News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| ‘You just stuffed it down’: First responders, dispatchers confront mental health crisis | Wednesday May 6th, 2026 |
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EMS personnel, dispatchers and other first responders are speaking more openly about PTSD, burnout and stigma as more agencies expand mental health programs |
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| Pittsburgh EMS brings ‘mini hospital’ to NFL draft | Wednesday May 6th, 2026 |
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More than 100 paramedics staffed the three-day event, using foot teams to reach and treat patients in dense crowds |
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| 'The hands of God': Heart attack patient returns to thank Va. paramedics, EMT | Wednesday May 6th, 2026 |
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Weeks after suffering a massive heart attack at home, Shayne South returned to Lynchburg Fire Station 7 to thank the firefighters and paramedics who revived him and rushed him to lifesaving treatment |
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| 3 injured when dump truck overturns onto car in N.Y. crash | Wednesday May 6th, 2026 |
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Rosendale police said a loaded tri-axle dump truck lost control and flipped onto an oncoming vehicle, trapping three people inside |
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| NYPD waited 41 minutes for EMS before rushing patient to hospital, where he died | Tuesday May 5th, 2026 |
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Officers made two calls for EMS before transporting the 22-year-old themselves during a medical emergency |
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| EMS1 readers respond: Should IV acetaminophen replace opioids as first-line pain control? | Tuesday May 5th, 2026 |
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EMS providers debate whether making IV acetaminophen the first-line option improves patient care or limits provider judgment |
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| 'Simply luck': Explosives-packed SUV attack at Ore. club nearly turns catastrophic | Tuesday May 5th, 2026 |
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Portland police say a vehicle loaded with pipe bombs and propane tanks partially detonated, narrowly avoiding mass injuries at the Multnomah Athletic Club |
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| New Nev. ambulance HQ aims to boost response and training | Tuesday May 5th, 2026 |
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Community Ambulance breaks ground on a larger dispatch and operations center in Henderson designed to expand EMS capacity, training and fleet maintenance |
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| Suspected DUI driver crashes into Calif. ambulance, injures medics | Monday May 4th, 2026 |
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Police say a driver with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit crossed into oncoming traffic and hit an ambulance responding to a call in Salinas |
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| Wrong-way crash kills 1, injures 6 on Calif. interstate | Monday May 4th, 2026 |
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A suspected impaired driver going the wrong way triggered a seven-vehicle crash on Interstate 680 in Contra Costa County |
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