9/19/11

Photos

Fire destroys ambulance - South Carolina

The crew bailed and called for help. But within minutes the engine and front end of the truck were burned unrecognizable. The walls of the patient bay were toast.

Sep 19, 2011, 6:30:24 PM

Features

Paramedic exchange program brings Germans to Petersburg - Virginia

Virginia and Germany started about the program about a decade ago. The countries alternate years, sending four paramedic’s back and forth across the Atlantic.

Sep 19, 2011, 6:21:07 PM

Features

Responding Before a Call Is Needed - Colorado

Emergency medicine carries a deep aura of romance in America, with its first-responder traditions of adrenaline, acuity and bravery. But here in this rural mountain area of the West, and in a handful of other places around the nation, a new vision is gaining ground — that emergency workers should not wait around for crises to happen, but rather go out and prevent them.

Sep 19, 2011, 6:20:04 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

EMSA Ambulance Hits Horse In Middle Of Tulsa Street - Oklahoma

The accident occurred near the intersection of 46th Street North and Victor.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:29:56 PM

Special Report

Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show

Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:28:19 PM

America

Daring helicopter rescue off Eaton Canyon on tape - California

Deputies said a young woman and two men were trapped near a waterfall about 100 feet above the canyon floor on Sept. 11.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:27:00 PM

America

Houston EMT, father give first-hand account of deadly air show crash in Reno - Texas

A Houston father and son gave first-hand accounts of the plane crash at a Nevada air show that killed 10 people and injured at least 70 others.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:22:13 PM

America

City could gain second ambulance service - California

An ambulance company that has enjoyed the exclusive position of providing all medical transportation in Riverside for more than 30 years may face competition Monday, when city officials will consider another firm.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:18:28 PM

America

Taco Emergency: Man Calls 911 When Taco Bell Refuses His Order - Florida

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday for misusing 911 because Taco Bell refused to sell him food at the drive-through window.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:16:43 PM

America

Ulysses-Trumansburg ambulance plan stalls - New York

Village officials debated at their Thursday meeting how to best respond to a Ulysses Town Board proposal that aims to resolve the conflict over implementation of a new ambulance billing policy.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:14:54 PM

America

Garner EMS merges with nonprofit - North Carolina

The move comes about 18 months after Wake County took over the paramedic operations of the former Garner EMS & Rescue and a year after the Garner Volunteer Fire Department assumed rescue operations, leaving Garner Rescue to provide non-emergency medical transport services.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:11:16 PM

Human Interest

The thrill of the save - Maryland

Working mainly outside of the university bubble lends itself to more serious calls — and intensified experiences, many said. Working as an EMT builds character, according to Ivan Lawit, the EMS Sergeant in charge of the Hyattsville EMTs.

Sep 19, 2011, 5:07:43 PM

Medevac

First EMS Configured EC155 B1 in the United States

Sep 19, 2011, 4:13:33 PM