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Hospitals and EMS crews see a rise in the number of treated patients. View the full article

No life-threatening injuries reported. View the full article

Lee County’s MEDSTAR is suspended during program overhaul. View the full article

The hippo wandered into a swimming pool three days ago and died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with a crane. A hippo is lifted from a swimming pool Friday Aug. 24, 2012, at the Monate Conservation Lodge, near Modimolle, South Africa, after being trapped there for three days. The young hippo had plunged into the deep pool on Tuesday after being chased off from his herd by male members seeking dominance, wandered into the lodge's camp and fell into the pool. The animal died just before the rescue operation got under way. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) View the full article

The teen said her young child was the result of rape by her captor. Members of the Madison County tactical response team take a two-year-old child to a waiting ambulance Thursday evening, Aug. 23, 2012 in Washington Park, Ill. The child was rescued after a teenage girl reported missing more than two years ago escaped from a home and went to police, saying her child was still in the house. The girl reported that she was raped by her captor, got pregnant and had a baby, police said. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes) View the full article

Most are in stable condition. View the full article

G & L Trophies & Gifts was contracted for “Chicago Fire,” which debuts Oct. 10. View the full article

As many as 10 people reported injured, gunman dead. In this frame grab from WABC-TV, emergency personnel respond to reports of several people being shot outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. Authorities say the shooter is dead. (AP Photo/WABC-TV) View the full article

The collaboration will bring together at least 20 doctors and another 30 to 40 medical staff, including transplant coordinators, paramedics and others View the full article

Overall, the review found "no systematic approach to continuous improvement" at EMSA. EMSA CEO Steve Williamson said the agency has taken action on about half of the city review's findings. View the full article

Pfc. Lisa Bryant says reviving minivan driver Larry Huff was her first "real-world" opportunity to use her military medical training. View the full article

A construction worker was injured while trying to help corral a snorting, charging cow in downtown Billings. A runaway cow runs past a Billings Police car in Billings, Mt. Morgan Logan of Acton suffered broken bones in his lower leg and had sore ribs after being thrown by the 1,200-pound cow after it escaped from the Public Auction Yards. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Bob Zellar) View the full article

Four people were transported to area hospitals A spokesman for the department said it appeared that the worst injury was a broken leg. (MyFoxDC photo) View the full article

Crews search for Henderson teen who fell into a drainage wash. Robert Uszynski, left, and Kevin Jackson of the Henderson Fire Department conduct a search of the Duck Creek Channel for a missing teenager in Henderson, Nev., on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. According to witnesses, the man was pulled into the heavily flooded wash as intense thunderstorms filled storm channels and sent water into roadways. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean) View the full article

The former paramedic helped the umpire revive a Diamondbacks employee who went into cardiac arrest. View the full article

Doub said: "I've saved a lot of people, many in cardiac arrest, but it's rare to see it unfold in front of your eyes." View the full article

He placed a pinhole video camera inside a clock that was on a windowsill. View the full article

Several accusations have been made against EMTs and paramedics. View the full article

Bike’s left handlebar went through the man’s left thigh View the full article

Oxnard firefighters spent 15 minutes digging out the Korean student. View the full article

As more people approached the scene, more were shocked. View the full article

Two were severely injured. View the full article

41 deaths have occurred this year. In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, mosquitos are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. U.S. health officials say there's been an alarming increase in the number of West Nile cases. So far there have been more than 1,100 cases reported through the middle of August. That's three times as many as usually seen at this point in the year. About half the cases are in Texas. Most West Nile infections are reported in August and September. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) View the full article

He was trapped waist-deep in a silo containing dog food for four hours. View the full article

No one was killed but 14,000 people have been seen in local emergency rooms as a result of the shortfalls. View the full article