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Confronting New York City’s EMS challenges
San Marcos EMS, the new department staffed largely by familiar paramedics and EMTs, joins San Marcos police and fire as the city’s third emergency service
Merced County’s new 911 Nurse Navigation program aims to free up ambulances for critical emergencies by directing non-life-threatening callers to urgent care, telehealth or home care options instead
Wake County’s program eliminates out-of-pocket costs for emergency ambulance transport within the county for enrolled households, requires existing health insurance to join, and generates about $1.1 million annually for the county’s $92 million EMS budget
Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people
Ransomware group Byod claims it accessed 36,000 systems and patient data, but UNM Health officials say the attack only hit end-user devices, not core servers, as the FBI conducts a forensic analysis following Monday’s two-hour ambulance diversion
The former Trauma Star captain convicted of covering up the chief flight nurse’s theft of fentanyl and other painkillers faces up to 68 years in prison, as Monroe County officials warn a light sentence would discourage future whistleblowers
The boy held onto a rope for about 25 minutes while standing knee-deep in sewage after falling through a foot-wide vent pipe opening at Hickman Sanitation Company in West Chester
A rail control center mistakenly ordered one high-speed train to resume movement while others were stalled, sending it slamming into a stationary train at up to 200 km/h, marking Spain’s second major rail disaster this year
Medics split between 24-hour rotations with long breaks and shorter shifts, while many say pay, overtime and staffing matter more than any schedule