Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
An experienced backpacker had to be rescued after sinking thigh-deep in cold, flowing sand during a trek in Arches National Park
An explosion inside a Southeast Portland fourplex triggered a 2-alarm fire that burned all four apartments
A top-floor blaze tore through a six-story building in Manhattan, collapsing the roof, sending debris onto the sidewalk, and injuring three residents and a firefighter
Viewers could be confused, resulting in harm to an infant, a spokesperson said
Rachel Peace’s husband, Gary Peace, died after suffering a heart attack; her lawsuit names 11 defendants
The suit states the city suppressed the salaries of EMS providers and says their work is substantially equal to firefighters’ work
A Greensburg crewmember from Hose Co. 7 experienced confusion
A patient handcuffed to a stretcher reportedly kicked the responder with enough force that he was pushed out the rig’s doors and onto the ground
Community risk reduction and improving mental health resources for providers
Whether NFL player or firefighter, when one of our own goes down, the impacts are amplified beyond our routine responses
The NFL safety “continues to progress remarkably in his recovery,” the team says
“The man grunted, fluttered his eyelids,” said Lt. Adam Jordan after he used an AED on the collapsed man. “I talked to him a little bit, I said, ‘Welcome back.’”
Social media discussions have included information about CPR and cardiac care, plus expressions of gratitude for the on-scene EMS providers
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
The Bismarck Fire Protection Association thanked fellow first responders for their assistance
“I feel great about the opportunity to serve New York City in this way,” said Michael Fields, former deputy assistant chief of EMS Operations
When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest, he received out-of-hospital BLS and ALS care from team personnel and EMS before transport to the hospital
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
The team included Eldridge firefighters, Medic EMS paramedics, AirCare Emergency Transport medical staff and a surgical team from University Hospitals
Sterling’s city manager is asking organizations to help fill the apparatus with trauma-related medical supplies
Brian Smith says he raised concerns about addresses being flagged as dangerous for first responders based on potentially erroneous information
EMS providers and volunteer firefighters were deployed for a 72-hour shift and responded to 600+ calls on their first night
San Bernardino firefighter-medics descended and began treating the patient, and their colleagues set up a rope system to bring them all back up
Mequon’s first full-time firefighter-paramedic, Josh Lipp, was seriously injured in the incident
Matthias Wirtz, a 22-year veteran of the North Haven Fire Department, received CPR before being transported to a hospital
Another Carbon County EMT was injured Wednesday on scene, and the firefighter had been trying to help rescue a man who fell through ice
Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt said crewmembers will support EMS and police while gaining trauma experience that may help in an MCI
Lockport’s council president called for an emergency meeting because of the number of mutual aid calls to VFDs last Thursday
One person in the car died, and the other was transported in critical condition
EMS providers transported the driver; Firefighters are concerned that the structure may fall further
As they alerted firefighters to the blaze, the EMTs and medics rescued a man and four dogs and searched for a mother and baby
Police say 22 passengers were injured and required transport
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lihue Airport on Kauai Island in Hawaii
