May 12, 2024

Review Category : Other News

11/30/2017

Winnipeg, Manitoba – Rural communities fear EMS closures

Orlando, Florida – As fire department plans to hire paramedics, firefighters’ union objects

Orlando, Florida – Union says fired paramedic was suffering from PTSD after Pulse nightclub shooting

Fulton County, Kentucky – A local ambulance service at risk of going away

Canaseraga, New York – Opioid crisis felt by small town EMS

Essex, UK – Ambulance staff attacks rise in Essex

New South Wales, Australia – Bitter fight between paramedics and government over $80 fee

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11/29/2017

Halifax, Nova Scotia – Police dispute claim paramedics were held back night of shooting victim’s death

Windsor, Ontario – Call volumes through the roof for paramedics, who call for $3.3 M hike

Eau Claire, Wisconsin – EMS, paramedic care at home under new law

Burton, Michigan – Man with drug addiction steals ambulance to pilfer Morphine

West Midlands, UK – Driver airlifted to hospital after crash involving ambulance and bus

Tuebrook, UK – Mum took unresponsive baby to hospital herself after waiting an hour for ambulance

Scotland, UK – Health Secretary vows to investigate Moray ambulance cover crisis

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11/28/2017

O’Fallon, Illinois – Jury finds former paramedic guilty; faces 20 years in prison

Madison, Wisconsin – Lawmakers propose allowing first responders to aid pets

West Salem, Wisconsin – EMS shortage in rural Wisconsin

Detroit, Michigan – Ceremony to honor first responders

East of England, UK – Ambulance trust launches campaign to tackle violence against staff

London, UK – Ambulance services dispatching cut-price technicians instead of paramedics, even to the most serious call-outs

Townsville, Australia – Paramedics forced to restrain violent offenders

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