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The increase hit home when a sheriff’s office lieutenant died when he went into cardiac arrest after being stung by a wasp.
Allergic reaction calls on the rise in NC
The increase is due to bees, wasps and fire ants being active in the spring and summer months
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Great moves, and great way to connect with the community!
Watch: NJ EMT busts a move in viral 'Nae Nae' video
The video posted on Facebook shows Trenton EMT Anthony Dell'Aquila dancing with a group of children to the song "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
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"Planning suicide, thinking about suicide, suicide is not unusual. It's not only normal. It's common place and that is tragic."
Understanding stress and suicide in emergency responders
EMS leaders learn suicide risk factors and the imperative to provide a non-punitive culture for seeking help
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  • Joseph James Little Are you a vet? If so, get ahold of their crisis line. The are good.
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Use these 10 steps to best serve special needs patients
10 ways to better respond to special needs patients
In order to minimize problems and have an effective response, EMS and fire must create a stronger partnership and network with the special needs community.
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  • Emt Jones Thank you we need more awareness out there like this.
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One person from the original crash and the paramedic were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Car hits off-duty medic responding to crash
The medic was on his cell phone walking toward the crash when the driver of an SUV that stopped on the scene backed into him
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  • Josh Edwards I was the medic. I was right next to the vehicle that was involved. It was on speaker phone and I had situational awareness.
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  • David Gorski yeah, EFF that ESS. the ON DUTY ambulance drivers will be there soon enough. (11 minutes or less or its free) keep driving.
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“If unskilled laborers such as fast food workers are worth $15 per hour, surely the highly trained first responders are worth more."
NY EMTs petition for $17 per hour ‘minimum wage’
The petition was launched on the heels of N.Y.’s minimum wage increase to $15 per hour for fast food workers, which is more than what many public safety workers are paid
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  • Anthony Perkins Good.... That is exactly what we need to do. Don't be pissed at Fast Food workers for picketing for better wages. We as a collective group need to do the same thing!
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  • Brian Behn I am going to be the voice of dissent here. I am not saying that they should not be paid a living wage, but their reasoning for why is poor. 

    EMT's are not highly trained. Anyone can become an EMT in just 14 days*. If we are talking about paramedics h    ...See More
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Neither the city nor the district can afford both fire and EMS, so EMS could be placed on the local hospital.
Texas district may take over city's fire, EMS services
The cash-strapped city of Edna may hand over services
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Swab and culture any surface and the results are likely to be the same.
Warning: Beards might be germ ridden and filthy
A TV station microbiologist swabbed a number of beards and was shocked at the findings
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  • Jared Kirby This is an old false report that was circulating a few months back and was disproven after it was clarified that bacteria found on the beard was a variant and some bacteria often found in feces. not feces
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  • Michael Fritz On 1 May 2015, a rumor began to circulate online claiming a “study” assessed the beards of average men and made a shocking discovery: they’re basically dripping with fecal matter (known colloquially as “poop”).

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This might be our favorite of all the "Ambulance Driver' jams.
Medics sing 'Let it Go' in viral video
The "Ambulance Drivers," two medics who began posting Facebook videos of themselves singing in the ambulance, belt out this Disney hit.
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  • Kristi Medley For the record....these guys call themselves "ambulance drivers". Please find their Facebook account and you will see that! It is not EMS1 calling them ambulance drivers, that's just how they identify themselves on FB. The irony of it is what is so funny!
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  • Ashley Corum They call themselves ambulance drivers because of that .. because everyone refers to paramedics and emts as ambulance drivers it's meant to be "funny" & as for having a patient in the back any paramedic that values their job would always leave one person back there and one person driving.
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EMS providers need to make their ambulances as safe as possible – not just for psychiatric patients, but for any patient. Here are five tips for both field transports and interfacility transfers.
Psych patient transport: 5 tips to make it safe for providers and patients
Adopt, train, and follow these best practices for field to hospital and interfacility transports of psychiatric patients
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Something to keep in mind before your next EMS trade show.
3 top questions always asked at the NREMT tradeshow booth
Answers to commonly asked questions about lapsed certification, valid continuing education, and recertification requirements
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  • Robert Benson My top 3 questions 1. Why do you have half of every paramedic and EMT in the country expire on the same day every year? 2. Why are you harder to get ahold of than the DMV? 3. When we finally get ahold of you why are you so rude?
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  • CB Axel The top question I seemed to get was, "Do you know where the restrooms are?"
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An employee set up a laptop computer camera, and caught the EMT stealing from her purse in a break room.
Conn. EMT faces larceny, drug charges
The EMT is suspected of stealing money and medication from the purses and wallets of colleagues
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  • Mike Amonett At my shop you could leave $100 bill right on the table and nobody would touch it. Now cookies would disappear as soon as you turned your head.
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  • Lori Leisen And I would bet this person would have helped the employee if the person had expressed a need. Hmm
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"I don’t believe that 80 percent of EMS providers do their CE throughout the cycle and only 5 percent do it in the last 30 days." Take a look at the poll results and see if you agree with these five observations.
5 observations on EMS1 continuing education poll
EMS providers give us a glimpse into their opinions about continuing education
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  • Randy Hulse I wonder...if CEUs were not required, would providers still take courses to keep the knowledge fresh? Many people just do them to keep their license updated. I enjoy the learning myself
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More than 300 people were rescued after the crash.
At least 24 killed after trains derail in India
Two trains were crossing a bridge when a flash flood caused part of the track to sink into the ground
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  • David Gorski *George Bush's fault.
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"The word epidemic, to me, is something that you kind of sit back and watch. This is more like a war because there's people dying in our community."
Listen: Fla. responders wage war on heroin overdoses
To combat the heroin epidemic, firefighters developed "your life matters" cards with help line numbers for addicts they treat
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  • David Gorski war on heroin "OVERDOSES?" so like, they don't have a problem with "just the right amount of heroin?"
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  • Jonathan Lester Not exactly an epidemic as being a drug abuser isn't contagious it's a choice. The sad part about it is even when you safe an OD's life they then threaten your own since they think you will hand them over to the cops etc.
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What are the immediate hazard assessment and incident management tasks for the EMS crew that witnesses this incident?
Reality Training: Train falls off elevated tracks during windstorm
A sudden gust of wind catches the high-profile intermodal containers on the train and you watch, mouth-agape, as the containers and then flat cars fall to the road.
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