3/7/12

Emergency medical personnel navigate Mardi Gras crowds in New Orleans - Louisiana Over 10 days of Carnival, EMS responded to 2,024 calls for service citywide ranging from stubbed toes to gunshot wounds to patients in full cardiac arrest.

Mar 7, 2012, 8:15:08 PM

Military

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivors make contact with WWII medic

As a combat medic with the 9th Army's 95th Medical Battalion, Walter "Babe" Gantz treated somewhere in the ballpark of 19,000 patients over the course of the Second World War.

Mar 7, 2012, 8:11:12 PM

Military

New Documentary Drama Recounts a Medic’s Experience of War in Vietnam

“We were a random group of fellows from all over the country, all different environments, ripped out of our lives and sent to Vietnam. Some of the fellows get into enjoying the killing. Most of us would hear that kind of person and think they’d gone over the edge.” From these lines, author Dave Pfeifer takes readers into his life as a medic serving everyday with military men who were fighting for freedom in a war that may cost them their lives. In Cry Medic, the author shares his experiences – giving medical aid to all of those men, going to the rear, getting supplies, bandaging wounds, tagging the dead, and saving lives in Vietnam.

Mar 7, 2012, 8:10:31 PM

Military

Injured medic rejoins soldier she treated - Texas

A combat medic who treated a soldier in Afghanistan found herself in a role reversal after she was injured a week later and brought to San Antonio Military Medical Center — where the soldier is also recovering.

Mar 7, 2012, 8:10:28 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Vehicle slams ambulance off I-15 - California

An ambulance crew returning from transporting a patient to a hospital down the hill was struck by a vehicle sending the ambulance off the freeway Saturday night, San Bernardino County Fire officials said.

Mar 7, 2012, 6:18:30 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

5 Injured After Accident Involving Ambulance - Pennsylvania

Five people have been hospitalized after an accident involving two cars and an ambulance in North Philadelphia

Mar 7, 2012, 6:15:12 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

2 hurt, ambulance struck in crash - Wisconsin

The incident was first called in at 11:28 a.m., a Harlem-Roscoe dispatcher said. Units from Harlem-Roscoe, South Beloit and Rockton responded to the scene.

Mar 7, 2012, 6:13:12 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Zanesville woman cited in crash with ambulance - Pennsylvania

She hit the medic unit on the left side, causing the ambulance to flip over onto its side.



Mar 7, 2012, 6:12:34 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Ambulance Involved In Fairfield Crash - Ohio

The collision took place at State Route 36 and route 664 just north of Bremen.

Mar 7, 2012, 6:11:59 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Patient dies after ambulance crashes - Colorado

Mar 7, 2012, 6:10:04 PM

Awards-Honors

Tripp gets a farewell from EMS - Georgia

Tripp, who's worked with EMS for 40 years, is retiring in two weeks.


Mar 7, 2012, 6:07:35 PM

Legal

Moreau board to file complaint on EMS squad with Attorney General's Office - New York

The town is planning to file a formal complaint to the Attorney General’s Office about squad tax violations, which Supervisor Preston Jenkins said involve the personal use of two sport-utility vehicles that two members did not pay sales tax on.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:55:21 PM

Legal

EMSA files liens against accident victims - Oklahoma

EMSA has filed more than 1,400 liens since last year against people transported by ambulance after automobile accidents, records show.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:53:18 PM

Criminal

Ambulance company raided for alleged healthcare fraud - Texas

Officials belonging to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with the Office of Inspector General conducted the raid at Dominion Ambulance, at 6585 Montana, and at Carnegie Self-Storage, at 9720 Carnegie Ave, seizing documents and computers.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:51:35 PM

America

Patient, EMS Personnel Decontaminated After Bushkill Township Crash - Pennsylvania

Early dispatches said police feared the vehicle was a mobile drug lab, carrying chemicals used to make methamphetamines

Mar 7, 2012, 5:49:25 PM

America

Windham Ambulance coverage area divided - Pennsylvania

Six area EMS agencies will assume the responsibility of covering Windham Ambulance's service area - Orwell, Rome, Warren and Windham townships - for basic life support services, according to information from the Bradford Susquehanna Regional Office of Emergency Medical Services.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:47:20 PM

America

Selma's fire department sparks debate - California

Selma officials needed to decide if Cal Fire should take over the city-run agency. While, they were expected to vote on it Monday night, they decided to table it until their next meeting, saying there are still a lot of unanswered questions.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:46:09 PM

America

Ambulance staffing plan prompts concerns about paramedic layoffs - Texas

Officials with the Austin medical first responders' union say they fear the city could lay off paramedics as it prepares a new staffing model for ambulances.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:45:21 PM

America

EMS studies could spawn more questions, debate and hard decisions - Florida

State Sen. Jack Latvala's goal in setting up a committee to look at two proposals to change the county's emergency medical services system was to get a definitive answer about the costs of each.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:40:25 PM

America

Evanston paramedic calls reach record high - Illinois

Evanston’s population hasn’t budged much in the past 20 years, but paramedic calls in 2011 were up 35 percent over two decades ago.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:39:17 PM

America

Inserra says he won’t drop EMS privatization plan - New Jersey

Committeeman Tony Inserra said he will continue to pursue privatizing Upper Township’s EMS services despite reports that AtlantiCare’s EMS manager falsified response times to at least one municipality that it served.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:38:13 PM

America

On Eastside, some 911 calls get lighter response - Washington

King County Emergency Medical Services has begun a pilot program with Eastside Fire and Rescue aimed at keeping trained emergency responders and their rigs free to help people with serious medical emergencies. That means a non-emergency call might be handled by a Community Medical Technician driving a lightly equipped Ford Escape hybrid.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:31:19 PM

America

County to discuss ambulance service - Florida

One of the items on the agenda will be a quasi-judicial hearing for commissioners to decide whether Lifeguard Ambulance Service should be awarded a certificate of public convenience and necessity (COPCN) to provide advanced life support, non-emergency transport within Bay County.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:28:56 PM

America

Program aims to limit unneeded ambulance rides in Fort Worth - Texas

MedStar is rolling out a revolutionary change to make patient care more cost-effective, and it all starts with the person taking the call.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:27:55 PM

America

Ripley EMT school employees can respond to calls without loss of pay - New York

The board received a request from Ripley Hose Company asking that three EMT's employed by the district be allowed to respond during daytime hours in the town because it no longer has the staff to cover these calls without them. The board agreed this has become a necessity.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:26:39 PM

America

EMSA billing proves baffling - Oklahoma

Those interviewed by the World who called the agency to discuss the bills said EMSA employees never mentioned the utility program or checked to see whether they were covered by it.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:24:25 PM

America

Board that oversees ambulance service has little real power - New York

By some accounts, Buffalo’s Emergency Medical Services Board lacks the teeth to demand a higher level of ambulance service in the city.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:23:37 PM

America

Sinking to Level Zero - New York

Nearly every day in Buffalo, ambulance service sinks to "Level Zero" -- city dispatchers have no ambulance available because all rigs provided by Rural/Metro Medical Services are busy.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:22:47 PM

America

EMS squad to change hands - North Carolina

Ambulances here will soon be staffed by Johnston County emergency medical crews – with better resources and benefits for first responders, officials say.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:19:53 PM

America

Firefighters Say Bed Bugs Now Appearing Inside Medic Vehicles - Ohio

Union officials representing Columbus firefighters said that they were growing more concerned about the potential for a full-blown infestation.

Mar 7, 2012, 5:18:22 PM

America

Man Calls 911 to Report Being Invisible - Georgia

Mar 6, 2012, 11:26:53 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Iced-up air ambulance slides off Anchorage airport runway - Alaska

A LifeMed Learjet carrying a patient skidded off a runway after encountering icy conditions on its descent into Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Monday night, according to the National Traffic Safety Board.

Mar 6, 2012, 11:26:20 PM