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SHELTON, Conn. — Police say at least 50 cars crashed in a chain-reaction collision on a wet Connecticut road that was turning icy, and 46 people reported minor injuries.Shelton police Detective Sgt.... View the full article
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ATLANTA -- Atlanta Fire Rescue is conducting an internal investigation into how emergency personnel responded to a deadly shooting at a southeast Atlanta liquor store December 4, 2009.Surveillance video... View the full article
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials say a gas leak has forced about 4,000 workers to evacuate an industrial area of Columbus, Ohio.Fire Battalion Chief David Whiting says firefighters were called at about 8 a.m.... View the full article
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BOSTON — Public health officials say a state policy that requires crowded hospital emergency rooms to accept all patients delivered by ambulance has not lengthened waits despite the fears of some doctors.The... View the full article
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. — A cloud bank hugging the flanks of Mount Hood frustrated the air search for two missing climbers on Sunday, a day after their companion was found dead on a glacier on Oregon's highest... View the full article
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Washington, DC — The president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Angela Gardner, MD, FACEP, released the following statement on December 10, 2009 regarding the ruling by the Texas... View the full article
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LAKEWOOD — The township is looking to eliminate its Emergency Medical Services Department by as early as the end of February, Committeeman Steven Langert confirmed, meaning some 28 workers could lose their... View the full article
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Topeka — Paramedics at American Medical Response face sub zero temperatures and the worst road conditions.AMR field supervisor Steve Guyle says several precautions are taken when severe winter weather... View the full article
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Sierra Van Ersvelde took one of the hairiest rides anyone in Iowa experienced during Tuesday night's blizzard.Van Ersvelde, 34 weeks pregnant with her second child, spent more than two hours in the back... View the full article
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Two former Rural Metro ambulance employees have admitted starting a fire deliberately while on duty.Video: Former Rural Metro workers admit arson20-year-old Jonathan Safe admitted... View the full article
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FRANK DWYERFire Department City of New YorkFire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Dr. Christopher Hillyer, President and CEO of New York Blood Center (NYBC) will announce the launch of "The FDNY/NYBC... View the full article
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DALLAS — Dr. Malcolm Oliver Perry II, who attended to President John F. Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital after he was shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, has died. He was 80.The University of Texas... View the full article
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ROCKPORT — The part-time EMT arrested last week on larceny and obstruction of justice allegations now faces multiple drug and weapon charges after police found a cache of firearms, thousands of assorted... View the full article
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The family of a Northeast Washington man who died of a heart attack hours after being told by a D.C. paramedic that he suffered from acid reflux filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the District on Tuesday.Lolitha... View the full article
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EAST HILLS, N.Y. — A man was rescued after spending more than four hours Tuesday trapped up to his chest in sand and soil after falling into a Long Island cesspool, authorities said.The man, who was... View the full article
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It takes Beaufort County ambulances an average of 6.9 minutes to respond to an incident -- well within the national standard of 8.59 minutes, emergency management services officials said Monday.EMS director... View the full article
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LOWELL - Expect discussion by the City Council Tuesday night regarding a policy that no longer requires emergency workers to respond to calls for people with flu-like symptoms. "Put a surgical mask on... View the full article
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On a clear but crisp November morning, the temperature was rising inside the cramped Salt Lake City hub of Southwest Ambulance. Company President Boo Heffner had just flown in to announce all 62 people... View the full article
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It was like a trip to Disneyland for emergency services representatives from the poorest country in Europe when Greenville Fire-Rescue officers and N.C. National Guard soldiers welcomed their partners... View the full article
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MANSUR MIROVALEVAssociated Press WriterPERM, Russia - Grieving friends and relatives of victims of a Russian nightclub fire buried the dead on a frigid Monday as the death toll climbed to 113 and looked... View the full article
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BOSTON - The Mayor of Boston is calling for an independent review after a Boston EMS dispatcher was placed on administrative leave. I-Team VideoIt all stems from a medical call involving an off-duty... View the full article
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Though hypothermia kills several Utahns each year in the backcountry, paramedics used "the big chill" to save Thomas Anderson's life - and he doesn't remember anything about it.The 51-year-old South... View the full article
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WASHINGTON (Thursday, Dec. 3) - The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved legislation authored by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to extend the federal Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB)... View the full article
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - One child is in critical condition after a police chase ended when the vehicle being chased crashed into a day care center Thursday afternoon. Three other children and two adults... View the full article
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Mary Popovich has done a lot of things in her life.She has been a coal miner, an emergency medical technician, a paramedic and emergency services trainer, an athletic trainer and an instructor at California... View the full article