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Auto hits ambulance taking tot
An EMSA ambulance taking a 2-year-old girl to a Tulsa hospital after she nearly drowned was hit by another vehicle at an intersection, police said.
Aging population, payment and liability issues drive increasing calls to long term care facilities
Firefighters at Station 7 in Columbia rushed to the same nursing home three times during two recent 24-hour shifts. Only one of those 911 calls - for a patient in "respiratory distress" - was a true emergency, crew members said, but firefighters still took all three residents to a hospital by ambulance.
Study: Longer Ambulance Journeys Boost Death Risk
The further seriously ill patients have to travel by ambulance to reach emergency care, the more likely they are to die, reveals research in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Ambulance involved in five-car pile-up
Milford, Massachusetts-Moments after bringing a patient to the Milford Regional Medical Center Friday, two Norfolk firefighter-paramedics found themselves treating patients from a five-car pile-up that included their ambulance.
Spread of Rare Infection Sparks Concern
A staph scare in the Capital Region sparks concern, after a rare strain finds it way into the system of a local rescue worker.
Two Dead, Four Hurt, In Desert Head-On Crash of Ambulance and Car
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, California -- An ambulance crashed head-on into a car in Desert Hot Springs, killing two people and injuring four others.
Ambulance District fires top executive
The Valle Ambulance District has fired its top administrator, a former paramedic who earlier this year raised the ire of the Mehlville Fire Protection District board by participating in a training class while on disability with Mehlville.
Man is declared dead but still alive
The Omaha Fire Department is reviewing procedures that paramedics followed Sunday when they declared an Omaha man dead who was found to be alive less than two hours later.
Fielding more calls, city EMTs often attacked, injured
Last year, 28 percent of the 193 injuries suffered by city EMTs were the result of violence, a figure that has held constant over the past five years, according to Boston Emergency Medical Services.
Prostitution ring suspected at firehouses
D.C. fire officials are investigating whether department employees have been running a prostitution ring out of several of the city's firehouses.
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