AHA's 2026 Environmental Scan highlights financial constraints, workforce strain and shifting demand patterns no longer are emerging issues — they are persistent conditions shaping daily operations ...
Just days after deploying portable carbon monoxide monitors, Monongalia County EMS crews detected lethal gas levels at a restaurant medical call ...
NASHVILLE — EMTs and paramedics are likely to encounter patients with chronic conditions, including autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and intellectual disabilities. The challenges – whether it’s an ...
NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ TAGGED ALONG WITH THEM TODAY. TODAY WE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE FOOD HUB TO GATHER SOME SUPPLIES FOR OUR PATIENTS. OH MY GOODNESS. WE HAVE A GREAT AND BROAD PARTNERSHIP WITH ...
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A new health data exchange between the Dubuque Fire Department and UnityPoint Finley Hospital focuses on quality and continuity of care. The Finley Emergency Department sees ...
CLEVELAND — The union representing Cleveland's EMS dispatchers and medics is speaking out after paramedics were attacked while rendering aid to a patient Friday night. In a social media post Saturday, ...
Emergency departments (EDs) across the country are facing unprecedented challenges. Visit numbers continue to rise — along with patient complexity — resulting in crowding and longer wait times. 1 As a ...
When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...
MARION, Ill. (WSIL) -- Air Evac Lifeteam members Arianne Emling and Beau McFarlin are set to receive the prestigious Stars of Life award in Washington, D.C., for their lifesaving efforts with a heart ...
(TNS) — Arlington’s first responders can now provide whole blood to trauma victims, a significant upgrade in the standard of care for patients who have suffered blood loss. Whole blood is blood from a ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo City Council will soon vote to pay a family thousands as part of a settlement after EMS crews didn’t take their son to the hospital after he felt a seizure coming on. He ...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — In the three weeks since South Metro Fire Rescue started carrying blood in the field, the agency has already given blood to three patients. On Aug. 21, SMFR announced its ...