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Fast Help for a Failing Heart; Device Drains Fluid from Lungs Without Intubation
CPAP is replacing intubation on some ambulances.
N.C. Man Dies in Accident: Paramedics, Firefighters Failed to Find Wreck Down Embankment
Paramedics and firefighters initially missed finding a truck that ran off the highway down a steep enbankment in Charlotte, N.C. It s unknown if the lost time contributed to the driver s death.
Homeland Security Has Aides Immunized Before Attending NASCAR Events
NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious?
Chicago Police & Fire Departments Give heroism awards: Police, Firefighters, Paramedics honored
Thirty-nine Chicago police officers, detectives, firefighters and paramedics were honored for their heroism both on and off the job.
Flight for Life Keeps On Choppin in Colorado
For 35 years, Colorado s seriously ill and injured have been transported to the care they need by the nation s first civilian, hospital-based emergency medical helicopter service, regardless of their financial condition.
Copters Fly New Path: Flight for Life Plans to Move its Operations Base to Waukesha County, Wis.
Aiming to broaden its reach in an expanding region, the helicopter ambulance service Flight for Life announced Wednesday that it is relocating its base of operations to Waukesha County, Wis.
Avra Valley Fire District fined $366K for Safety Gaps
The Industrial Commission of Arizona has approved $366,000 in fines against the Avra Valley Fire District for workplace-safety violations, among the biggest fines ever levied against an Arizona employer.
Alabama F.D. Joins Heart Attack Study
The Pelham (Ala.) Fire Department is set to become the second department in the nation to join in a study that seeks to improve the care heart attack patients receive prior to arriving at a hospital. Pelham will be the first of 10 local agencies to take part in the study.
Air-Ambulance Service Once Lost Accreditation
The air-ambulance flight service that operated the plane that crashed Friday in southwestern Colorado previously failed to report accidents and incidents involving its planes to regulators.
Threatened L.A. Hospitals Seek State Assistance; Uninsured Patients Burden System
Nine private Los Angeles hospitals have been losing millions of dollars due to an influx of uninsured patients and those covered by Medi-Cal.
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Victim was buried for four hours under a 55,000-pound slab.
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One child killed, two injured when gravel gives way at popular park.
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