News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Pinnacle Rewind 2026: Turn conference ideas into action | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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Missed Pinnacle 2026? Catch up on key insights, strategies and conversations shaping the future of EMS |
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| Calif. patient receiving CPR during transport dies after rig crashes | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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A medical helicopter was requested, but the patient was pronounced dead before the aircraft arrived |
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| Pa. 911 dispatchers seek expanded support amid mental health crisis | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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A new union contract provides critical incident leave, but dispatchers say more support is needed after traumatic calls and long shifts |
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| Officials credit cadaver lab training after Mass. paramedics, police save man injured by circular saw | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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Bridgewater officials say paramedics used a humeral head IO technique practiced during cadaver training while treating the severely injured patient |
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| Conn. EMS union threatens to strike over alleged staffing issues, unsafe work conditions | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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Federal mediation is scheduled as Hunter's Ambulance Service union leaders seek limits on mandated shifts |
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| Colo. law recognizing EMS as an essential service goes into effect | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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HB 26-1238 covers ambulance and air ambulance services while clarifying that off-duty EMS providers are not required to respond |
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| Stolen Texas ambulance involved in pursuit, fatal shooting | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin |
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| Photo of the Week: Whole blood takes off in Va. | Friday August 14th, 2026 |
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Mecklenburg County paramedics can now administer whole blood to patients at the scene or during transport |
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| Stolen Texas ambulance involved in pursuit, fatal shooting | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin |
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| Idaho man sentenced in crash that killed paramedic | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash |
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