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Ala. ambulance crew airlifted from crash scene

1 day ago | ems1.com | Patrick Darrington

By Patrick Darringtonal.comBALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — An ambulance was hit during a car accident Tuesday that sent four people to the hospital in Baldwin County. According to Fox10 News , the wreck occurred on Highway 59 near I-10 in Loxley as the ambulance was conducting an emergency run. A witness, Marshal Thomas, told the news station that he saw a Dodge dually pickup strike the Medstar ambulance at an intersection.
Donation campaign raises approximately $300K for Pa. ambulance service staffing

2 days ago | ems1.com | Kevin McConlogue

By Kevin McconlogueWyoming County Press ExaminerSeveral Wyoming County ambulance companies are receiving help courtesy of a donation campaign put together by the Wyoming County Community Health Foundation.
Peer support program helps N.M. medics cope with trauma

3 days ago | ems1.com | Bill Carey

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque Ambulance has strengthened its peer support program, offering support to paramedics and EMTs facing personal or professional crises. The team, now comprising 26 trained members with more joining soon, focuses on active listening and peer-to-peer guidance in addressing stress, grief and trauma, KOB 4 reported. Paramedic Commander Chance Echols knows firsthand how vital that support can be.
Pa. medics, police officers save baby outside closed hospital

3 days ago | ems1.com | Bill Carey

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. — A Delaware County woman is recounting the terrifying moment her baby experienced a medical emergency outside the closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The incident occurred on May 15, just as a news conference hosted by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was concluding outside the hospital, CBS Philadelphia reported. Dai’shanik Dickerson, the baby’s aunt, said she was driving to Hobby Lobby with 5-month-old Shyanne in the back seat when she realized something was wrong.
New mobile stroke units unveiled in Los Angeles County

4 days ago | ems1.com | Michael Hixon

By Michael HixonDaily BreezeTORRANCE, Calif. — When it comes to strokes, every minute counts. So in an effort to reduce long-term complications and even death, two state-of-the-art Mobile Stroke Units were unveiled on Wednesday, May 28, at Torrance Fire Station No. 1 by Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and UCLA Health. “For every minute that a patient waits for treatment, 2 million brain cells die,” Hahn said during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Fla. mother, son celebrate passing of EpiPen training bill

5 days ago | ems1.com | Steven Lemongello

By Steven LemongelloOrlando SentinelWINTER PARK, Fla. — The Winter Park mom who spearheaded a bill to train school staffers to treat severe allergic reactions was thrilled when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law Wednesday — and so was her 8-year-old son, her motivation to activism. “He was super ecstatic,” said Sherry Isler of her son, Lincoln. “We’re still on cloud nine. It’s very surreal to us. We’ve been so hopeful, and we worked so hard with so many people to create this bill.
Rainn Wilson, Lil Rel Howery highlight EMS burnout and chaos in new movie 'Code 3'

6 days ago | ems1.com | Sarah Roebuck

LOS ANGELES — A new movie hitting theaters in the fall of 2025 is putting the chaos — and heart — of life on the ambulance into the spotlight. “Code 3,” an action comedy distributed by Aura Entertainment and produced by Wayfarer Studios, is set to debut in U.S. theaters on Sept. 12. The film stars Rainn Wilson (The Office), Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy) and Aimee Carrero (Elena of Avalor) and centers around a burned-out paramedic on his final 24-hour shift.
Calif. fire district seeks 25% hike in EMS transport rates

1 week ago | ems1.com | Martin Espinoza |Emma Murphy

By Martin Espinoza, Emma MurphyThe Press DemocratSONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — Less than a year and a half into an exclusive and lucrative contract for ambulance service in Sonoma County’s urban core, local health officials and the Sonoma County Fire District are quietly negotiating a rate increase, The Press Democrat has learned.
Ambulance fire causes safety concerns among Honolulu EMS crews

1 week ago | ems1.com | Bill Carey

HONOLULU — An ambulance fire on May 23 in Waialae Iki has raised safety concerns among Honolulu EMS personnel. The incident occurred while EMS crews were responding to a call on Okoa Street. Smoke and flames were seen coming from the ambulance’s wheel well, prompting a rapid evacuation of the patient, Hawaii News Now reported. Crews used a fire extinguisher, but the blaze continued to spread, and Honolulu firefighters were called to fully extinguish it.
Detroit FD launches 'nurse navigation' program to reduce EMS response times

1 week ago | ems1.com | Anne Snabes

By Anne SnabesThe Detroit NewsDETROIT — The call came shortly after lunch earlier this month to one of Detroit’s dozens of EMS crews who work the city each day responding to emergencies: A patient was dizzy and needed an ambulance. In less than seven minutes, paramedic Curtis Lowe and Emergency Medical Technicians Royce Mentor III and Bicari Stanley with the Detroit Fire Department arrived at a nursing home in Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood.