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A Bus Aims to Close This VA City’s Ongoing Healthcare Gap With Free Services
Newport News Fire Department launched a free Community Health Bus with partners in November 2025, offering screenings, crisis help and referrals, and it won a Virginia Municipal League innovation award.
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Wapello County (IA) EMS Plan Calls for Two Around-the-Clock ALS Crews
Wapello County EMS Advisory Council recommended two ALS crews, a six-spoke EMS system, and an Ottumwa Fire Department backup ambulance.
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‘We Have People Screaming for Help’: Details of CA Medical Chopper Crash Emerge
A medical transport helicopter crashed off Santa Catalina Island, killing a pilot and a nurse. One patient remains missing, and two others survived.
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School Bus Crashes Into Building in CT Sending 11 People to Hospital
A small school bus carrying Region 12 School District students veered off South Grand Street in Suffield and struck a building Thursday, sending 11 people to hospitals with minor injuries.
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The Staffing Crisis Starts Between Calls
Peer mentorship helps new EMTs stay in EMS, while repeated rotations and weak support leads them to resign.
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Mechanical Ventilation During Critical Care Transport of Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Physiology-Guided Cohort Analysis
This review examines mechanical ventilation considerations for patients on circulatory support in critical care and rural EMS.
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The AI Chief
EMS chiefs and administrators are using AI to draft policies, answer emails, and analyze data, raising concerns that leadership may become less human and less connected to field realities.
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The EMS Psyche: Identity, Burnout, and the Culture We Pass On
EMS clinicians face burnout, moral distress, and psychological strain from repeated trauma, limited resources, and chronic sleep disruption.
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Severe Hyperthermia as a Reversible Cause of Collapse in the Prehospital Setting
Heat stroke is a time-critical emergency defined by hyperthermia with central nervous system dysfunction.
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The Clinical Utility of 15-Lead ECGs
Posterior and right-sided ECG leads can improve STEMI detection and help guide treatment of complications.
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Deaths of Students at the University of Mississippi Cast Spotlight on Kratom
Lafayette County Metro Narcotics urged people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of it while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students.
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The State of EMS Blood Programs: Growth, Advocacy, and Operational Challenges
As prehospital blood programs grow, agencies should be aware of patient need, supplier partnerships, funding, standards, and documentation.
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Prehospital Whole Blood Pilot Program Comes to West TX
Texas J Regional Advisory Council, Medical Center Hospital, and Rankin County EMS are implementing the Prehospital Whole Blood Pilot Program in West Texas.
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Medical Oversight as a Foundational Requirement for High-Reliability EMS Systems
Medical oversight helps EMS systems improve clinical governance, reduce care variability, strengthen accountability, and advance patient safety.
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- Mechanical Ventilation During Critical Care Transport of Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Physiology-Guided Cohort Analysis
- Signals and Noise: Vents and Obstructive Lung Disease – Part 2
- Friday Night Lights: Shift 24 – The Flatline That Wasn’t the Heart
- Signals and Noise: Vents and Obstructive Lung Disease – Part 1
- Prehospital Intubation: What the Evidence Actually Says
Body of NC Army Medic Returns to Wake County After Deadly Training Accident
Body of Army medic Pvt. 1st Class Ethan Brewer returned home to the Triangle after a training accident at Fort Hood, Texas.
Former Houston Fire Department EMS Physician Director Dead at 66
Retired Houston Fire Department EMS physician director Dr. David Persse, 66, died Monday after a spinal injury while swimming off Hermosa Beach, California.
Virtual
Upcoming
Oct 05
Beyond the Ambulance: An Overview of Mobile Integrated Health at Austin-Travis County (TX) EMS
October 5, 2026 – 1 p.m. ET | This webinar will provide a high-level overview of the programs within the ATCEMS Clinical Navigation Division, including community paramedicine, case management, clinical communications and navigation, substance-use response, street medicine, behavioral health initiatives, pop-up resource clinics, and alternative pathways for low-acuity 911 callers.
Virtual
Upcoming
Oct 07
Closing the Safety Gap: From Resistance to Advocacy in Ambulance Safety
October 7, 2026 – 1 p.m. ET | This webinar explores how EMS leaders can drive meaningful safety improvements through education, leadership, SOPs, and proven change-management strategies.
Sponsored By:
IMMI
IMMI
Virtual
Upcoming
Oct 13
A Modern Learning Management System for Fire & EMS: Training That Connects Readiness, Compliance, and Performance
October 13, 2026 – 12 p.m. ET | Join us for a live webinar where Kevin Gardiner and Jeff Schneider of Clarion pull back the curtain on the Elite Learning Management System.
Sponsored By:
ImageTrend
ImageTrend
Virtual
Upcoming
Oct 15
Advancing EMS Hemorrhagic Shock Management: New Bleeding Control Technologies and Blood Product Management
October 15, 2026 – 1 p.m. ET | In this webinar, we will explore practical ways to strengthen prehospital hemorrhagic shock management, from the point of injury through agency-wide implementation.
Sponsored By:
TacMed Solutions
TacMed Solutions
