April 20, 2024

Review Category : Other News

12/02/2015

Hamilton, Ontario – 911 outage Sunday hit paramedics as well as police
Niagara Falls, Ontario – City calls for study of joint emergency services dispatch
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Woman heard moaning one hour after paramedics declared her dead
Galveston, Texas – Nursing home agrees to $3 million settlement in ambulance swapping case
London, UK – Former air ambulance pilot lost situational awareness before fatal crash
East Midlands, UK – Ambulance crews attacked 69 times in just 12 months
Queensland, Australia – Call for ambulance volunteers for central Queensland
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12/01/2015

Orleans, Quebec – Paramedic to lead mission to Nicaragua
St. Catherine’s, Ontario – New paramedic hires requested by EMS
York, Pennsylvania – Man took ambulance for joyride, stranding EMT, patient
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Should paramedics wear body armour?
Acushnet, Massachusetts – Purple flags used by paramedics to symbolize drug overdose calls stolen but later recovered
Portsmouth, UK – South Central Ambulance Service spends 6 million pounds on private providers due to shortfall of paramedics
Victoria, Australia – Triple-0 to recode non-urgent calls to help Ambulance Victoria cut load
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11/30/2015

Wallaceburg, Ontario – Ambulance medics ratify deal with Sunnybrook
London, Alberta – Emergency crews unite for Lights and Sirens Toy Drive
Madison, Wisconsin – Man whose parents died hours apart sues ambulance service
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Paramedics, state bracing for heroin epidemic
Birmingham, UK – Gang convicted of smuggling drugs into UK in fake ambulances
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Man escapes jail after attack on paramedic treating his friend
London, UK – London’s understaffed ambulance service left ill prepared for Paris style terrorist attacks
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