News
-
Posts
2,383 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Never
Content Type
Profiles
Articles
Forums
Gallery
Downloads
Store
Everything posted by News
-
Throughput and bogdowns in the Emergency department Part 1 Recently I spent some time with a good friend Kourtney Govro of SphereOne out of Kansas City, Kansas and some members of her company discussing Emergency departments and what their biggest challenges are relating to throughput. What causes the most headache causing bogdowns and system... View the full blog
-
Tonight I spent some time in a Church in Lakeland Florida meeting one of my new favorite authors. He wrote a short book called “A Knights Quest” which has messages in it that are timely and forever. That’s not what I’m writing about though. I spent time in their bible study and this changed my outlook on things. This study tonight was the 2nd... View the full blog
-
Washington, DC — With EMS Week just around the corner, the nation’s emergency physicians are launching a campaign called “Seconds Save Lives†to educate the public about what to do in an emergency.“People... View the full article
-
Amos Cameron, the assistant fire chief in Leetsdale, Allegheny County, was found not guilty of rape by a Dauphin County jury.... View the full article
-
Police say they have fired tear gas into the home of a man who allegedly pulled a gun on an EMS worker over the weekend and holed-up in his mother's home.... View the full article
-
Pennsylvania EMS department blesses and dedicates ambulance to fallen EMT.... View the full article
-
DUNMORE - Citing worries about public safety, Dunmore firefighters asked council to reconsider the recent vote that stopped the department from responding to ambulance calls.Borough council on April... View the full article
-
An off-duty paramedic stumbled upon a 23-year-old man this evening floating near a personal watercraft, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.Michael Conde, 23, was found unconscious about one mile north of... View the full article
-
OTTAWA — An off-duty paramedic and alert staff saved the life of a 20-year-old man with a defibrillator after he collapsed while playing ball hockey at an Ottawa-area arena Saturday morning, paramedics... View the full article
-
BENNINGTON -- The National EMS Memorial Bike Ride, also known as "The Muddy Angels," will be beginning their trek to Washington, D.C., in Bennington on Saturday, May 15.The "Muddy Angels" are a family... View the full article
-
HAMMONTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man has barricaded himself inside his mother's Hammonton home in a situation that began Sunday afternoon and has continued into Monday morning.Police have been on the scene... View the full article
-
A special honor was given Sunday to an E.M.T. killed in a car fire earlier this year in Luzerne County. An ambulance dedicated in Swoyersville now bears his name.The new ambulance arrived for service... View the full article
-
HOLBROOK MOHR and JAY REEVESAssociated Press WritersYAZOO CITY, Miss. - Morgan Hayden and Joe Moton stepped carefully through nails, broken glass and pink tufts of insulation, the remnants of their... View the full article
-
GALVESTON, Texas - A cruise ship operator says dozens of people were hurt when one of its vessels listed during a maneuver to avoid a partially submerged buoy that was adrift near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.Carnival... View the full article
-
One man says his girlfriend might have survived if help arrived sooner, but the ambulance service has reviewed the situation and says some of the man's claims are incorrect.... View the full article
-
By CAIN BURDEAU and KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press WritersPORT FOURCHON, La. - A Coast Guard helicopter and rescue plane resumed the search Thursday morning for 11 workers missing after a massive explosion... View the full article
-
OAKLAND - Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and the Oakland police and fire departments have been issued more than $135,000 in citations by state regulators for failing to limit exposure to emergency workers... View the full article
-
AUSTIN, Texas - Callers to 911 emergency officials in February told of seeing and hearing a fiery plane crash at an IRS office building in Austin, Texas and described a chaotic scene afterward with people... View the full article
-
KDVR FOX 31 Leland Vittert reports.... View the full article
-
TIM TALLEYAssociated Press WriterOKLAHOMA CITY - Survivors and family members of the 168 people who died in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building gathered Monday to commemorate the 15th... View the full article
-
MESA, Ariz. - A man trimming a palm tree in Mesa was killed Saturday morning when about 500 pounds of dead foliage fell and trapped him.Mesa Fire Department spokesman Doug Martineau says the man was... View the full article
-
Bonita Springs is one step closer to having its fire district also run ambulance services. District fire commissioners approved a measure this past week allowing fire officials to move forward with their... View the full article
-
MOUNT KISCO — Residents of a multi-family house that caught fire Thursday night have a paramedic to thank for breaking into the smoking structure and warning them that their lives were in danger.The... View the full article
-
SULLIVAN, Ind. - State police say a woman was killed when she drove into the path of an ambulance on a southwestern Indiana highway.The Knox County ambulance was making a patient transfer to an Indianapolis... View the full article
-
SUFFOLK - The state is investigating several Suffolk firefighters after receiving complaints that they lied about their qualifications during a training program to become paramedics.The Virginia office... View the full article