Changing Role of the EMT and Paramedic

JEMS Editor-in-Chief A.J. Heightman talks with EMS leaders David Page, MNS, NREMT-P, Matt Zavadsky, MS-HAS, EMT, and Jim Augustine, MD, FACEP, about the recent changes to the role of the EMT and Paramedic. How does the shift from emergency response to mobile healthcare change what the EMT and Paramedic are in EMS?

Meriden (CT) Car Crashes Into Bridge

Man, 20, Killed in Meriden (CT) After Car Crashes Into Train Bridge

A 20-year-old man died after police said a vehicle struck part of the Amtrak train bridge on South Colony Road head-on.
cobb (ga) blood products

Cobb (GA) Fire Crews Among First in State to Carry Blood Products

Under an initiative launched by the Cobb Fire Department Friday, paramedics will carry blood products to allow for emergency blood transfusions before patients are transported to the…