8/15/2014

Skidegate, BC – Ambulance service in southern Haida Gwaii reaching crisis level

Springfield, Illinois – 2 bills that improve emergency response in rural areas signed by governor

Rushville, Illinois – Senator’s bill improves rural EMS care?

Contra Costa County, California – Federal judge refuses to restore ambulance service to Doctors Medical Center

Onandaga County, New York – County drops advanced life support paramedic training following state audit

Martinsburg, West Virginia – EMT saves boy from choking at fair

Warwickshire, UK – Laser beam pointed at air ambulance in south could have led to blindness

Wales, UK – Decision due over ambulance strike action

Aug 14, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/15/2014

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8/14/2014

Waterloo Region, Ontario – Ambulance response times all trending in the right direction, chief

Parry Sound, Ontario – Emergency services cuts will endanger lives, union

San Pablo, California – Doctors Medical Center advocate sues in federal court to halt closure, ambulance diversions

Boston, Massachusetts – Quick thinking EMT praised in highway rescue

Great Falls, Montana – Rescued man threatened EMT

Honolulu, Hawaii – Agreement reached on 12-shifts for paramedics

London, UK – Heart patients to be given placebo by paramedics in controversial trial

Aug 13, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/14/2014

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8/13/2014

Fresno County, California – County copes with frequent ambulance abusers

Pinellas County, Florida – Three candidates, three EMS plans

New York, New York – 1 month left for 9/11 responders to apply for workers’ comp

London, UK – Paramedic to face inquiry after being accused of failing to properly treat newborn baby

London, UK – Patients face long queues in ambulances outside A & E

Bedfordshire, UK – Ambulance bosses’ u-turn over free tea policy

Scotland, UK – Ambulances still dispatched with only one crew member

New South Wales, Australia – Bail refused over charges of threatening paramedic with knife

Aug 12, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/13/2014

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