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2 Dead, 1 Injured After Helicopter Crashes During Controlled Burn in Miss.

March 30, 2015

The aircraft was a contract helicopter being used by forestry personnel to monitor a control burn in the area.

EMS Calls Taking Toll on Wash. Fire Department

Minn. Mom Behind CO Detector Giveaway

Mass. Mom Who Lost Son to Heroin Shares Story to Help Others

Ky. 9-1-1 Dispatcher Tracked Calls with Time Clock

Paramedics Off to Busy Start in New Pa. Ambulance Service

Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Hurt at NSA

Injured Texas Firefighter Recalls Horrific Incident

Ala. Ambulances Hit by Bullets

Two ambulances in Alabama have been struck by bullets recently. One was transporting a patient when a shot blew out a window, while another was parked in the station when it was struck.

After Pa. LODD, Fitness Program Launched

March 30, 2015

The Windber Medical Center has teamed up with the local fire department to get responders fit.

Two Bodies Recovered from NYC Explosion Site

March 30, 2015

One man was on a lunch date, while the other worked in a restaurant in the building.

8 Dead, 10 Injured When Florida Van Crashes

March 30, 2015

The van from a church ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of U.S. 27 and landed in a canal in rural southwest Florida.

N.J. Responders Save Two Cardiac Patients on Same Day

March 30, 2015

Crews usually only respond to one cardiac arrest a month, not twice in one day.

Video: Fresno Firefighter Falls Through Roof, Seriously Burned

March 30, 2015

The fall was captured on video by a citizen.

Iron Duck Announces 20/20 Lighted Breathsaver Oxygen Bag

March 29, 2015

From IRON DUCK

The 20/20 Lighted Breathsaver has two built-in, flexible dual-head LED lights which provide critical lighting inside the bag, making finding supplies easier and faster.

Alternative Options for Patient Transport

Specially designed ATVs and UTVs enable EMS providers to access patients virtually anywhere

Addressing Ambulance Standards

New ambulance design & safety standards will be in place by 2016—the question is, what will they look like?

At Some Nursing Homes, a Changing Attitude Toward Death

March 29, 2015

There's a greater emphasis on bringing meaning and individual choice—in other words, more life—to those last years in long-term care.

Air Canada Plane Leaves Halifax Runway on 'Abrupt' Landing

March 29, 2015

Air Canada said Sunday morning that 18 people who were taken to the hospital had been released. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening.

Diagnosis and Treatment of the Patient With Heart Failure

What their history and your clinical exam should tell you about what’s happening

Talking SMACC

Social Media and Critical Care conference educates through technology

Delivering ALS Care on the Fire Line

How Kern County, CA, developed an ALS fire line paramedic program.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare Part 4: Integrating Home Care, Hospice & EMS

Partnerships with MIH programs can help avoid needless hospital visits.

Bariatric Patient Care

When an obese patient is transported, what can be done with his scooter?

Switching to Aladtec Allows Woodstock Fire/Rescue (IL) to Save Time, Money & Trees!

March 28, 2015

From ALADTEC, INC.

Paper driven administration processes are prone to error, hard to track, expensive to create and distribute, and environmentally unfriendly, especially with four fire stations and 90 personnel.

Teen Drivers Distracted by Cellphones, Talking in Most Crashes

March 28, 2015

Distractions were responsible for about six of every 10 moderate to severe crashes.

LA Commuter Train Hits Car, Partially Derails; 22 Hurt

March 28, 2015

One person in the car was critically injured and had to be cut out of the vehicle.

Fla. Fire Department Takes Over EMS

March 28, 2015

The sirens are similar but the name emblazoned on Key West's ambulances now reads Key West Fire Department.

Hope Dims as Rescuers Search for 2 in NYC Blast

March 28, 2015

Dogs sniffed for anyone possibly still trapped beneath the heap of loose brick and rubble two days after the explosion.

7 Shot at Florida Spring Break House Party

March 28, 2015

Deputies found a sprawling crime scene with victims inside the home, outside and across the street from it, and in the street's median.

CE Article: Busting Top Trauma Myths

Exploring best practices for trauma care

Colo. Authorities Investigate Role of Marijuana Candy in Man's Suicide

March 28, 2015

Authorities in Colorado are concerned about the effects of pot edibles, which can be exponentially more potent than a joint.

Colo. Lawmakers Say Pot Food Must Look Different

March 28, 2015

Opponents say the law goes too far.

NYC Blast Site Probed for Human Remains

Two people remain unaccounted for following an explosion which leveled an apartment building, largely destroyed another and launched rubble and shards of glass across streets in the heart of Manhattan's trendy East Village.