County firefighter said salary negotiations with the county are painfully slow, and county residents need to know their firefighters, paramedics and EMTs are severely underpaid.
PPSS Group launches a new series of highly advanced slash and needle resistant gloves. The gloves provide a highly advanced level of protection to the palm and fingers against all types of cuts, offering outstanding EN 388:2003 Blade Cut Resistance Level...
Lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 16 responders seeking compensation and medical monitoring for health concerns stemming from a 2012 train derailment and toxic spill.
He highlighted the NIH's progress in developing Ebola vaccine, calling initial results "exciting" while cautioning that there are "no guarantees" about the vaccine's success.
The "overwhelming majority" of the EMS calls the fire department received in the first quarter of the current fiscal year were for maladies that did not involve a car crash.
The Knights of Columbus St. Cloud-Kissimmee have named the Station 14 C-Shift crew as "Heroes of the Year" for their role in the aftermath of a murder/suicide attempt in May.
The board likely will vote to disband the ambulance department that has been losing the village $200,000 a year, and approve a contract with Advanced Medical Transport.
Coordination among 9-1-1 PSAPs, the EMS system, healthcare facilities and the public health system is important when responding to patients with suspected Ebola.
National safety requirements have been introduced for new ambulances and ambulance equipment. Join our expert panel and ask questions as they explain who developed these standards, how and why they were created, how states will adopt them, and how you...
An intense lobbying campaign has sprouted up to persuade commissioners not to expand to three the number of private companies allowed to provide emergency response in the county.
The St. Charles County Ambulance District reopened its station in Cottleville Saturday -- a move made possible by voters' approval of an 11-cent property tax increase in April, officials said.
AspenPointe formally opened the unit in Colorado Springs, aimed at improving mental and behavioral health care after the 2012 Aurora theater shootings.
According to the case study, Ebola patients treated by the Nebraska team produced about 23 cubic feet of solid waste per day, most of which was protective equipment worn by healthcare workers.
MedixSafe 's narcotics lockers are equipped with a stand-alone networkable TCP/IP based controller and are designed to require combinations of fingerprint, PIN and/or Proximity Cards to gain access. This new reader allows MedixSafe to store up to 200,000...
In the aftermath of the December 1999 Worcester Cold Storage fire in Worcester, WPI researchers also helped spark a national focus on the need for new lifesaving technology in the fire service
Some emergency dispatchers and officials are skeptical of text-to-911, saying most of the time, it's faster and better to call the three-digit emergency number for help.
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