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Tampa Father Dies After Ambulance Breaks Down
 
TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS ABC Action News) — A local father died after his ambulance broke down and it took nearly an hour to get him to the hospital. The ABC Action News I-Team uncovered that this failure is part of a record of repair problems and an even bigger problem putting the public at risk.
When Richard Bateman, a 50-year-old father who traveled the world playing with heavy metal bands, collapsed in his living room on Septemeber 5, his wife Amy called 911.
A Tampa Fire Rescue engine and ambulance arrived within minutes. But when they tried to drive him to the hospital, the ambulance wou...
Source: JEMS Operations - November 13, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Adam Walser (WFTS ABC Action News) Tags: Ambulances & Vehicle Ops News News Videos Source Type: news
American Samoans Raise their Voices and Lend a Hand in Fighting California Wildfires
Firefighters from the American territory of American Samoa raise their voices and sing inspiring songs as they battle the wildfires still burning in Northern California. (Video courtesy CBS News.)
Source: JEMS Operations - August 22, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: CBS News Tags: News News Videos Operations Source Type: news
Fox News Host, Family Injured in Crash in Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Fox News host Bret Baier and his family survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana after the television anchor's SUV slid on an icy road, collided with a pickup truck and turned over in a ditch, authorities said Tuesday.
Baier, the executive editor of Fox News Channel's "Special Report," said that after a weekend of skiing he was driving to the airport on icy roads outside Bozeman with his wife and their two sons on Monday when the crash happened.
"I hit a big patch of ice and I could not stop our SUV," Baier said at the end of his show on Tuesday. "We slid into the intersect...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 23, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Rescue & Vehicle Extrication News Operations Source Type: news
Two Adults Dead, Two Children Rescued After Fall From Cliff
GOWANDA, N.Y. (CBS News)-- Police in western New York say two adult hikers died and one of their children was hurt when they fell from a cliff.
Authorities say the bodies of 35-year-old Amanda Green and 33-year-old William Green, both of Buffalo, were discovered along with their injured 4-year-old son in Zoar Valley around 12:47 p.m. Sunday. The couple's 7-year-old son was found unharmed.
According to Erie County Sheriff's spokesman Scott Zylka, the 4-year-old was airlifted to Women and Children's Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. The 7-year-old was being evaluated.
Source: JEMS Operations - August 21, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: CBS News Tags: News Videos Operations Source Type: news
Coast Guard Conducts Risky Rescue Operations Amid Houston Flooding
Houston, Texas (CBS News) - The enormous scale of the flooding crisis in Houston is clear by the size of the rescue operations. The U.S. Coast Guard has deployed more than 500 service members to Texas and more teams are on the way.
"CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell and her team got a rare look inside the Coast Guard's Houston-area command posts and saw true teamwork in action.
Before the Coast Guard rescue teams can get to work outside, they get their marching orders from command post headquarters. The center is an operations hub for not just the Coast Guard, but for local law enfor...
Source: JEMS Operations - August 29, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: CBS News Tags: Major Incidents News Videos Operations Source Type: news
Medical Helicopter Crashes in Arkansas, Three Crew Members Killed
Arkansas (ABC News) - A medical helicopter crashed in eastern Arkansas on Sunday, killing three crew members on board, authorities said.
The air ambulance was not transporting patients at the time of the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The helicopter belonged to Pafford EMS, according to a statement posted on the company's Facebook page. Read more...
Source: JEMS Operations - November 20, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Karma Allen, ABC News Tags: News Videos Operations Source Type: news
Flight Medics, Nurses in NM Provide Crucial Rural Lifeline
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Source: JEMS Operations - January 3, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed Flight Medic New Mexico Source Type: news
NY Dispatcher Coaches Couple as Baby is Born in Parking Lot
Maki Becker
The Buffalo News, N.Y.
(MCT)
The husband sounded nervous.
“My wife’s in labor. I think she’s actually going to have… just deliver… right now.”
Calling 911 from an empty parking lot near Buffalo Niagara International Airport, he could tell that his wife, Cassandra, wasn’t going to make it to the hospital.
The Cheektowaga public safety dispatcher sounded steady and reassuring.
Dispatcher Jennifer Mazgajewski would help the couple make it through the next eight harrowing minutes — an exchange captured on an audio recording of...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 24, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Communications & Dispatch News News Feed New York Source Type: news
Front Lines of Coronavirus: OH Medical Helicopter Nurse Knows How Quickly Life Can Change
Chris Stewart
Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio
(MCT)
Dec. 26—A constant witness to the fragility of life, Jessica Oakley offers advice in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Something this job has really taught me is how quickly life can change,” she said. “I wish everyone had that realization so that everyone makes the most of what time they have and to not hold grudges.”
A flight nurse on board Premier Health’s CareFlight since 2013, Oakley said her job can be both heartbreaking and rewarding.
“I see people that are having probably one of th...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 28, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed COVID-19 Flight Medic Source Type: news
Community Mourns Loss of North Carolina Firefighter, Diver
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Source: JEMS Operations - June 7, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Operations News Videos Source Type: news
'Accidental Fentanyl Overdose is Not a Thing'
"Fake news" stories that tell tales of law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel being hurt or injured by touching or inhaling fentanyl are prevalent today. In this article from Emergency Medicine News, author Dan Runde, MD, fact checks these "stories" and addresses the fear these articles spread--fear that's promtping unnecessary expenditures on overprotecting first responders and medical personnel as well as potentiallty harming patients.
Read more at Emergency Medicine News.
Editor's Take: JEMS was alerted to this excellent article in Emergency Medicine News by S...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 12, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News Operations Source Type: news
Urbana (OH) Firefighter Receives Honors for EMS Coordination, COVID-19 Tasks
Natalie Jones
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio
(MCT)
Dec. 21—The Urbana Fire Division selected John Flora as the 2020 Firefighter of the year for his work as the division’s EMS coordinator and his efforts related to the coronavirus pandemic.
“John was awarded this honor for his work as the Division’s EMS Coordinator and assistance in creating Emergency Temporary Measures that have driven policies in helping keep our community and personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic,” a Facebook post on the Urbana Fire Division’s page said.
Flora has worked for the Ur...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 22, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed Ohio Source Type: news
Children Get Toys from Santa in Event Honoring Slain FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo
John Annese
New York Daily News
(MCT)
Pandemic or not, Santa Claus delivered thousands of toys to children in the Bronx — all in the name of slain FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo.
Arroyo’s family members dressed like Santa and Mrs. Claus and handed out toys to more than 2,000 children who lined up with their families outside the playground named after the heroic first responder Wednesday afternoon.
“We were supposed to do this between 2 and 5:30. By 1 o’clock the lines were around the corner, so we started right away,” said former EMS union head Israel Miranda, who helped organize t...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 24, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Spotlight EMT New York Source Type: news
Firefighters Honor Volunteer EMT Killed at WA Hospital
Mallory Gruben
The Daily News, Longview, Wash.
(MCT)
Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Chief Dave LaFave said he first met Liliya Zagariya as he does most of the people working with his fire department — over a conversation at a table in the station’s break room.
The 20-year-old’s positive attitude and big dreams to become a paramedic, despite the long and intensive path to get there, stood out to LaFave. Though she had only spent about eight months as a volunteer emergency medical technician with the department, she was quickly working her way into the Cowlitz 2 “family,” La...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 31, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: News News Feed Source Type: news
