Georgia EMS News

and then some

Fairfax County VA faces potential budget cuts to fire and rescue services

Marion County WV Rescue Squad launches mental health app

Cleburne County AL working to form a new rescue squad

Ogden UT Fire Department hiring for new homeless medical advocate position

Casualty response training offered by Pooler GA EMS

Bryan County GA Hiring CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER / EMT

Bryan County GA selects new fire and emergency services chief – Matthew Burns – Strong Resume!

Jeff Davis County GA, EMS, Hospital working to solve EMS employee shortage – much more to this than being reported

The life of a cruise ship doctor – from heart attacks to dealing with death

EMS in Central Mass. request $9.6 million after Steward hospital closure leaves them on ‘verge of collapse’

FDNY reports 67% drop in lithium-ion battery deaths in 2024

This hospital system is improving emergency care in the Myrtle Beach area. Here’s how.

Puff Piece – ‘The city lost its innocence,’ New Orleans EMS chief says after Bourbon Street terror attack

Senate report slams private equity in healthcare

CMS: Health Inflation Rose to 7.5% in 2023, Hospital Costs Up Dramatically

The end of GPS – Quantum Navigation

Medic, Charlotte Fire agree to 6-month contract extension for EMS care

Carter County, KY, EMS medical director accused of inappropriate behavior

Charlotte County FL Fire & EMS deputy chief faces DUI charges in Lee County

US Health Department targets cyber threats with new HIPAA security proposal

North Little Rock’s Emergency Services will get option for live video in 911 calls

Israeli-made AI predicts medical emergencies

EMSA Advancing EMT Training With Innovative Simulation Technology, despite plenty of sick patients

Overdose Death Of PA County EMS Worker Uncovers Online Pharmacy Operation: Police

Pender NC Fire/EMS pushing Union Rescue Squad out of the system

Fire chiefs: EMS response in N. Central Mass. ‘on verge of collapse’ after hospital closing

STC (Vidalia, GA) Celebrates Graduates of Emergency Services Education

First Look – Effingham County GA EMS unveils new-look ambulance

Greenville, SC EMS – 4 EMS staff fired after pictures from Frankie’s death investigation were found on personal phone

ImageTrend Acquires biospatial (ePCR)

Georgia invests over $3.7 million in programs to improve road safety

Embattled Onslow County, NC emergency services director gets new job

FDNY promotes EMS officers

Nevada Law Restricts Public Safety Agencies from Using DJI Drones, Limits Drone as First Responder Applications

Ambulance service and London Luton Airport launch life-saving partnership – Emergency Services Times

Greenville, SC – Multiple EMS staff members fired after potential ‘policy violations’ related to teen’s death at Frankie’s – EMS may have shared pictures of victim

Spanish Army orders 350 new ambulances for €93 million to improve medical evacuation capabilities.

City of Flint mark 3 months of relaunched ambulance service

Effingham County Emergency Medical Services receive 5 new ambulances

Tucker County, WV Ambulance Authority Hears Director Updates

‘Critical incident’: Hundreds of 999 calls unanswered as half of Wales’ ambulances are stuck at hospitals

India’s largest AI-driven ambulance network launched by ZENZO

Northern Ireland – Almost 400 patients waiting for hospital beds. 41 ambulances were queued outside

St. Joseph County first responders use QR bracelets to provide the right care

‘Bills are all made up’: 3 people, 1 accident – and 3 wildly different ambulance charges

New Medical Train for Emergency Aid from Ukrainian Railways – Despite being at war they have running trains

TigerConnect Acquires Twiage, Enhancing Real-Time EMS to Hospital Communication for Streamlined Emergency Care

Darwin Award – Virginia hunter dies after bear falls from tree, lands on him

Report: Most ambulance rides in Colorado billed out-of-network

Tucker County, WV Commission passes fee on outdoor activities to fund ambulances

“President” Biden signs HEARTS Act to provide AEDs and CPR training in schools

Ukrainian Soldier Survives 36 Days With Tourniquet on Injured Limb

Feasibility of Drone AEDs for Faster Response in Rural Areas

Virginia Beach EMS Duty Physician Program Brings the Doctor to the Field

Citizens Must Stay 25 Feet from First Responders Under New Florida Law

GA Dept. of Public Health gets $2.78 million for injury prevention from GOHS

Ambulances put on ‘red alert’ as patients queue outside A&E for 12 hours

PHI medical ambulance service now free for Sumter County, Miss residents

‘Mount Rushmore Of DEI’: How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine

Woke Medical Association Scrubs DEI Info From Website After Brutal Report

Coosa Man Threatens To Shoot EMS “Team”

Cobb Fire rookie rescues victim fresh out of academy

Chesterfield Fire & EMS honors the memory of fallen Veteran Lieutenant

SCTC expands RN Bridge Program to Butts and Jasper counties

Elsmere (NY) Offers Housing to Attract Student Volunteers for EMS

Mobile County, Alabama EMS deploys IV infusion pumps

Chesterfield County Fire and EMS remembers firefighter Brad McNeer – 25th Anniversary of Rescue 49 Crash

Troubled Virginia Office of EMS names DEI hire as new director – Resume is WEAK

Pittsburgh EMS clinches contract deal with raises and new benefits

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare EMS Diversion due to IT Incompetence

Drone could arrive ahead of paramedics and allow a caller to begin giving aid with a defibrillator, a tourniquet, or naloxone

Tunnel to Towers Foundation paid off Mortgage for family of late Mecklenburg County paramedic who died on duty

Acadian Ambulance lies about their emergency response times, Port Arthur terminates Fire Chief for bringing the truth public

“Violent crime is up, and the days where EMS stays in the cold zone, otherwise known as a safe zone, are over,” EMS District Chief Jared Tano told Hawaii News Now. Honolulu (HI) Medics Waste Tax Dollars Body Armor

El Paso Fire Department has new ambulance helicopter, Fire STAR, that will help reduce times in transporting critically injured

Family of GA Teen Hires Civil Rights Lawyer, Ben Crump, in Ambulance Delay Case – Shocker it’s Fulton County

Healthcare broken everywhere – Ambulances spend 15 years waiting to offload patients, figures show

First infrared heating systems fitted to UK patient transport ambulances

Acadian Ambulance leaders named to American Ambulance Association board

New LA EMS Station Will Create Disaster Supply Hub, Improve Response Times

Top leaders of Florida Keys air ambulance indicted by grand jury in stolen drugs case

Study finds lower rates of death from Alzheimer’s disease among taxi and ambulance drivers

Cobb County first responders eligible for PTSD coverage Jan. 1

Georgia Bill Would Legalize Baby Boxes to Fight Infant Abandonment

Ford unveils new law enforcement vehicle

EMS Failures And Tragic Delays Led to the Death of 15-Year-Old Amanda Sylvester | TSR Investigates (just the tip of the iceberg of waste/incompetence in Fulton/Atlanta)

AdventHealth Redmond announces 2024 EMS Service Awards

Brookhaven officials continue fight for faster ambulance response times – Georgia EMS bureaucracy gets in the way

Scottsdale to launch its own ambulance service this weekend – Bye bye private equity

Valdosta Fire Department rescues dogs from house fire

Full 44 minute video, audio sheds light on College Park & Grady ambulance response for volleyball player who collapsed

Atlanta Cop City to open soon

Woke Atlanta Fire Rescue to host “Ladies Night Out” event to recruit female firefighters

Grady EMS says College Park ambulance could have rushed volleyball player who collapsed, later died to hospital

First hyperbaric oxygen ambulance in New Orleans

Program diverting non-urgent 911 calls to Health Link ‘overpromised and under-delivered’

Fort Worth council approves switch from MedStar (Authority model) to fire-based EMS system

Fort Worth takes control of MedStar management, creates new medical director office

Albany Technical College announces first graduates from new Critical Care Paramedic program

Ambulance workers launch indefinite strike in several Quebec regions