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GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Nothing indicates that a medical helicopter malfunctioned before it crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three crew members on board, a federal official said Sunday.National... View the full article
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today... View the full article
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The 2009 Annual Report on 9/11 Health, a review of the latest medical research on potential health impacts of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was released on Sept. 24.Read the ReportThe report,... View the full article
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DENVER - Authorities say a mass-transit bus struck a light pole during the morning commute in Denver, sending 13 people to hospitals, including the driver.Police say none of the injuries in the Thursday... View the full article
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SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Lorain County sheriff's deputy was brought to Community Allen Medical Center on Wednesday night after a man he was trying to arrest punched him on the side of the face.Edwin Cedre,... View the full article
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Tulsa - Local paramedics are working to save lives before an emergency. They are speaking to Tulsa teenagers about the danger of experimenting with drugs and alcohol.Watch the Video"We have our packs... View the full article
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TROY, Texas — A National Guard Humvee went airborne on a Texas interstate Wednesday and vaulted into an oncoming lane, triggering a six-vehicle crash that killed a soldier and two other drivers, authorities... View the full article
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It's unlikely anybody on the Costa Mesa Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue team signed up for this.The highly trained team usually responds to calls involving people trapped in structures and... View the full article
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HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. – The countywide emergency services disaster drill held on Saturday challenged emergency personnel in numerous ways.The disaster drill scenario asked EMS crews in Augusta, Ill.,... View the full article
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LAUDERDALE COUNTY - Waterloo fire Chief Ted Kavich said in times of medical emergencies, minutes and seconds can mean the difference between life and death.That's why he's excited about the possibility... View the full article
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KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press WriterAUSTELL, Ga. — As floodwaters around Atlanta began to recede, residents were packing moving vans with furniture and commiserating about water-logged homes."I'm... View the full article
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Northwest Texas Healthcare System wants out of the ambulance service business, an endeavor its CEO says lost $1.6 million last year. "First of all, we're losing money," CEO Kyle Sanders told the Amarillo... View the full article
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Iraqi Security Forces are on the front lines when it comes to defending the Iraqi people, but the first responders - firefighters and emergency medical technicians - are on the front lines of public safety.Medics... View the full article
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JEMS.com: It has been reported to Ohio's 10TV.com that the amputation was a result of the accident and not that of EMS personnel on the scene. While 10TV.com still has the original story posted, minus... View the full article
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FARNHAM, N.Y. (AP) - An ambulance has collided with a tractor-trailer in western New York, injuring four volunteer emergency medical services workers.Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard says an ambulance... View the full article
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Paramedics had to amputate a bus driver's leg at the scene of a crash in Athens County on Monday.The chartered bus carrying Hocking College students crashed into a dump truck on U.S.... View the full article
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KAMIAH, Idaho — An Idaho woman who was skewered in the neck by a tree limb while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River is recovering at home.KHQ-TV reports 20-year-old Michelle Childers and... View the full article
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ABINGTON, Mass. - A Boston paramedic shot his deceased colleague's brothers then used his emergency training to treat them, police say.Watch the VideoRhys Williams is scheduled to be arraigned Monday... View the full article
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Macclesfield, N.C. — Two Edgecombe County emergency medical workers were injured early Monday when their ambulance overturned near Macclesfield, authorities said.The EMTs, whose names haven't been released,... View the full article
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Four legislators from Beaufort County said they would support a change in state law that would open public access to local EMS data to help improve oversight of those departments.The proposed change... View the full article
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EMTs Andrew Gabor and Claudia Rugel from Station 32 were called to help a man who fell in an apartment in Brooklyn, but they ended up saving the lives of five people - including an infant - from a dangerous... View the full article
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The ambulance driver seriously hurt in a fatal crash on Tenn. Highway 67 in Johnson County on Tuesday night died Friday from his injuries, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.Joseph R. Barlow, 57, Mountain... View the full article
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LARGO - Prince George’s County Firefighters effected the rescue of a man from an extremely unstable situation this afternoon in Largo.Watch the VideoPhotosAt about 4:30 PM, Thursday, September 17,... View the full article
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Kansas City’s ambulance service, known as MAST, is now under the control of the city’s Fire Department, a move that surprisingly came together in just a week.As some warned that it was moving too quickly,... View the full article
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When patients are having a heart attack, the old thinking went, paramedics should get them to the nearest hospital as soon as possible. The latest thinking is that it's better to drive them farther to... View the full article