11/26/11

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor

Hospitals, insurers would bear brunt of automatic Medicare cuts

Nov 23, 2011, 8:21:37 AM

Military

State-of-the-art helicopters

The Lakota is a twin-engine helicopter with a single four-blade rotor system. It is being fielded in Army National Guard units across the United States for homeland defense missions.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:39:24 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Four injured after ambulance, car collide in Opelika - Georgia

The collision occurred at about 6:20 a.m. on Marvyn Parkway in Opelika, according to EAMC spokesman John Atkinson. At the time of the collision, the ambulance was already transporting a patient to EAMC.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:36:56 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Pedestrian killed in collision with ambulance near Silverdale - Washington

A man was killed near Silverdale on Monday after he wandered onto State Route 3 and was struck by an ambulance, the Washington State Patrol said.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:35:13 PM

Criminal

City fire instructors cleared in EMS cheating probe - Maryland

The scandal originally implicated five training staff members, but all charges were dismissed in October. Redacted versions of the October disciplinary hearing records and the 36-page investigation report, completed in August, were released Tuesday.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:32:21 PM

Criminal

4 firefighters charged with arson -- New Mexico

Four Dona Ana County volunteer firefighters who were putting out what was left of the huge hay fire that lighted up the night sky just south of Las Cruces have been arrested.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:29:06 PM

World

Paralyzed paramedic home from hospital - UK

He finally came home today from the hospital. The family home isn't handicap accessible. Friends are pitching in to change that.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:26:02 PM

America

State agency clears Alameda paramedics of wrongdoing - California

A state agency that regulates paramedics has dismissed complaints that some members of the public filed over the Memorial Day death of Raymond Zack, who committed suicide off Crown Beach while emergency workers remained onshore, city officials announced Monday.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:24:32 PM

America

Pattonville paramedic puts up a fight for BackStoppers - Missouri

Guns 'N Hoses, the pre-Thanksgiving ritual that provides the BackStoppers' major source of funds for the families of first responders who have died in the line of duty.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:22:16 PM

America

8 firefighters, EMT injured in Pennsauken blast - Pennsylvania

Eight firefighters and an emergency medical technician received minor injuries Monday in a basement explosion during an early-morning house fire.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:20:51 PM

America

City shakes up ambulance oversight - Wisconsin

West Baraboo Village Trustee and Ambulance Commission President David Dahlke asked the Council to postpone the change and said the effort is an example of a growing distrust between the city and other commission members.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:19:27 PM

America

Empire Ambulance set to take over ambulance services in Saratoga Springs and Greenfield - New York

With revenue dwindling, the Board of Directors of Saratoga Emergency Medical Services, a nonprofit that has provided ambulance protection to Saratoga Springs since the 1960s, voted to transfer its operating certificate to the for-profit Empire Ambulance.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:18:18 PM

America

Commission Buys Ambulance for Grant Town EMS - West Virginia

Well in light of Grant Town Mayor, and President of Grant Town's Volunteer Fire Department, Robert Riggs Jr., being arrested over accusations that he embezzled money, the Marion County Commission is still providing the town's EMS services with an ambulance.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:16:57 PM

America

County Examining EMS Privatization - Georgia

Two things that are planned is an increase in the rates and to begin charging for the multitude of lifting assistance calls that are free at this time.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:15:35 PM

America

Allentown wants EMTs in ambulance - Pennsylvania

Some say the change from all-paramedics could compromise emergency care.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:14:25 PM

Human Interest

Four Hillsboro firefighters headed to Cambodia to build EMS system 'from the ground up' - Oregon

They're not going on the department's dime, but it's not exactly a vacation for the firefighters.

Nov 26, 2011, 2:13:07 PM

Human Interest

MedStar Paramedics reunite family for Thanksgiving - texas

A North Texas man experienced something on Thursday his family thought might never happen again. He came home for Thanksgiving.

Nov 26, 2011, 1:41:49 PM