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• Medics beat blizzard to make transplant happen 

  A combination of daring and improvisation allowed a diabetes patient to undergo a kidney transplant despite a blizzard raging the East Coast. (Michael Beck/Stony Brook Hospital via AP)

• Navy finds no sign of shooting at San Diego medical center 

  Authorities found no gunman or signs of a shooting despite initial reports. (Nelvin C. Cepeda /The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

• Dozens of NYC ambulances reported stuck in snow

  The ambulances were allegedly not properly equipped for driving in the snow. (Twitter photo)

• Stabbed on duty: A medic's lessons learned on the long road back 

  Ben Vernon dug deep to work through years of emotional trauma that surged to the front of his mind after he was attacked (Surveillance video)

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Little Rock Metropolitan EMS was already planning on the purchase but the shooting death of a firefighter last week at a medical call accelerated the purchase 

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• Chief supports Maine bill to make drunk drivers pay for emergency response costs
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