Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lake-Sumter Emergency Medical Services has been awarded a second grant from the state Department of Transportation to continue a child-passenger safety program in Lake and Sumter counties.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The number of Maryland medevac transports have dropped significantly since new protocols were put in place after a fatal crash, prompting lawmakers today to question how many helicopters are needed to replace the state's aging fleet.Donald DeVries, chairman of the State Emergency Medical Services Board, and Dr. Robert Bass, who is the director of the Maryland Institute for ...
The Street (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... to $7.46. In the same note, Borsch singled out two stocks to avoid: ambulance services provider Emergency Medical Services( - - ) and medical laboratory and research products company Quest Diagnostics( - - )EMS stock fell 96 cents, or 2.8%, to $32.96, and Quest shares fell $3.26, or 7%, to $43.31.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... rush hours, accounting for more than 49 hours of lost service last year.Paramedics from Toronto Emergency Medical Services on hand at the station during the morning and afternoon rush hours have been able to respond to 70 per cent of all subway passenger illness and injury calls since the pilot began. The hope is to increase that to 95 per cent, said Paul Raftis, manager of EMS operations."The...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... home, that's a problem."As part of a push to quiet Scalea's scalpel, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems is launching an "It's been done to death" campaign to persuade impaired people to put down their car keys.Police officers, paramedics and others will be calling local radio stations - 98 Rock is the partner here - and alerting motorists about sobriety checkpoints,...
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... extinguish the flames. Traffic was backed up in both direction as the thick smoke clouded the air. Emergency Medical Services, St. Croix Rescue, Fire Services and additional police officers responded to the scene. Rescue volunteers cut the top off of the vehicle to gain access to the body, but Rames said the individual inside was burned beyond recognition. Police said it may take some time...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... Mobile Home Park, 12701 126th Ave. N., said Michael Wallace, chief of Largo Fire Rescue. A Sunstar Emergency Medical Services two-person ambulance crew showed up before firefighters, Wallace said. The emergency medical technician and paramedic went to the front door, found the woman unconscious and took her to the ambulance, Wallace said.She was the sole occupant."If this woman lives, it...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... debate over the appropriate use of helicopters for trauma patients.The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems has already made one change in the state's triage process in response to the crash, telling ambulance crews to consult with a hospital before calling a helicopter for patients without obvious injuries. Previously ambulance crews could call for a helicopter themselves,...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... debate over the appropriate use of helicopters for trauma patients.The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems has already made one change in the state's triage process in response to the crash, telling ambulance crews to consult with a hospital before calling a helicopter for patients without obvious injuries. Previously ambulance crews could call for a helicopter themselves,...
