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American Medical Response launches newsletter to provide updates on Rural/Metro Corporation integration www.emsworld.com/12121914
Pilot Mobile Health Paramedic Program in Pa. Aims to Reduce ED Visits: Since the program started in March 2014, paramedics have seen about 800 patients throughout the area and have been in contact with about 2,300 patients. www.emsworld.com/12121883
Alaska is not alone in dealing with this issue. Nationwide, emergency calls related to the drug have topped 6,000 this year--almost as many as the previous two years combined, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
"It is one of those incidents you hope you never have to respond to, but we do train for these. Annually we have an MCI drill and one of the last ones we did was an active shooter incident. That training kicked in when responding to this call."
Ruth von Minden's life revolves around family, church, and the Springfield Ambulance Corps. At age 66, von Minden proudly shows off a "Dinosaur of EMS" T-shirt she wears under a comfortable blue long-sleeved overshirt. She started in the Delaware County community 41 years ago and through 4,000 runs, she's seen childbirths, deadly car crashes, heart attacks, and life-altering burns. Now she's a veteran of the last all-volunteer ambulance company in Delaware County. Fewer stations than ever rely on volunteers such as von Minden.
AMR Shawnee County Kansas is wearing pink t-shirts this month to promote breast cancer awareness. L-R: Paramedics Torre Booth, Joe Blecha, Sara Thielenhaus.
October traditionally marks the beginning of flu season in the U.S. Will you be getting a flu shot? www.emsworld.com/12121857
While RSI may make intubation easier in certain instances, the person wielding the laryngoscope has to have some serious airway chops before you even consider the procedure. You must consider the potential efficacy of the procedure based not upon the airway skills of your best medic, but those of your worst medic. www.emsworld.com/12106319
Your EMS Day: Check out these photos from the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team in the UK. Where is the EMS World are you?
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team added 5 new photos.
We had a callout this afternoon to Wind Gap, Pillar to assist a 74 year old male with a head injury. The team located the casualty, who was being treated at the...
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