A federal jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, 2,519 EMTs and Paramedics employed by the City of New York, in an action brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Thirty years after a child’s death and after reforms were made to the system, Illinois’ oversight of hospital diversion is flawed, according to a bombshell report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Cabell County EMS employees are looking to unionize, according to a report by WOWK-TV.
Nicolet College will begin offering the new training starting in January, WXPR radio reports.
The idea of an algorithmic approach to treating patients is not necessarily a bad thing in certain situations. It’s just that critical thinking must also be promoted.
American Medical Response is pushing back against claims of low pay and morale after a recent public protest by dozens of employees, according to masslive.com.
The updated NEMSQA website describes the measures in detail and includes a technical information package necessary for quality, research, and IT professionals to extract data and implement measure utilization.
It is always best to be clear and descriptive in your PCR documentation. Don’t leave a reader of your report guessing as to what you mean
The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) Program, the largest registry in the U.S. and internationally that collects data on survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), is expanding its reach with a goal of including all 50 states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia in its registry, thanks to additional and new support from a public-private collaboration.
The Arlington Times reports on a new Community Resource Paramedic Program that the North County Fire & EMS and the Arlington Fire Department hopes will lessen non-emergency calls and trips to the emergency room.