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A Virginia Beach Fire Department report said first responders were pushed and kicked and that EMS vehicles were jumped on after the fatal motorcycle crash
Ambulance services were temporarily diverted after officials say a woman in her 70s lost control of her vehicle and crashed through the ER鈥檚 glass doors
Officials also said high call volumes due to COVID-19 are straining the city鈥檚 EMS system
McLaren Bay Region officials said nonprofit Medstar Ambulance intends to operate from the hospital鈥檚 former EMS stations
Authorities say Keith Peacock, 63, got into the ambulance through the back after asking the crew for a ride
A pursuit ended when police deployed spike strips
Houston Fire Department EMTs were inside a hospital when the rig was stolen
The man who allegedly carried three explosive devices into Stony Brook University was apprehended after the EMT reported him to hospital security
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Some healthcare personnel and other essential workers are questioning why the plan was made exclusive to first responders
Lynn EMT Todd Beaudet was released from Tufts Medical Center and escorted by fellow first responders to a rehabilitation facility
The law increases the penalty for assaults and requires the annual reporting of all assaults to the state health department
The 10-day ban stems from a policy violation that reportedly occurred at the helipad on Sunday
Authorities say the woman stole the rig from outside an emergency room entrance
The man allegedly drove his SUV through the parade that was paying tribute to hospital staff and later crashed during a police chase
In Boston, 911 callers can elect to speak with a physician rather than send an ambulance; in Worcester, EMS providers are equipped with a telehealth mobile app
The man allegedly struck one EMT with his fist and forearm and punched another in the face multiple times
A paper published in the Journal of Rural Health calls for changes to paramedic scopes of practice for airway and ventilator management in response to COVID-19
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Paramedic Kevin Bundy, 33, died from the disease on Sunday and was honored with a procession Tuesday morning
The university, which has been tracking COVID-19 cases worldwide since January, is now publishing data on bed capacity and health insurance for each county
EMT Kevin Leiva, who worked in North Bergen and as a supervisor at Saint Clare鈥檚 Hospital, died on Tuesday
The proposal would shield EMS providers, healthcare workers and hospitals from civil lawsuits as they make difficult decisions during the pandemic
Emergency department staff were brought to tears after 14 off-duty EMS providers and nurses came to assist them
Supporters have raised enough money for Paramedic Kendall Whitaker to take time off work to reunite with her immunocompromised son
EMS providers will be ordered to wait five minutes after reviving a patient to see if their heart stops again before transporting them
The man, who later tested negative for COVID-19, faces three counts of fourth-degree felony assault
The football team鈥檚 aircraft touched down Thursday, bringing needed N95 masks to Massachusetts EMS providers and hospital workers
EMS providers will be required to comply with the binding order, as hospital and ambulance resources are overstretched due to COVID-19
Eleven fire departments in Palm Beach County have agreed to lend their combined 70 ventilators to hospitals if the need arises
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