What sense does it make to only practice on easy manikins, when it's the toughest patients that get you into trouble? ...
By Felicia Thomas-Lynn Milwaukee Journal SentinelOCONOMOWOC, Wis. — Providing rapid medical care to the ill and injured is what Cindy Christiansen does best.But her job as an ...
By Jim Love About 620,000 transports involving children take place each year in the United States in ground ambulances. As many as 1,000 of these are involved in a collision during ...
By Ann DeMatteo The New Haven RegisterNORTH HAVEN, Conn. — It was the day after the baby was due. Kelly Shanley was upstairs in her Quinnipiac Avenue home watching cartoons ...
Would you believe me if I told you that it's safer to transport an ill or injured child on the back of a motorcycle with no helmet than it is in an ambulance? While that comes from ...
By Prince George's County Fire/EMSPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Within the first couple hours of their shift on December 6, 2009, Prince George's County firefighters and ...
By Greg FrieseI just completed Pediatric Advanced Life Support training. The review of respiratory, cardiac, and shock cases as well as the hands-on practice was an excellent ...
While some respiratory procedures can be considered fun and challenging by EMS adrenaline junkies, others present close calls and can be downright terrifying. In those challenging ...
By Akiko Matsuda The Journal NewsHAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — With his crew, Matt Giannella, an emergency medical technician with the Haverstraw Ambulance Corps, responded Tuesday ...
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand when her life slipped away in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve, and ...
By Kathy Mellott The Tribune-DemocratDUNLO, Pa. — This Christmas, the celebration of the birth of a baby boy is taking on new meaning for a Dunlo woman and emergency medical ...
By Marquita Brown The Clarion-LedgerJACKSON, Miss. — When Lisa Adams answered a 911 call earlier this month, the mother who needed help was already in labor.The mother, ...
The Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. — A group of people are credited with saving the life of a 3-year-old who was hit by a car in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Saturday.Witnesses ...
The Chicago Sun-TimesMANHATTAN, Ill. — There is now a special delivery zone of sorts in front of Berkot's Super Foods.An 8-pound 11-ounce baby girl liked the parking lot at ...
While it's easy to get caught up in the joy and merriment of the season, it's also important to be responsible when it comes to holiday safety. Whether you celebrate Christmas, ...
WVEC 13POQUOSON, Va. — "I don't want to say I did it, because the EMT's got there so quick," Amy Rogers tells 13News. "I remember hearing the ambulance coming, ...
WCBV 5BOSTON — Officials say at least 34 students were sickened by fumes Monday at a Boston charter school.Thirty-four students were evaluated at the Excel Charter School ...
CBC NewsCAPE BRETON, Canada — A seven-year-old autistic boy who disappeared from his Cape Breton home two days ago was found alive, unconscious, suffering from hypothermia ...
During this time of year, caring for critically ill or injured children can take more of an emotional toll than usual, both for the families and responders. In these special ...
ABC 7 ChicagoCHICAGO — A Naperville doctor on a Southwest Airlines flight out of Midway Airport on Friday delivered a baby 30,000 feet above ground.Flight 441 was on its way ...
