11/8/2013

Winnipeg, MB – Aboriginal youth join program to become paramedics

Greenville, North Carolina – Lawsuit:ambulance mistake killed teen after skateboard accident

Columbus, Ohio – Ambulance medics encounter new drug in central Ohio

Austin, Texas – 20 EMS ambulances affected by recall

Long Beach, California – Fire department’s new paramedic staffing model stymied by computer software

East of England, UK – Almost 100 paramedics resign in two year period

East Lancashire, UK – Ambulance crews may take action over festive period in protest over sick pay attack

Victoria, Australia – Apology for woman’s two hour ambulance wait

Nov 7, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/8/2013

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11/7/2013

Washington, D.C. – Ambulance company reaches $8 million settlement to resolve charges over improper skilled nursing facility arrangements

Escambia County, Florida – Report details why Molino father arrested at scene of son’s fatal wreck

Las Vegas, Nevada – State-of-the-art ambulance designed to save lives

Hurlburt Field, Florida – EMTs expand skillset, number of lives saved

Salford, UK – Depressing portrait of modern Britain: Paramedic battered unconscious in back of ambulance by a drunk thug who unstrapped himself from stretcher

Illford, UK – Elderly woman waits two hours for ambulance despite seven calls to 999

Canberra, ACT – Workplace violence against paramedics, firefighters

Victoria, Australia – Reports highlight ambulance ramping delays

Nov 6, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/7/2013

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11/6/2013

 

Huron County, Ontario – Paramedics’ food drive

Peel Region, Ontario – Peel paramedics urge residents to learn hands-only CPR

Columbus, Ohio – Paramedics train with sophisticated mannequins

Jersey, UK – Rescue plane crashes whilst searching for missing dinghy

Blackburn, UK – Blackburn paramedic’s attitude appalling

East of England, UK – Paramedic recruitment unacceptable

Perth, West Australia – Big rise in ambulance service centre calls

Nov 5, 2013 | Comments Off on 11/6/2013

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