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NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department has established a fully-accredited paramedic unit. This unit is in the process of being trained in the specialized treatment of injuries sustained... View the full article
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NEW YORK — As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated... View the full article
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PAT EATON-ROBB and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press WritersMIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A power plant explosion that killed at least five people left a section of the building too unstable for rescue crews... View the full article
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EL PASO, Texas - Three people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, Army authorities said.Southwest MedevacThe Southwest Med... View the full article
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Budget shortfalls have forced Vancouver's fire chief to eliminate the city's last firefighter paramedic crew.... View the full article
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Caution Urged on Powerheart and CardioVive Automated External DefibrillatorsThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting users of certain Powerheart and CardioVive automated external defibrillators... View the full article
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A South Kingstown emergency medical technician has had his state license suspended for allegedly purchasing drugs without authorization and injecting someone with pain medications outside... View the full article
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STUART, Fla. - A kite surfer was fatally attacked by sharks off a Stuart beach.A lifeguard first saw a man, later identified as 38-year-old Stephen Howard Schafer, in distress about 500 yards from shore... View the full article
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Crews with Central EMS say they expect the number of calls to increase as the temperatures drop and the ice starts to fall.... View the full article
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Ambulance chiefs are threatening paramedics with the sack if they insist on wearing novelty socks.Uniformed staff have been barred from wearing socks with images of cartoon characters, jokes and garish... View the full article
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The City of Columbia and Richland County are getting close to letting firefighters drive ambulances, changing a controversial policy that we've been following for two years.Months... View the full article
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Four people were injured when a small stage collapsed outside Sun Life Stadium, where the Super Bowl is being played this weekend. (Feb. 3)Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material... View the full article
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Two Salina Fire Department paramedics were hospitalized and eight other people were treated at Salina Regional Health Center on Wednesday after being overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning in a townhome... View the full article
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KEN RITTERAssociated Press WriterLAS VEGAS - A 70-year-old man told police he fainted before his speeding vehicle plowed into a Nevada casino, killing two people near a bank of slot machines and injuring... View the full article
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A Volusia County paramedic was injured when the ambulance he was riding in was hit by another vehicle.An EVAC Ambulance spokesman says the emergency unit was leaving the scene of... View the full article
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Fulton, NY - Oswego County sheriff’s deputies handcuffed a combative, hallucinating woman behind her back to protect her from herself when they responded to a suicide attempt at her home in 2006.Dorothy... View the full article
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MIAMI - Four people were injured when a small stage collapsed outside Sun Life Stadium, where the Super Bowl is scheduled to be played this weekend.Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue reports that all four victims... View the full article
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Colorado Springs, Colorado - The National EMS Memorial Service today released the names of the 26 individuals from 17 states to be honored at the 18th Annual National EMS Memorial Service to be held Saturday,... View the full article
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Crews from Muskogee Emergency Medical Service are in the ice-packed cities of Altus and Lawton, offering relief and medical care for tired emergency personnel.The crews left shortly before noon Monday... View the full article
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From the ambulance to the ER a state lawmaker now knows firsthand the need for uniform care when treating a heart attack.... View the full article
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - Members of the Atlantic Highlands First Aid & Safety Squad, the Atlantic Highlands Fire Department and Keyport First Aid braved bone chilling temperatures to train for emergencies... View the full article
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More than 100 people a day are taken to a local hospital by a Marion County ambulance - and they are getting there faster and, for taxpayers, less expensively than in the recent past.So says a new report... View the full article
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials complain they don't have the money or the staff to do anything with information collected by a registry that tracks Ohio trauma patients.Lawmakers set up the database... View the full article
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A piglet is saved when the owner gives it mouth-to-snout CPR.... View the full article
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JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press WriterPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. military says it has resumed the airlifts that brought hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States,... View the full article