The EMS Assessment Team provided a list of recommendations resulting from their findings during the recent community visit and survey of area stakeholder groups. In the 35-page report released at ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Officials from the City of Whittier, Los Angeles County and the L.A. County Fire Department on Thursday, Feb. 9, proudly celebrated the opening of Paramedic ...

EMS providers can play an important role in a patient’s ongoing care and safety. Scene observations of poor or unsafe living conditions, interaction with exhausted caregivers and suspicions of abuse ...

While the majority of emergency medical services (EMS) and fire-rescue agencies provide emergency care to children, pediatric calls are rare. In fact, because many agencies see fewer than eight ...

NHTSA's Office of Emergency Medical Services has published a final report titled "Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System." Created with help from stakeholder groups ...

The “National EMS Assessment,” released in December 2011 by the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS), validates that the fire service is the largest provider of EMS in ...

This is a response to your article “Five Years After Elijah McClain’s Death, What’s Changed About Colorado’s Use of Chemical Restraint?” Ketamine is not the issue with paramedics; the issue is the ...

A grandfather was left dying while a paramedic spent 16 minutes carrying out a health and safety check on his flat. Roy Adams, 61, was told to leave the entrance to his home open for emergency workers ...