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Another AED Save at Sky Harbor
For the second time in two weeks, police officers assigned to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport saved the life of a person using an AED.
Senate Panel Frets Over Bioterror Preparedness Six Years After Anthrax Attacks
Six years after a series of deadly anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill and elsewhere, members of a Senate committee expressed concern Tuesday that the government still lacks a coherent strategy for preventing and combating exposure to Anthrax.
Tri-State to Make Flu Shot House Calls in Wisconsin & Minnesota
Tri-State Ambulance paramedics will start making house calls this week to administer flu shots in between emergency calls. The service will be available to the homebound in some Wisconsin and Minnesota counties.
Chelmsford, Mass., Officials Seek Residents to Serve on Ambulance Committee
Town officials are looking for seven residents to weigh in on whether a Fire Department-run ambulance service will work for Chelmsford, Mass.
Third Time s the Charm? Allentown, Pa., Gives EMS Tax Another Try
Allentown, Pa., will change how it collects its emergency and municipal services tax next year, allowing it to be paid a little at a time, and will no longer count investment income toward the minimum earnings threshold.
Squad Uses Expensive Mannequins in Emergency Training
An elite training squad from Texas A&M University used $750,000 mannequins during a three-day training session in New York.
Boston EMTs: Overdose Rx a `Stupid' Fix; Drug doled out to Hub junkies
Advertising with the glib phrase "Got Narcan? Need a refill?" plastered on the side of its needle exchange vans, the Boston Public Health Commission is stuffing the pockets of Hub junkies with the powerful prescription drug in hopes of countering heroin overdoses. Front-line ambulance workers said giving addicts a powerful overdose remedy is a flat-out "stupid" practice.
Fire's Destructive Path
Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds consumed huge swaths of bone-dry Southern California yesterday, burning dozens of buildings and threatening hundreds more from Malibu to San Diego, including a jail, a hospital and nursing homes.
Thousands relive a disaster
As this county burned, firefighters confronted a familiar reality: too few resources and not enough personnel to effectively make a stand.
Wildfires Rage in Southern Calif.
Wildfires are forcing the evacuation of nearly 250,000 people in San Diego County alone, including hundreds of patients who are being moved by school bus and ambulance from a hospital and nursing homes.
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