April 26, 2024

Review Category : Other News

01/26/2017

Montreal, Quebec – Urgences Sante paramedics set to strike in February

Corpus Christi, Texas – Man in jail after stealing ambulance

Chicago, Illinois – DUI suspect hits ambulance and flees

Austin, Texas – Medics followed protocols in ambulance thefts, EMS says

Scotland, UK – North-east paramedics had to ration oxygen after office blunder

Wigan, UK – Pensioner, 65, slowly bled to death after it took paramedics more than 2 1/2 hours to get him to hospital after fall

Albury, Australia – Student paramedic hailed a true hero after rushing to the aid of the injured after they were run down in Melbourne

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01/25/2017

Thunder Bay, Ontario – EMS service eliminates unnecessary procedure

Surrey, BC – Did slow ambulance response time cost a city teen his life?

Tulsa, Oklahoma – Lawsuit: EMSA company president accepted kickbacks in exchange for contract

San Francisco, California – 911 ambulance response meltdown alarms officials

London, UK – Desperate ambulance trusts offer paramedics sign-on bonuses of up to 10K pounds as they try to fill vacancies

Bromsgrove, UK – Ex ambulance medic jailed after crash killed his friend

Tasmania, Australia – Anti-violence ad appears to be working, says Ambulance Tasmania

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01/24/2017

Toronto, Ontario – 2 paramedics injured in early morning ambulance roll-over

Vancouver, BC – BC paramedics petition to be an essential service

Huntington, West Virginia – Thief steals needles from ambulance

Helena, Montana – Air ambulance bill sponsor says amendments should be rejected

Sutton Coldfield, UK – Paramedic shames driver on Twitter for blocking A & E entrance

Scotland, UK – Claims new ambulance has sat unused for three months….because staff haven’t been trained to use it

New South Wales, Australia – NSW Ambulance initiative improving treatment of mentally ill patients

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