EMS News

Tuesday night in his State Of the Union address President Obama used the term Ambulance Driver to describe EMS workers. This comment has sparked outrage in the EMS community

Marie Barone, a 76 year old widower woke up this morning feeling like she had a sinus infection. So she called 911 and asked for an ambulance to take her to the ER.

This week the community of EMS and Public Safety related pages on Facebook lost a dear friend, a man who used the name VooDoo. Here are a few stories about the legend that is VooDoo

A quick trip to McDonald's turned into an embarrassing incident for a new EMT. Danny "Galls" Noonan, a new EMT with Gemenon Township Volunteer Fire Department in rural NY, stopped for lunch with friends at a local McDonald's when another customer standing in line collapsed.

Provisions in Obamacare will make getting approved for an organ transplant much easier. Unfortunately the supply of organs is still very low. So in an effort to get more organs harvested, Paramedics will be trained to accomplish the task, on scene.

For months NY’s Medics and Firefighters have complained about drug shortages. Always just enough to get though the day, they would come close to running out weekly. It seemed just in the nick of time we would get restocked. Well, ...

HIPAA has become a hot button topic for many in public safety. Which now has caused dispatchers to be in the crosshairs of the so-called HIPPA Police.

Last Wednesday the Town of Chester, NY reportedly “Fired” its volunteer EMTs. But in less than a week the town of Chester realized due to their contract with a private EMS provider they could face a major budget shortfall.

While other states are taking a stance to stop 911 abuse by giving fines and arresting abusers, New York is trying something else. New York is now rewarding abusers with dinners, free theater tickets, to encourage 911 calls as a source of revenue.

Casual Dress Fridays are a day many professionals look forward to. Most of these days go without incident, however a recent Casual Dress Friday turned to disaster for one crew of EMTs and Paramedics.