11/30/2013

St. Louis, Missouri – Stuff the Ambulance to help the needy

Munster, Indiana – EMT uses training to care for humans, animals

Landmark, Massachusetts – Charges imposed for patient refusal of ambulance transport

Yorkshire, UK – More paramedics hired in ambulance job boost

Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ambulances’ alarming condition

Nov 29, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/30/2013

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11/29/2013

Toronto, Ontario – Toronto paramedics partner with football club

Washington, D.C. – DC hires 9 new paramedics to address shortage

Bristol, UK – Bristol’s ambulance increasingly sending taxis to 999 calls

Pendle, UK – MP in drive for paramedics to prescribe medications

Manchester, UK – Volunteer drivers of ambulances cleared after being hauled into court for using blues and twos

Dublin, Ireland – HSE used military ambulances over 800 times to meet additional demand

East of England, UK – Ambulance service needs 400 more staff

ACT, Australia – Unsafe record keeping behind ambulance pay bungle

Nov 28, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/29/2013

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11/28/2013

Toronto, Ontario – Former Ornge boss working in hospital in Thunder Bay

Halifax, Nova Scotia – Deal disappoints paramedics union

Hamilton, Ontario – Hamilton ambulance shortages growing worse

Edmonton, Alberta – Most ambulances dispatched by centralized emergency system

Peterborough, Ontario – Local paramedics’ fundraising efforts secure two public access defibrillators

Charleston, West Virginia – Ambulance wrecks into creek

Hastings, Michigan – Woman takes off in stolen ambulance

Blackpool, UK – Drunk man threatened paramedics

Nov 27, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/28/2013

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