News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Ill. county to vote on sales tax hike to save hospital ambulance service | Tuesday November 10th, 2026 |
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Jersey Community Hospital CEO Kevin Zachary says the ambulance service faces a $650,000 annual shortfall, prompting the county board to consider placing a 0.5% public safety sales tax increase on the February 2027 primary ballot |
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| Rescue Essentials launches PEDS EMS Pediatric Trauma Kit for prehospital care | Tuesday November 10th, 2026 |
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Innovative kit combines pediatric-appropriate equipment with a highly organized, field-focused design |
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| Study: Treat-in-place model could save Colo. EMS systems $48M yearly | Tuesday November 10th, 2026 |
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Ute Pass Health Service District’s community paramedics, highlighted in a Presken Consulting study, offer EMS agencies a model to offset savings lost to expected Medicaid cuts straining rural hospitals |
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| 14 hospitalized after white powder exposure at N.C. recycling warehouse | Tuesday November 10th, 2026 |
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Hazmat teams responded to Lenoir’s Prime Recycling warehouse after a white powdery substance went airborne when workers opened boxes, sending 22 people to be examined and sickening staff at a nearby urgent care who treated an exposed patient |
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| Mo. voters back paramedic funding measure by wide margin | Monday November 9th, 2026 |
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The measure will fund 10 new paramedic positions, averting the staffing cuts St. Charles County Ambulance District officials warned would otherwise strain response times amid rising call volume |
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| Blood organizations call for Medicare reform for prehospital transfusion | Monday November 9th, 2026 |
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AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross warn that reimbursement gaps, supply constraints and inconsistent standards threaten the program’s growth |
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| N.C. football game injuries, lack of ambulances spark funding call | Monday November 9th, 2026 |
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A roughly 30-minute wait for an ambulance during a Lee County-Southern Lee game, in which one player’s parents drove him for treatment, prompted calls for a dedicated county budget line item, though no state law requires on-site ambulances |
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| Calif. county supervisors weigh analysis as ambulance bid process advances | Monday November 9th, 2026 |
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After dozens of paramedics and officials urged the county to abandon its competitive bidding process, supervisors voted to have staff compare that approach against amending San Luis Ambulance’s existing contract before the RFP is expected to launch in January 2027 |
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| Police investigate after 19 hospitalized following Calif. half-marathon | Monday November 9th, 2026 |
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Santa Barbara police are investigating a possible link between the race and the hospitalizations, though the event director said medical teams reported nothing unusual beyond typical heat exhaustion and dehydration among the 7,500 registered runners |
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| Pa. hospital suspends services, closes ER amid financial collapse | Sunday November 8th, 2026 |
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Sharon Regional Health System dismissed most employees without secured payroll funding as it suspends patient services amid nearly $20 million in unpaid taxes, liens and loans since Tenor Health reopened it in 2025 |
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