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Ill. Mom Pushes EpiPen Availability After Daughter's Death

December 27, 2015

According to the CDC, food allergies in children have increased by 50% from 1997 to 2011.

Conn. Responders Training for Active Shooter Response

Narcan Preventing Deaths, Not Solving Addiction Problems

Mass. Firefighters Respond to Muddy Horse Rescue

Ohio Agency Makes 600 Hot Meals for Needy

After 40 Years, Colo. Fire Chief Happy With His Legacy

Security Plans Under Constant Revision for S.D. Hospitals

7 Booted from Ala. Firefighter Training Program

An Anthem for Ketamine

An anthem for the drug that we love to love.

An Anthem for Ketamine Addendum: Taming the Tiger

Ketamine for excited delirium.

Ohio Deputies, Corrections Officers Equipped With Narcan

December 25, 2015

Each cruiser will be equipped with Narcan and a nose applicator, which also will be available to corrections officers in the jail.

CPR Recipient Thankful for Gift of Life

December 25, 2015

Joanne Priest felt the stranger's ribs bending beneath the weight of her hands every time she pushed. And it sounded like someone cracking knuckles.

Off-duty Ga. Firefighter Aids in Water Rescue

December 25, 2015

Cherokee County firefighter Michael Axford rescue was called "a Christmas miracle."

Pa. Firefighters 'Never Forget' Fallen Colleague

December 25, 2015

It's been 30 years, but Kathryn Hippensteel is still sadly missed by members of United Hook & Ladder Co. #33.

Flight Attendant's CPR Expertise Saves Retired Pilot

December 25, 2015

The Oregon woman's instincts and first aid training were needed on the ground after a retired pilot went into cardiac arrest.

Wash. Firefighter Finds Newborn Outside Fire Station

December 25, 2015

The girl, who had her umbilical cord clamped with a bobby pin, appeared to have been outside in sub-freezing weather for at least an hour.

Patient Video of the Week: 64-year-old With Intermittent Confusion, Altered Mental Status

ReelDx Education: Best practices for emergency assessment are made vivid through real patients.

An EMS Night before Christmas

Gary Ludwig offers a firefighter-paramedic’s twist on the famed poem.

Calif. Dispatch Service Shifting Costs to Fire Agencies

December 24, 2015

A new model for allocating costs to member agencies aims to try to make the service operate more efficiently.

Concussions Common in Girls Soccer

December 24, 2015

Concussions also are common in girls basketball and volleyball.

Bill Calls for Mandatory High School CPR Classes in New Mexico

December 24, 2015

New Mexico could become the 27th state to require high school students to learn lifesaving CPR before they graduate.

New Ambulance for Conn. Agency

December 24, 2015

There was a huge present under the proverbial Christmas tree at Stratford Emergency Medical Service.

Calif. Agency Delivers Holiday Gifts to Young Patients at Bay Area Hospitals

December 24, 2015

ProTransport-1 made special deliveries at a trio of hospitals

Md. Agency Offers New Fire Science and Leadership Degree Program for Firefighters, Paramedics

December 24, 2015

New academic program that provides an affordable and accessible path to an associate degree in fire science and leadership.

Calif. Pediatric Telemedicine Program Improves Care While Reducing Errors, Costs

December 24, 2015

Experts and educators discuss strategies and real-world examples of effective technology utilization that made a measurable impact.

Ariz. Firefighter Captured in Viral Photo Speaks Out

Photo showed the firefighter reading to a young boy while first responders tended to the child's mother and baby sister after a car crash.

Life Support: Quick Time

What’s next for you in EMS, a year from now or even 10 years from now?

Moulage of the Month: Industrial Response, Scalding Burn

A guide to simulating injuries through effective use of moulage.

Fla. Agency Implements “Pit Crew” CPR

December 24, 2015

CPR initiative includes new guidelines and algorithms plus check lists when caring for cardiac arrest patients.

Seven Killed as Storms Pound South and Midwest

Deadly tornadoes have ripped through the South and Midwest of the U.S., devastating hundreds of people on Christmas eve.

Law Enforcement Officials Fearful of Freeway Terror Attack in California

December 24, 2015

Officials said they had never uncovered an alleged terrorist plot involving freeways until now.

Ga. Paramedic Accused of Kicking Handcuffed Man

December 24, 2015

A Lee County paramedic was charged on Friday with disorderly conduct following a traffic incident

After Nearly 30 Years, Pa. ALS Squad Signs Off

December 24, 2015

Medic 303, which had 24 members before signing off this month, was nixed mainly due to a change in the company's care model

World of EMS: Emotional Trauma Life Support

New course uses a unique and highly intuitive method of teaching concepts of “emotional trauma”

Profile: London Ambulance Service CEO Fiona Moore

December 23, 2015

Fionna Moore’s appointment as the CEO of the London Ambulance Service was preceded by a wave of support from the frontline staff

First Responders Group: A Year in Review

December 23, 2015

Over the past year, FRG has worked to address the emerging needs and capability gaps faced by responders.

UK Agency Releases "12 Bad 999 Calls of Christmas"

These people called 999...they shouldn't have!

Incredible Escape for UK Man After Car Impaled on Fence

December 23, 2015

It took approximately an hour to free the man.

Protecting Against Violence in EMS

Violence against EMS providers and firefighters is on the rise, and we have to take notice.

Program Allows Ottawa Paramedics to Transport Homeless Patients to Shelter

December 23, 2015

Shepherds of Good Hope is the first shelter in Ontario that can accept patients from Ottawa paramedics.

Texas Agency to Deliver Care Packages to the Homeless

December 23, 2015

MedStar employees and numerous area residents have collected items that were assembled into care packages for delivery to the homeless.

‘Pill Mill’ Crackdown Linked to Fewer Painkiller Overdose Deaths in Florida

December 23, 2015

Reducing pill mill operations in the state may have also led to fewer heroin overdose deaths

NHS Choir Battling for Top Spot on the UK Pop Charts

The choir is neck and neck with Justin Bieber to secure the Christmas No. 1 single

N.J. Girl Calls 9-1-1 in Panic Over Elf on Shelf

A 7-year-old New Jersey girl called 911 by mistake when she did something that she thought would get her in trouble with Santa.

Judge: Law Allowing EMS Takeover in N.J. Unconstitutional

December 22, 2015

A judge ruled that a law that allowed Cooper University Hospital to take over EMS in Camden from rival Virtua Health was unconstitutional.

Homelessness in S.F.: The Lonely End to a Lifetime of Unrealized Promise

December 22, 2015

The end for Vina Villegas came just as her family and friends always feared it would. Death from a heroin needle, with a cornucopia of other drugs in her veins.

Calif. EMS Agency, Hospital Launch Community Paramedic Program

December 22, 2015

The Medic Ambulance's Community Paramedicine Program is one of 12 pilot programs in the state.

Funeral Services Held for Flight Paramedic Killed in Skylife Crash

Kyle Juarez's family joined hundreds of people at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church to say goodbye to the 37-year old flight paramedic.

E-cigarette Liquid Pediatric Poisoning on Increase in Texas

December 22, 2015

In the most common nicotine concentration, even a half a teaspoon could be fatal.

Ky. Sheriff's Office Receives AEDs

December 22, 2015

Court Security Officer Larry Standiford has been working tirelessly for months to find a way to procure the AEDs for the county's courtrooms.

Horror in Las Vegas Resembled 'Terrorist Attack'

December 22, 2015

Paramedics and firefighters maneuvered through the packed lanes on the boulevard to reach the victims.

Deaths Fuel Concern, Caution in California Prep Football

December 22, 2015

The fatal hits keep coming for high school football players across the nation. Eight have died this season.

Ga. Agency Receives Grant to Purchase Chest Compression System

December 22, 2015

The device enables the delivery of automated CPR during patient care.

Ill. Police Officers Save Motorist in Cardiac Arrest

December 22, 2015

Four officers teamed up to perform chest compressions and used a defibrillator three times to shock the victim's heart back into rhythm.

New Service Will Deliver Blood to Pa. Accident Scenes

December 22, 2015

Since it began over the summer, the unit has responded three times with the blood packs.

Best Practices for Active Shooter Response

IAB document shares best practices for EMS agencies as they develop SOPs for responding to active shooter events.

Airway Management Research: Knowing the Odds

Lowering the odds of airway complications was the focus of December’s quarterly webinar presented by Airway World.

Ky. Woman Praises First Responders

After a bad fall in the summer, they came and kept her company, until an ambulance could arrive.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

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