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Butte (MT) Firefighters Make Department History as Paramedics

The Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department has made history, thanks to four of its firefighters, Kahl Clark, Riley Hash, Lee Sullivan and Austin Perry. Besides their firefighting duties, the four men are all paramedics, which means for the first time there will potentially be a paramedic on duty for each shift.
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Future of MT Mobile Crisis Team Still Unclear Four Months After Going on Hiatus

The city's mobile crisis team is still in a period of uncertainty, almost four months since it went on hiatus.
EMS Operations
A Missoula Fire Department medical crew works over a patient lying in the street.

Double Sequential External Defibrillation: A First-Hand Account of a First-Time User

The Missoula Fire Dept. details a resuscitation attempt involving double sequential external defibrillation on a patient in refractory V-fib.
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An ambulance responds with lights on.

911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural MT Seniors

Montana has experienced punishing summer heat waves.
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A helicopter sits on the tarmac as the sun sets behind it.

The Role of Rotor-Wing Helicopter in Rural Trauma Care: A Geographic and Demographic Report of Montana  

This study uses geographic information system methodology to assess access to the highest-level trauma centers by rotor-wing helicopter.
EMS OperationsExclusivesFlight Ambulance Operations

MT Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances

The network allows ambulance crews to pick up blood from hospitals and transfuse it to patients on the way to the advanced care they need.
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An ambulance with its rear doors open.

MT Hospital System to Form EMS Consortium after $8M Gift

The Amtrak Empire Builder derailment first sparked the idea to create the consortium to foster timely, safe emergency care for rural Montana.
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A CPR Save Years in the Making in Missoula (MT)

A Spokane firefighter is alive today thanks to the pit crew CPR training his department gave to the Missoula Fire Department in 2015.
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In this photo provided by Mel Holtz of the Frenchtown Rural Fire District, a district ambulance sits on black ice on Intestate 90 west of Alberton, Mont., on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

Black Ice Prove to Be Dangerous for MT EMS Providers

A Frenchtown Rural Fire District ambulance spun around when the EMS provider tapped on the brakes at the scene of one crash.
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