09/05/2015

Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton responders will get around gridlock caused by metro line

Washington, D.C. – Authorities to investigate emergency response in death of boy

Largo, Florida – Taxpayers to foot bill for EMT/firefighter OT

Detroit, Michigan – High school program trains students to be EMTs

Omaha, Nebraska – Pig bite triggers call to paramedics, police

Sep 4, 2015 | Comments Off on 09/05/2015

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09/04/2015

Ottawa, Ontario – Paramedics take to the streets to raise money for national monument

North Platte, Nebraska – Lawsuit filed against ambulance company and city

Boston, Massachusetts – Alerts issued over knock-off tourniquets

Aiea, Hawaii – Heart attack victim dies after ambulance sent to wrong address

Long Beach, California – Fire department won’t fight plan to put more paramedics on ambulances

Belfast, Northern Ireland – Health minister backs air ambulance plan

Oxfordshire, UK – Complaints about ambulance service rise, but few are upheld

Yorkshire, UK – Paramedic’s banter with call centre staff sees him sacked and banned from the profession

Sep 3, 2015 | Comments Off on 09/04/2015

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09/03/2015

Toronto, Ontario – Toronto paramedics to carry anti-opiate kits in bid to reduce overdose deaths

Cambridge, Ontario – Paramedic bag yet to be recovered

Winnipeg, Manitoba – New ambulances smoother for patients, safer for paramedics

St. Paul, North Dakota – Flags lowered to half mast in memory of paramedic/firefighter LODD

Pinellas County, Florida – Paramedic charged with stealing drugs

Nashville, Tennessee – Drug overdoses kill more in Tennessee than auto accidents

Bristol, UK – More funding needed to solve shortage of paramedics, medical body says

Wellington, New Zealand – Fired ambulance officers will be reinstated…for now

Sep 2, 2015 | Comments Off on 09/03/2015

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