EMS1 Daily News

Emergency crews from Hickory and surrounding communities took part in a simulated plane crash at Hickory Regional Airport, training on triage, coordination and response times in a mass-casualty scenario

A new four-day summer academy will immerse Clatsop County high school students in ambulances, fire stations, hospitals and dispatch centers as they explore careers in rural emergency medicine

A Med-Trans helicopter, in a Medal of Honor design, lands at AMR’s NextFleet operation in Mineral Wells, Texas

The NYPD said a Maimonides Medical Center ambulance turned onto Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn, hit a 44-year-old woman and drove off

The University of Iowa Simulation in Motion unit brought hands-on training in life-threatening medical calls to local firefighters, medics and high school students

State officials partner with the Helios Alliance to help communities spend opioid settlement funds more effectively amid growing scrutiny

An Executive Order would compensate employees working without pay as the partial government shutdown stretches into its seventh week

Donated by Google and YouTube, the new fleet will help LAFD and Arcadia firefighters reach injured or stranded people faster in rough terrain, traffic and crowds

After FDNY EMS unions warned that low pay could drive out 1/3 of the EMS workforce, EMS1 readers said the same problems keep coming up: pay, cost of living, public perception and a system that still undervalues EMS

Stone County Ambulance District will improve response times with a donated building, saving taxpayers thousands

A vote on the information request is postponed as Worcester officials call for broader discussion, amid lawsuit alleging the city’s 911 system improperly sends armed officers to behavioral health emergencies

The agency says the move is temporary and part of a routine quality review, but public health experts say the scope of the pause is unprecedented

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ends the $100,000 sign-off requirement imposed by predecessor, aiming to ease FEMA bottlenecks and speed recovery aid

Both AMR EMTs were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries

McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority will add CPR devices and a next-generation heart monitor to improve patient care

JeffSTAT pilot Mike Moore marks rare career achievement after nearly two decades of flying critical patients, crediting teamwork and a commitment to safety

First responders spent hours navigating steep terrain to reach and airlift a hiker who plunged up to 30 feet in North Cheyenne Cañon Park

The unconscious construction worker from the flooded underground site and rushed him to a trauma center in critical condition

The Aston Ambulance Authority launched 24/7 coverage for four communities, rebuilding prehospital care lost after Crozer Health closures and offering competitive pay

After a crash that left him with fractured femurs, a missing bicep and a traumatic brain injury, a Pueblo man is alive today thanks to a whole blood transfusion delivered by AMR paramedics