10/1/11

America

Video: Bladensburg ambulance explosion caught on video - Maryland

According to the site, Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Randy Kuenzli shot the video near the Prince George's Fire Station at 38th Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Mt. Rainier.

Oct 1, 2011, 1:59:15 AM

Ambulance Crash Log

Woman charged in fatal ambulance crash in Hampton - Virginia

Joanna Kibwe, 47, was charged with one count of reckless driving in the crash that happened about 8 p.m. at the intersection of West Mercury Boulevard and North Armistead Avenue

Oct 1, 2011, 1:51:44 AM

America

Austin police, paramedics 'horrified' after pickup crashes into stretcher - Texas

Man faces murder charge after officials say he hits his injured mother with truck, narrowly avoiding first responders.

Oct 1, 2011, 1:08:52 AM

America

Denver Health revamps ambulance policy after criticism of response time - Colorado

Denver Health Medical Center is revamping its policy for responding to structure fires after it took an ambulance 15 minutes - six minutes longer than protocol - to respond this week to a fire that put three members of a family in the hospital.

Oct 1, 2011, 1:03:17 AM

America

Green Bay paramedics train for prep football injuries - Wisconsin

The event was an emergency response simulation organized by Bellin Health athletic trainers to help standardize rescue procedures with Green Bay firefighters

Oct 1, 2011, 12:59:32 AM

America

Group's Opposition Grows as Ambulance District Signs New Contract - Missouri

The Cedar County Ambulance District has officially signed a contract with Citizens Memorial Hospital to handle its emergency responses.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:58:47 AM

America

Ambulance Maintenance Costs Could Endanger Lives - Tennessee

Robertson County has 11 ambulances. In the past month, five of those ambulances have been out of service for maintenance issues. With only six working ambulances to rely on, residents said they are anxious.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:58:03 AM

America

Fire Guts Ambulance Parked at Parkway Plaza Mall - California

No one was injured in an explosion and fire that destroyed an unoccupied ambulance parked at the Westfield Parkway Plaza mall in El Cajon on Thursday afternoon.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:57:02 AM

America

Rural/Metro strikes deal to buy ambulance rival PMT - Arizona

One of the Valley’s few remaining private ambulance service providers has entered into a purchase agreement to buy another one.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:56:12 AM

America

County demands fire companies financials - Maryland

Harford County Executive David Craig is requiring all 12 of the county's volunteer fire and EMS companies to disclose their budgets and other financial information before they can get any more funds from the county, prompting some fire officials to call it an "ultimatum" and balking at signing the agreement.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:55:21 AM

America

Milwaukee mayor's budget cuts 12 firefighter jobs - Wisconsin

If the Common Council agrees, three firefighting companies would be taken out of service each month, on a rotating basis, and a fourth company would be closed for the entire year, up from two a month. That reduction would be partly offset by the addition of two new emergency medical units.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:42:16 AM

America

EMS transport- Firefighters respond to county - Florida

Pinellas County staff said Sept. 6 that a plan to improve emergency medical transport developed by two local firefighters had too many flaws to work.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:40:46 AM

Canada

Angry mob menaces police, EMS in Sask. town - Canada

An angry mob menaced police and emergency workers, set a cop car on fire and damaged a hospital in La Loche, Sask., in the wee hours of Friday.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:35:23 AM

Criminal

Second Six Forks EMS worker arrested - North C arolina

A second worker at Six Forks EMS has been arrested on an embezzlement charge.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:32:57 AM

Criminal

Stolen Ambulance Driven with Sirens On and No Lights - West Virginia

While helping a woman inside Vanity Fair Apartments on Fourth Avenue in Huntington, EMTs left the ambulance running with keys in the ignition, a routine procedure.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:32:57 AM

Criminal

Gary man will serve 5 years for Medicaid fraud - Indiana

Human Services Transport Providers, the Gary-based business that Ebb Greenwood worked for, was ordered to pay a restitution of $1.89 million.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:24:45 AM

ER /Hospital

Millions Awarded in Medical Malpractice Suit - West Virginia

An Ohio County jury awarded more than $4 million to the family of a Tiltonsville woman Wednesday after finding an emergency room doctor negligent in her death.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:01:43 AM

World

Measles spreads to ambulance staff - New Zealand

Auckland's measles outbreak has spread to ambulance workers, with at least one St John medic struck down with the highly contagious viral disease.

Oct 1, 2011, 12:00:58 AM