Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
With fires now just 4% of incidents, San Jose has shifted toward fees for EMS through Prop 26, which enabled cost recovery for medical care and transport
FDNY fire and EMS personnel had to breach walls to access and rescue the trapped worker
Video shows Orange County firefighters rescuing an unresponsive woman from a Mission Viejo house fire
Gresham firefighter Nick Haney helped administer CPR to Meghan Roth, whom he’d met through a mutual friend
Under the new program, engines, trucks and ambulances will no longer be sent to low-risk medical calls in downtown Portland and outer Southeast Portland
Paramedic William J. “Bill” Sekora worked for Jeannette EMS for 31 years and previously served as a volunteer firefighter
All 60 members of the Ames Fire Department are on track to be EMT-certified by January
To help manage high call volumes, AMR will operate a two-tiered system in Spokane to reserve paramedics for ALS calls
Watertown must now give firefighters out-of-title captains’ pay when they perform captains’ duties while out on medical emergency calls
Palm Harbor Fire & Rescue Firefighter-Paramedic Lt. Ashley White was struck while retrieving equipment from the staged apparatus
The first responders experienced tingling hands and blurred vision following the incident
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service crewmembers have made at least 16 water rescues
Confidentiality as a professional standard is the goal, but firefighters may not realize how simple it is to cross the line
Who can sue, which fire departments are “covered entities,” and how agency policies impact confidentiality breach cases
Margot Loth failed to show she was treated less favorably after participating in sexy “Calendar of Heroes,” ruling states
Crews argue they’re being taken advantage of and potentially taken out of action when a real disaster strikes; political battle begins
Nikima Glatt and her son visited Syracuse Fire Station 3 to thank Lt. Thomas Dorn and Timon Woods
2 women were severely injured when their single-engine Cessna Skyhawk crashed in Miramar, Fla.
Michelle Khare documented her experience with South Metro Fire Rescue in a video that reached 1 million views in just over a week
The kits are part of the city’s new Safe Chicago program, and are equipped with a tourniquet, gauze, shears, gloves and an instruction manual
“It’s a big scary mess, and we honestly don’t know if the help is there beyond waiting out the current circumstance and hoping more people come in to the medical field”
Firefighter-Paramedic Sarah Roe, a 20-year veteran of the Amherst Fire Department, is searching for the perfect organ donor
Multiple Mechanicsburg firefighters and EMTs happened to be in the area for one of the worst fires in recent memory
A Houston Fire Department ambulance crew was involved in a three-vehicle crash while transporting a patient
Helping a fall patient back into bed, a chair or onto the ambulance cot should launch risk mitigation in the patient’s home to prevent future falls
The Bellevue Fire Department is accused of negligence in allowing a patient’s medical information to be shared and failing to notify the patient about the confidentiality breach
DFR is hoping to cut down on burnout, response times and overtime with single-role paramedics
A military plane crashed in a Lake Worth suburban neighborhood
Ambulances from several towns and companies could be seen parked along Main Street on both sides of the hospital
Jeffrey Leedy was found guilty of replacing doses of fentanyl with a saline solution while working for Roanoke County Fire and Rescue
If you work long enough in fire and EMS, the day will come when someone spits at you. You must prepare your defensible response in advance
Active and retired firefighters from North Attleboro and Foxborough sprang into action to help a man suffering a medical emergency mid-flight
An Eagle Pass Fire Department FF-EMT was killed, and an EMT sitting in the passenger seat of the rig was flown to a local hospital with serious injuries
