April 25, 2024

Review Category : Other News

11/16/2022

Airdrie, Alberta – Ambulances shut down 201 times in 2022

Kelowna, BC – Ambulances taken out of service because of contract, says BCEHS

Albia, Iowa – Nursing home worker fired after helping resident call 911 for ambulance

Boston, Massachusetts – EMS seeing record low staffing levels

Scotland, UK – Ambulance staff take on over three million hours of overtime since 2017

Norwich, UK – Pensioner died after waiting nearly two hours for an ambulance following knee operation

Berkshire, UK – Man sentenced to prison for blocking ambulance

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11/15/2022

Bernalillo County, New Mexico – Autopsies released in helicopter crash that killed 4 first responders

Seneca Falls, New York – Man arrested for preventing police and EMS on medical call

Fairfax County, Virginia – Man in police custody dies during ambulance ride to hospital

Newcastle, UK – Dad attacked police and paramedics after being found unconscious at Newcastle Central Station

Scotland, UK – Scottish Ambulance staff set strike date in pay dispute

Victoria, Australia – Ambulance called after premier’s fall took 14 minutes to arrive from a station just 1 km away

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11/14/2022

Timmins, Ontario – Increase in drug related EMS calls in area over last six weeks

Halifax, Nova Scotia – Calendar supporting first responders with PTSD

Sherbrooke, Quebec – First responders trained on how to avoid mistaking body for mannequins: Quebec coroner

Indianapolis, Indiana – Former area paramedic confesses to molesting 9-year-old girl

Silverdale, Washington – Nurse who called EMS on own hospital speaks out

Queens, New York – College Point EMT indicted for allegedly stealing from patient

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