7/24/13

Louisville, Kentucky – Ambulance service to pay $40K, settles drug claims

Buffalo, New York – Rural/Metro medics approve new four year contract

Greenbush, Minnesota – Rural ambulance service threatened

Huntington, West Virginia – Patient charged with taking ambulance

Corpus Christi, Texas – Firefighters/medics begin petition to fight staffing issues

Berkshire, UK – Ambulance service warns of needless 999 calls during heatwave

Oxford, UK – Ambulance blocked on way to emergency

Newcastle, UK – Former paramedic is struck off for mistakes

New South Wales, Australia – Paramedic awarded fellowship to study improving rural EMS

Jul 23, 2013 | Comments Off on 7/24/13

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7/23/13

Port Washington, Long Island – EMT pays Post reporter to take certification test for him

Muncie, Indiana – Propane gas fuels ambulances

Santa Rosa, Florida – Ambulance flips in crash;citizens run to help

New York, New York – Beleaguered 911 system crashes for 30 minutes

Palm Harbor, Florida – Family, friends remember paramedic at memorial service

Jersey City, New Jersey – Violence against EMTs is relatively common, officials say

Somers, Wisconsin – Judge bars some evidence in EMT sex assault case

Gloucestershire, UK – Lives put at risk by ambulance service financial pressure

Jul 22, 2013 | Comments Off on 7/23/13

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7/22/13

Stewart, BC – BC Ambulance insists it is looking after Stewart

Buffalo, New York – Agreement hammered out in Rural/Metro labour dispute

Annapolis, Maryland – State issues new protocols for heart attack patients

Parshall, North Dakota – Ambulance services hurting in the Oil Patch

New York, New York – EMTs say new tablet technology is faulty and causing delays

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – EMS official settles claim in security breach

Long Beach, California – Long Beach Fire Department one step closer to implementing new paramedic model

West Somerset, UK – Coroner slams paramedics who refused to jump into ditch to save dying man

Jul 21, 2013 | Comments Off on 7/22/13

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