By: Olivia Prondzinski WEST CONCORD, Minn. (KTTC) – Yet another rural community is on the verge of losing its emergency services as communities grapple with low volunteer rates and funding. The city of West Concord has temporarily suspended transportation for its daytime ambulance service. However, the city said residents will not see a major difference…
The Anderson Fire Department reported one injury, and and damage to multiple vehicles following a Thursday morning fire inside a Medshore Ambulance Service garage. The fire started 5:20 a.m. on January 4 inside the garage along Ella Street. Initial reports suggest the incident began when an SUV inside the garage caught fire. there were also…
By: Wes Ogilvie Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is absolutely the practice of medicine. This should be obvious since the M in EMS stands for medical… and we absolutely do diagnose. If you’re either old enough, or nerdy enough, you’ll remember the pilot episode of Emergency! where California had to change its law to allow paramedics…
By: Chris Larabee SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the Deerfield Selectboard’s vote Wednesday afternoon and contract signatures delivered Friday, South County EMS will welcome Auburn Fire Department EMS Coordinator Joshua Sparks as its second-ever chief. Sparks, 48, who has a wide-ranging background in emergency medical services dating back to his first job at 18 years old…
FRANCONIA — The Franconia Board of Supervisors passed a Master Service Agreement at its December meeting naming VMSC Emergency Medical Services (VMSC) as the primary provider of emergency medical services within Franconia Township. “We are proud to be able to expand our services to all of Franconia Township”, said Shane Wheeler, VMSC’s Chief Executive Officer,…
By: Makenzie Huber, Black Hills Pioneer Some South Dakotans who call 911 won’t see an ambulance show up for over half an hour on the western side of the state if they have an emergency. That’s because there simply aren’t enough ambulances to cover the West River region. The problem could worsen as volunteer emergency…
By: Mia Halleröd Palmgren Assessing how seriously injured a person is, involves weighing up lots of different parameters fast. If health care professionals could get support making fast-paced, life-critical decisions from an AI tool, more lives could be saved. This has been shown by research from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, along with the…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In the face of ambulance shortages, firefighters are pulling off improvised rescues amid the struggling paramedic system in Multnomah County. Though rescue workers are trying their best, the shortage of nearly 60 paramedics with the county’s ambulance service, American Medical Response (AMR), means life-threatening situations where every second counts are becoming…
FISHERS, Ind. — WTHR reports Fishers police are investigating a serious crash involving an ambulance Thursday morning. The crash happened on Cumberland Road between 106th and 116th streets. The crash involved a car and a Fishers ambulance 394. At least one person was injured in the crash. The Fishers Fire Department referred questions to the Fishers Police Department. The…