News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Boston hazmat team responds to chemical exposure at Mass General | Sunday August 30th, 2026 |
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Boston firefighters responded to Massachusetts General Hospital after a patient was treated for chemical exposure |
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| Hoarding conditions create access, safety risks for Ohio EMS, fire crews | Sunday August 30th, 2026 |
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Geauga County officials say severe hoarding can delay EMS access to patients, expose crews and ambulances to contamination and complicate responses involving older residents |
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| AED donated by N.Y. doctor saves his life 19 years after first heart attack | Saturday August 29th, 2026 |
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An AED donated by Dr. Michael Tamul helped save his life after he suffered cardiac arrest at the same church 19 years later |
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| Ala. health system opens operations center with plans for up to 250 jobs | Saturday August 29th, 2026 |
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Huntsville Hospital Health System and Marshall Medical Centers opened a 32,000-square-foot operations hub in Arab to support scheduling, billing, customer service and other health care functions |
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| Photo of the Week: Ore. field amputation, rescue training | Friday August 28th, 2026 |
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Portland firefighters, OHSU trauma surgeons and AMR crews trained on a simulated structural collapse requiring a field amputation, technical rescue and whole blood administration |
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| $30.6M study to examine whether prehospital blood improves trauma survival | Friday August 28th, 2026 |
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University of Arizona researchers will compare blood with crystalloid fluids in nearly 2,000 trauma patients treated by ground EMS agencies |
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| Hurricane Katrina-damaged NOLA hospital set for $500M transformation | Friday August 28th, 2026 |
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Tulane University plans to turn New Orleans’ long-vacant Charity Hospital, shuttered after Hurricane Katrina, into a medical research and biomedical innovation hub |
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| Kan. county boosts EMS funding by 18.5%, adds 15 positions | Friday August 28th, 2026 |
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Sedgwick County’s $4.6 million EMS funding increase will add three ambulances and 15 full-time positions, including 10 EMTs and five paramedics |
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| Iowa firefighters use EMS simulation to train for high-risk, low-frequency calls | Thursday August 27th, 2026 |
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Muscatine firefighters used Simulation in Motion–Iowa mobile ambulance and ER simulators to practice rare emergencies, including childbirth and pediatric calls |
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| Ore. man tries to steal ambulance with patient inside | Thursday August 27th, 2026 |
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A Portland EMT grabbed the keys from the ignition and stopped a man accused of trying to drive away in an ambulance while a patient was being treated inside |
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