire Department receives off-road vehicle with grant - Massachusetts

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:04:32 PST

Duxbury is the first town on the South Shore to receive one of the Polaris Rangers.

Firefighters, Ambulance Memorial dedicated during ceremony Monday - South Dakota

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:04:20 PST

The monument has the names of 298 current and former fire department members on one side and 63 former and current EMTs and EMSs on the other side. The firefighter statue at the memorial was given by Bonnie Schick in memory of her husband, James Schick.

Everything's coming up pink and storks for paramedics - Illinois

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:03:55 PST

At one time, the Village of Lombard had lilac squad cars, yet the way things have been going lately for Lombard paramedics, one may wonder if pink ambulances might be just around the corner

A Solemn Welcome - California

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:03:02 PST

Moments after Sgt. Ryan James Connolly's vehicle was hit by a deadly explosive in Afghanistan, an abiding resolve that had come to define his character kicked in, and the 24-year-old combat medic instructed his fellow paratroopers on how to treat him and another wounded solider.

Copter-crash victim remembered - Arizona

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:02:15 PST

Clyde Shreeve would wave as a matter of course, almost reflexively, at the helicopters that flew over his Flagstaff home

EMS A-Z Series "R" RSI and Ready or Not.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:55:39 PST

When I mention RSI or Rapid Sequence Intubation. I don't want to get into the clinical aspect of it on why Succinylcholine over Vecuronium or on Mallampati classes.

VP files lawsuit against North Park County Ambulance president - Colorado

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:48 PST

Brummit, the defendant in the lawsuit, "unilaterally cancelled a regularly scheduled election" of the board members and officers of Platte Canyon Rescue Service Inc., doing business as North Park County Ambulance Service, and by doing so was in violation of state law and the nonprofit's bylaws, says the lawsuit.

Salem woman crashes into ambulance - Oregon

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:47:56 PST

A Salem woman's vehicle collided with an ambulance on Lancaster Drive NE Wednesday morning,

Paramedics Ask for State Hearing - Texas

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:40:48 PST

It's fallout from their failure to treat 23-year old Erica Smith, who was left dying at an accident scene last December.

NTSB chief worried by EMS helicopter collision

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:39:06 PST

Following a spate of serious EMS helicopter accidents in the USA since 2000, the NTSB decided to carry out a full study of the industry sector's safety, which it published early in 2006, but the lessons learned clearly did not stop this accident happening, and Rosenker wants to know why.

New Chopper for Wyoming Valley Life Flight - Pennsylvania

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:39:02 PST

Trinity Welcomes New Chopper - North Dakota

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:39:01 PST

City and county to return to negotiating table - Nevada

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:37:04 PST

Just when differences over police and fire protection seemed settled, the city and county are headed back to the negotiating table, this time to try to settle a dispute over emergency medical services

EMS debuts multi-injury medical trailer - Arizona

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:36:04 PST

Sonoita-Elgin Fire District now has a new, valuable tool. On the outside it may not look like much, just a simple trailer with some logos slapped on the side, but it’s what’s on the inside that counts

Commissioners amend county’s EMS policies - Colorado

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:35:02 PST

Article VI now provides a procedure for resolving complaints about ambulance service.

Adding insult to injury - California

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:33:54 PST

El Dorado County's basic ambulance rate will need to rise next month by 30 percent, from $797 to $1074