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NEW YORK - A group of 144 doctors, paramedics and EMTs from a Brooklyn-based volunteer ambulance is in Haiti helping with the relief effort.A spokesman for the Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps says... View the full article
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Hundreds turned out Friday morning to say goodbye and salute Swoyersville EMT Ryan Broghamer who died Tuesday when his vehicle caught fire.... View the full article
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PALM COAST -- Palm Coast needs a fourth ambulance to meet American Heart Association standards for transporting patients to hospitals, according to a consultant. But getting that ambulance isn't as easy... View the full article
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When a heart attack or stroke happens, every minute counts. That's why the American Red Cross is taking action to put Automated External Defibrillators within reach when an emergency occurs. Schools are... View the full article
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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) Among the electronic gear aboard a new Covington Fire Department ambulance are cameras.One records activity inside the patient area of the $257,000 ambulance and the other is outside... View the full article
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Additional charges are pending against an Oak Grove man accused of scamming local residents out of more than $11,000.Set to be arraigned today on fourth- and fifth-degree felony theft charges, Ryan D.... View the full article
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The destruction from the earthquake in Haiti left impacted areas with no electricity or clean water. And with so many people now homeless, medical experts said the spread of disease is posing a big th... View the full article
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ATLANTA - About one in five Americans has been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the pandemic.The estimate is based on... View the full article
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WHITE TWP. - An ambulance crashed head-on into a tree Thursday on Route 519, killing a woman being transported and injuring two emergency medical workers, police said. The ambulance slammed into the tree... View the full article
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JONATHAN M. KATZ and TAMARA LUSHAssociated PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this devastated land of dazed, dead, and dying people yesterday, finding... View the full article
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People injured in the earthquake in Haiti arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to receive medical care. (Jan. 14)Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,... View the full article
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It's impossible to know how many people could still be trapped but alive beneath thousands of crumbled structures. But with the stifling heat, unsanitary conditions, bodies piling up, electricity outages... View the full article
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Doctors Without Borders found two public hospitals in good condition after the powerful earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital, and officials with the group said Wednesday they... View the full article
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A search and rescue team from Fairfax, Virginia, is on the ground in quake-stricken Haiti, helping in the search for survivors and victims. The team, along with their dogs, have been at the site of the... View the full article
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Jonathan M. KatzAssociated PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school. People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of... View the full article
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The Fairfax County, Virginia urban search and rescue team is preparing to travel to Haiti, helping search for victims among the rubble from a strong earthquake that struck the island nation. (Jan. 13)Copyright... View the full article
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HANOVER TWP. – News of Ryan Broghamer’s death on Tuesday spread quickly in Swoyersville, where emergency medical technicians and volunteers draped a black cloth on a firefighters memorial stone and across... View the full article
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MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON - Teams from across the U.S. government, including the Defense, State and Homeland Security Departments, are coordinating efforts to assist victims of the... View the full article
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Immobilizing the spines of shooting and stabbing victims before they are taken to the hospital — standard procedure in Maryland and some other parts of the country — appears to double the risk of death... View the full article
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For folks who used EMS as a taxi to get to hospitals for minor ailments, the ride is over. Bill Sheil has the story.... View the full article
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Creek Nation Paramedic Maurice White Jr., who was involved in a May scuffle with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, was arrested today following a traffic stop this morning in the town of Vian.White... View the full article
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LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical WriterFirst there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much?This week will tell. Get ready for a huge flu-shot push as health officials try to rekindle... View the full article
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When you're sick or hurt, seconds count. Now there is a device that allows doctors to start a diagnosis even before you get to a hospital.... View the full article
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - The days of Cleveland paramedics hauling people to the hospital for minor ailments such as hemorrhoids and headaches are over.At 7 a.m. today, Cleveland Emergency Medical Services will... View the full article
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In the 18 months he has shared a station with paramedics, Austin fire Capt. Les McKay has watched them frequently speed away to emergencies sometimes several seconds before he and his crew are alerted... View the full article