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US: Dad Has Seizure, Daughter Arrested For Calling Police

May 4th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

The satire news site Anorak News has a very funny but also somewhat disturbing item in its ‘Strange but true’ section about a 17 year old girl who calls 911 after her father has a seizure


Canada: U. S. to let ambulances through border without passports.

May 3rd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

U.S. Homeland Security has agreed not to require passports from patients and paramedics rushing by ambulance for emergency care


Australia: Ambos adopt a no-risk policy on swine flu

May 3rd, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

Ambulance officers are making their own calls on whether to wear super-protective spacesuit-style clothes during the swine flu scare


Australia:Emergency call op ‘very sorry’ about call

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

An ambulance call operator has apologised for the way she handled emergency phone calls made by a Sydney schoolboy, who died while bushwalking in the Blue Mountains


US: It pays EMTs to dot I’s and cross T’s

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Las Vegas’ emergency medical technicians and paramedics are paid extra for properly filling out paperwork after transporting someone to the hospital


US: “Andy’s Amazing Ambulance Ride” Thrills Kids, Combines Safety Education With Interactive Fun

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulances are usually associated with emergency response, not prevention. But thanks to full-time Emergency Medical Technician Mike Fox and his sidekick — a little robot named “Andy”


US: Jackson vehicle ‘crashes into ambulance’

April 24th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Michael Jackson’s car has reportedly crashed into an ambulance. Emergency services technician Jamin Mauro claimed that he was attending to a medical call in Beverly Hills when his stationary vehicle was struck by a large black SUV


US: Assaulting Paramedic Now Felony

April 23rd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

It is a very dangerous job without much back-up, paramedics are assaulted in the line of duty. Lawmakers are hoping to change all that with a new measure


US: Help Arrives For 700-Pound Woman

April 23rd, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

At 700 pounds, she could not leave her own home to get the medical help she needs


Canada: Hospital staff call ambulance for man outside ER

April 23rd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Witnesses were outraged after staff at Saskatoon City Hospital insisted upon phoning an ambulance for an unresponsive patient discovered outside the hospital’s emergency room doors






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