Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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A patient in need of an ambulance in Echols County, Ga. must wait up to 20 minutes for rig from a nearby city, be driven there, or wait for an air ambulance
Steve Wirth and Doug Wolfberg join host Rob Lawrence to discuss strategies for overcoming hospital bed delays
The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts
The Syracuse Fire Department has been running a pilot ambulance service to fill in gaps for AMR and other services stretched thin by the pandemic
House Bill 777 would remove EMS from the Certificate of Need status and give the state greater oversight of EMS
Volunteer Kaitlin Kribell is Sanborn Ambulance Service鈥檚 only EMT, and also serves as the agency鈥檚 executive director
Police said the woman was also carrying a bullwhip and a knife
U.S. Border Patrol claimed the two U.S. citizens were attempting to use an ambulance to smuggle people through a border checkpoint
Keeping the strain on EMS providers front of mind
Jeremic Medina-Dorta, 27, was engaged in a struggle against an EMT, a paramedic and a police officer when he grabbed the officer鈥檚 weapon and fired
Fentanyl, morphine and ketamine were taken from a Sumner County ambulance and replaced with saline
AMR, Monroe Ambulance and Rochester Fire Department are donating the vehicles, firefighter gear and first aid kits
Current state law only lets EMS and law enforcement agencies make such reimbursement requests
Renovo Fire Department Chief Jimmy Ray Risley has been arrested
Although Falck has only provided service since November, one councilmember suggests talks to shift from a private provider to an 鈥渋n-house鈥� service
Some council members questioned why the township was asking for funds to refurbish the ambulances instead of buying new ones
As fuel prices skyrocket, look for ways to reduce control fuel costs now, prepare for the long-term and address employee morale
鈥淥ur 鈥榋ero Emission鈥� Initiative exemplifies how DocGo is revolutionizing the delivery of mobile medical care,鈥� said DocGo CEO and founder Stan Vashovsky
Paramedic David Mimms was treating a patient when Dontorrius Belser sped through a red light, causing the fatal collision
Fire Lt. Jorge Ariel, who was near the area at the time, stopped to render aid before the 21-year-old was transported to a hospital
In his ruling, the judge said the Biden administration did not follow federal law for the negotiation process between providers and health insurers
Airlift Northwest plans to expands its services to serve rural Eastern Washington patients who might need to be airlifted from smaller hospitals
Nathan Register鈥檚 Pasco County Fire Rescue crew did not transport a woman allegedly suffering stroke symptoms, who later died
The cost to patients for ALS ground ambulance services increased 23% from an average $1,042 in 2017 to $1,277 in 2020
A Washington County Sheriff鈥檚 deputy was able to reach the patient and transport them to the hospital
A Prince George鈥檚 County Fire/EMS crew was responding in low-visibility winter conditions, investigators said
Police said Nicholas Albano put a crew member in a headlock and punched them repeatedly
Area agencies donated two fully-stocked rigs after the fire left Parke County EMS with only one functional ambulance
The car鈥檚 driver sustained serious injuries in the crash with a Caldwell County EMS ambulance that was transporting a patient with its lights and siren on
Both EMS providers and the car鈥檚 driver were transported to a hospital and treated
There is a groundswell of support to change how lights and sirens are used in EMS to reduce risk to ambulance crews, patients and others
