Emergency Medical Services (EMS/EMT): Getting Started
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News from EMS1.com
- Idaho paramedic killed in crash on way home from workThis link opens in a new windowJan 7, 2025Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from his home when a driver passing a truck struck Hansen head-on
- Kan. FFs cook and deliver food to snowed-in hospital staffThis link opens in a new windowJan 7, 2025An Overland Park ambulance crew "raided their own pantry" after they found an empty ED snack room and nurses held over due to the snow
- 20 injured in fire at Pa. nursing homeThis link opens in a new windowJan 7, 202512 residents and three staff members of the Mount Carmel Senior Living Community were among those transported to a hospital
- NYC EMS union urges members to transfer due to congestion feeThis link opens in a new windowJan 6, 2025An advisory was sent to the city's 270 EMTs and paramedics assigned to the three EMS stations in Midtown and Lower Manhattan to transfer out of the borough
- $2M grant helps N.H. FD take over hospital's ALS serviceThis link opens in a new windowJan 6, 2025Grant funding and a donation will allow the Plaistow Fire Department to begin a pilot paramedic intercept program
- Social Security Fairness Act signed into law, boosting retirement benefits for first respondersThis link opens in a new windowJan 5, 2025The new law eliminates provisions that reduced benefits for retired first responders and other public servants, offering retroactive and future payment increases
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