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Richmond Ambulance Collides with SUV While Responding

A Richmond ambulance en route to a call with its siren and emergency lights activated collided with a sport utility vehicle.

Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2010

DC Council Committee Gets Earful on EMS

The panel also had questions about Kimberly Kelsey, who says medics refused to take her to a hospital last December.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

Former D.C. Fire Chief Regrets Fire and EMS Merger; Blames Culture and Race for Problems

The former chief, who is black, said white firefighters with generational ties to the department largely have been less accepting of the job's evolving responsibilities, particularly an increased emphasis in recent decades on providing pre-hospital care.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

Feds, Florida Officials Dispute Haiti Flight Information

Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina exposed serious flaws in the nation's disaster-response capabilities, e-mails obtained by the AP under Florida's open-records law show state and federal officials squabbling over where to send patients while an epic humanitarian crisis unfolded hundreds of miles to the south.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

The Changing Face of Trauma in Ohio

Toledo area doctors report trauma cases are shifting from things like car accidents to injuries from falls.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

Police Begin EMS Transport Investigation

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says a criminal investigation is under way into a senior paramedic's decision not to transport a 2-year-old girl who later died.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

NYC Settles World Trade Center Cases

New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers.

Posted Monday, March 15, 2010

NYC to Pay Up to $657M to Settle WTC Health Cases

Thousands of police officers, firefighters and construction workers who put in time at the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan had filed lawsuits against the city, claiming it sent them to ground zero without proper protective equipment.

Posted Friday, March 12, 2010

D.C. Police Investigate EMS, Toddler Death as Homicide

Police Chief Cathy Lanier says that investigation will be handled by the homicide detectives in the Special Victim's Unit.

Posted Friday, March 12, 2010

Police Officers, Medics May Be Most Distracted Drivers

Philip Macaluso, a New York paramedic, recalled a moment recently when he was rushing to the hospital while keying information into his dashboard computer. At the last second, he looked up from the control panel and slammed on his brakes to avoid a woman who had stepped into the street.

Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010

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