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Healthcare providers should be aware of mpox symptoms and how to properly treat patients
Chris Cebollero shares a recent family health emergency and offers his insider views on the quality of international medical care in contrast to the U.S.
鈥淚nstead of responding to the majority of 999 calls we receive every day, we want to flip that so we only go to those patients who really, really need a double staffed paramedic emergency ambulance quickly.鈥�
Pete Reed, a former Marine, was evacuating civilians in the city of Bakhmut at the time of his death
Los Angeles County is sending dozens of search-and-rescue crewmembers, along with six search dogs and three structural engineers
Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers and a half-dozen specially trained dogs were sent to Turkey to help with rescue efforts
Cathy Trainor worked at a refugee center shortly after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, where she treated people suffering the mental and physical effects of war
The sports car has a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Lamborghini Huracan
Naperville鈥檚 International MedTec series 4300 rig had been a reserve vehicle, was destined for Mexico, then went to a Ukrainian hospital before its current location
Richmond Ambulance Authority donates supplies, ambulances abroad
From locally, to Ecuador and Ukraine, EMS and fire organizations stepped up to make a difference both at home and internationally
The donation was made in coordination with the International Fire Training Force, a Chicago nonprofit effort to aid overseas fire departments
A union leader said staff shortages and delays would continue until the British government increases wages
Roughly 1,700 emergency workers were dispatched to the scene where ambulances lined streets and EMS providers and bystanders performed CPR
CDC issues Health Advisory Network Health Advisory, for healthcare workers to be aware of the Ebola outbreak
The ambulance service is spending more than $3M on the new safety measures
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
What to expect as task forces deploy to hurricane ravaged areas
Yuliia Paievska, who was held captive for three months, gave the Helsinki Commission a detailed, searing account of detainees鈥� suffering and deaths
The tech company and the advocacy group said they plan to focus on guidelines, goals and strategies
Setting the example: 4 leadership traits Queen Elizabeth demonstrated
Senior EMT Jeremy Williams 鈥渓ooked like he was about to die,鈥� said a colleague with the East of England Ambulance Service
Australia EMS medics join the podcast to discuss their efforts to fill U.S. positions with their paramedic surplus
While trying to film a message for the awareness day, two members of the East of England Ambulance Service couldn鈥檛 keep a straight face
Richard Webb-Stevens responded to the 2017 Westminster attack and has led improvements for people with hearing impairments working in EMS
Firefighters landed in second place on a list of 29 jobs
A CNN news team saw the tactic firsthand as they accompanied paramedics responding to a call to help a wounded man
鈥淭hese medical supplies will help alleviate the suffering of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers injured in the war,鈥� said NAEMT President Bruce Evans
The proposed medical support also includes armored ambulances and transporting some patients to a U.S. military hospital in Germany
While next to the wounded woman and with others injured nearby, the medic yells, 鈥淪tay on the ground! Don鈥檛 get up! Keep lying down!鈥�
Katya Korshenbaum deployed with Magen David Adom, which has sent ambulances and field hospital staff
The Santa Fe Fire Department鈥檚 Rollin Tylerr Jones spent four weeks providing aid and working at trauma stabilization points
The American College of Surgeons is also seeking donations to help send bleeding control supplies to the region
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