EMS News Headlines

EMS News Headlines

• 5 tips for passing the NREMT
• Basic airway management techniques
• NY law would increase penalty for killing first responders 4
• 3 climbers die on Mount Everest, two still missing
• 3 drivers hurt in Md. horse race accident
• Maine fire department to seek emergency medical response license
• Mass. paramedic testimony implicates suspect in slaying
• 3 hurt in Mass. hazmat incident
• Fla. firefighter saves infant son from pool
• Man rescued after Niagara Falls plunge
• Nat'l medicine shortage impacts EMS in Pa.
• 911 operator falls asleep during call in Md. 3

• EMS Week Contest: The best of humanity in the worst of times
• EMS Week Contest: My calling started with my father1
• EMS Week Contest: Trusting in a stranger
• EMS Week Contest: The moment she said 'hi'
• EMS Week Contest: As others ran, I gave my friend a chance
• "More than a job. A calling": An accurate slogan?4
• Prove it: Supraglottic airway insertion is easier than endotracheal intubation for pediatric patients2
• Connected traffic system for emergency responders demonstrated near Phoenix
• EMS Week Contest: 'You are the man who saved my life'
• New EMS mobile training unit in Alberta
• Emergency traffic light switch for responders coming to Calif.
• Nationally standardized driver training: The time is now
• Drill helps prepare Idaho emergency crews
• Unfaithful UK widower awarded damages from 'negligent' paramedics1
• Pa. EMS: More than meets the eye
• Mass. paramedic testifies in murder trial
• Rescuers free man stuck overnight in Iowa cave
• 9/11 memorial dedicated in Pa.
• Service automates calls for Serbian EMS
• Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado
• Medevac pilot dodges military jets
• SD county questions need for ambulance district
• Review: Nearly 4 of 5 Mich. fire calls are now medicals

• EMS and fire companies could implement more low-key response to less urgent calls in Md.
• Union cooperation necessary for Ohio ambulance merger
• Top 10 ways to celebrate the last EMS Week ever51
• Audit: LAFD EMS response 12 seconds slower1
• Healthcare worker fatally stabbed in Ore.
• Jet makes emergency landing in NC after oil leak
• FDA says Xarelto reduces deadly heart attacks
• Intoxicated NY woman steals ambulance outside ER, crashes 7
• Ark. celebrates EMS Week with 'Parade of Lights'

• SC tech rescue team saves dog from 30-foot well
• Phoenix Fire, Mayo Clinic partner to improve heart attack training
• Video: Rescuers save boy trapped near 270-ft waterfall 3

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