Air Ambulance Card to Provide Medical Evacuation Worldwide

July 7th, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

Air Ambulance Card® provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad.


Barriers To Best Resuscitation Practices

July 2nd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Barriers To Best Resuscitation Practices

EMS should have adequate time in the field to give high-quality CPR and other resuscitation efforts before transporting cardiac arrest patients


US: Policeman Fights Paramedics With Patient In Ambulance

May 31st, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

Oklahoma’s Tulsa World newspaper reports on a fight between a brown-shirted highway patrol officer, who has pulled over an ambulance that was racing a patient to hospital, and the paramedic


US: Role of EMTs in executions criticized

May 19th, 2009 by Editor | 6 Comments

US: Role of EMTs in executions criticized

“We have never used any doctors or nurses in the process, and we wouldn’t want to do that because it conflicts with any oath they have taken as it relates to preserving lives”


US: To survive chest discomfort, call 911 sooner, not later

May 14th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Americans with trouble breathing or vague feelings in their chest frequently wait too long before calling 911 and getting the paramedics


US: Jury Finds Paramedic Accused of Assaulting 2 Patients Not Guilty

May 14th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A Cleveland EMS paramedic accused of assaulting two patients in the back of an ambulance has been cleared


US: First Line Technology to Bring AmbuBus Mass Evacuation Capability to New York

May 8th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and most recently Ike, prompted a need for quality, cost effective and resilient evacuation capabilities


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


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”






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