Escambia County has quadrupled its resuscitation rate for cardiac arrests, raising the survival rate from less than one in 10 to closer to four in 10.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A paramedic is one of the most critical first responders during an emergency, and the training they get prepares them for the job. That training is always evolving and getting ...
Under a pilot program spearheaded in Ventura County, more than a dozen local paramedics have been trained in hospice care to ensure they can properly help terminally ill patients and reduce the number ...
Read more in Giving Guide 2023. Lisa and her husband, John, looked forward to a quiet evening at home after a long day at work. A few hours later, Lisa began having intense pain in her neck and was ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — There is a critical shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics across the nation. In fact, there have been fewer and fewer every year. Now, as a pandemic hits the ...
“My baby isn’t breathing,” yells the mother of a newborn infant delivered at home. That began the simulation of an obstetrical emergency training session for Terre Haute Fire Department paramedics and ...
Andrew Tisdale has wanted to help people for much of his life. At first, the 28-year-old Bridgeport resident thought he wanted to be a police officer, and joined the Fairfield Police Explorers when he ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Preparing for the worst was the goal for paramedics in training with Life EMS Ambulance on Wednesday afternoon. GLC Live at 20 Monroe, a downtown Grand Rapids concert ...