This course is designed to address safety and medical assessment and treatment considerations associated with Confined Space and Trench Rescue Environments. Attendees will learn how to size-up the ...

Several local fire-based emergency medical services agencies came together this week for advanced training in risk management and documentation, including Marion City, Marion Township and Pleasant ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

Editor’s note: The following story is the second of three about the release of the Cass County EMS Assessment presented to Cass County Board of Commissioners last month. The first story, published Aug ...

When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. In four clinical conditions, the proportion of ...

Emergency medical service (EMS) workers face triple the risk for significant mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder compared to the general population, according ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- This week is Emergency Medical Services week and Wednesday is EMS day. Local medical residents got a firsthand look Wednesday at what firefighters and EMS personnel go through. As ...

Funding shortages are leading to financial strain and insurance reimbursement shortages have highlighted the need for ...

DeKalb County approved a five-year, nearly $78 million contract to expand ambulance coverage and improve EMS response times.