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AMBULANCE workers have said their lives are being put at risk after bosses decided to stop kitting out front-line crews working in Essex with stab vests.The East of England Ambulance Trust, which has... View the full article
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ARLINGTON, TexasArlington police say two workers have been hurt in a roof-related fall at the new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium.Assistant Fire Chief Don Crowson says apparently the two were working... View the full article
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DRY FORK -- Some of Pittsylvania County's fire and rescue organizations are in favor of a countywide ambulance billing system, but they want a clearer sense of what its guidelines would be. Clarence Monday,... View the full article
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dr. James Augustine has announced his resignation as medical director for the DC Fire & EMS Department after 17-months working for the department. Dr. Augustine is citing health and... View the full article
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ICARD, N.C. - South of I-40 in Burke County, in the rugged territory dominated by the South Mountains, an ambulance may need 30 minutes or more to reach the site of an emergency. Burke County EMS hopes... View the full article
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LARGO, Md. - Over 80 students from the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, surrounding jurisdictions and Emergency Departments participated in a day long instructor program for the12-Lead electrocardiogram... View the full article
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A respiratory therapist on her way to work at a hospital hit a pedestrian on State Road 60, and then likely saved the man's life, Clearwater Police said.Portions of Gulf To Bay Boulevard... View the full article
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Getting help during an emergency situation could soon cost a lot more money. Houston City Council is looking at more than doubling the fee for an ambulance ride. You may think it's a... View the full article
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The Madison Fire Department will review its procedures after paramedics responding to a 911 call for a man who had been beaten did not know he had been assaulted, Chief Debra Amesqua said. Amesqua said... View the full article
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HARRIS, N.Y. (AP) - State police say a 46-year-old woman wearing nothing but a hospital gown left an upstate New York emergency room and drove off in the ambulance she arrived in.Troopers say the Liberty... View the full article
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CLEARWATER, FL -- A respiratory therapist on her way to work at a hospital hit a pedestrian on State Road 60, and then likely saved the man's life, Clearwater Police said.Portions of Gulf To Bay Boulevard... View the full article
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JENNIFER DOBNERAssociated Press WriterSALT LAKE CITY — The medical student who died in a Utah cave was the third spelunker in recent years to get stuck in the same tiny crevice but the only one die... View the full article
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SPRINGDALE — There’s a sense of urgency every time Andy Anderson goes barreling through the night, but now, he’s running in nearly daylight conditions.The $11,000 night vision goggles clipped to Anderson’s... View the full article
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police say eight workers have been injured in an explosion at a middle school in southeastern Virginia.Newport News Police spokesman Lou Thurston says the workers suffered varying... View the full article
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One of the best shopping days of the year is generally one of the worst days for emergency crews, they say. Traffic around the mall area and other shopping centers on Black Friday and throughout the holiday... View the full article
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BECKY BOHRERAssociated Press WriterNEW ORLEANS — A minivan packed with 13 children and two adults was likely overweight and not designed to carry so many, police said Sunday, a day after the vehicle... View the full article
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MORGANTOWN -- Two people involved in an ambulance rollover accident in Monongalia County are still in the hospital.Melissa Slavensky, a Ruby Memorial Hospital employee, and a newborn are patients at... View the full article
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EL PASO, Texas — The frenzy usually starts with a call from the paramedics.With sirens blaring, they speed toward El Paso's only Level 1 trauma center to get help for the bloody or battered person strapped... View the full article
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A search-and-rescue team is working to free a man stuck about 150 feet underground in a popular Utah cave.The 26-year-old man has been trapped since late Tuesday night about 700 feet... View the full article
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FRANKLIN TWP. — Calling the friction between the Quakertown Fire Company and the Quakertown rescue squad “a delicate situation,†Mayor Robert Shockley joined with the other members of the Township Committee... View the full article
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MIKE STOBBEAssociated Press WriterATLANTA — Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the... View the full article
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Boston, Ma - A Boston paramedic accused of shooting and wounding his deceased colleague's brothers, then using his emergency training to treat them, has been found dead at his home hours after posting... View the full article
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Vancouver, British Columbia (AHN) - Although the British Columbia's paramedics' seven-month strike ended in Sept. 19, with Canadian Union of Public Employees President John Strohmaier even urging ambulance... View the full article
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Japanese researchers have developed a computer program which may be able to tell from an emergency call if the caller is about to die.Kenji Ohshige and a team of researchers from the Yokohama City University... View the full article
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A veteran paramedic sued his employer and Brooklyn Center Police Department on Thursday, alleging they have routinely abused a state law that allows police officers to bring mentally ill people to a hospital... View the full article