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Ute Pass Health Service District’s community paramedics, highlighted in a Presken Consulting study, offer EMS agencies a model to offset savings lost to expected Medicaid cuts straining rural hospitals
Hazmat teams responded to Lenoir’s Prime Recycling warehouse after a white powdery substance went airborne when workers opened boxes, sending 22 people to be examined and sickening staff at a nearby urgent care who treated an exposed patient
The measure will fund 10 new paramedic positions, averting the staffing cuts St. Charles County Ambulance District officials warned would otherwise strain response times amid rising call volume
AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross warn that reimbursement gaps, supply constraints and inconsistent standards threaten the program’s growth
A roughly 30-minute wait for an ambulance during a Lee County-Southern Lee game, in which one player’s parents drove him for treatment, prompted calls for a dedicated county budget line item, though no state law requires on-site ambulances
After dozens of paramedics and officials urged the county to abandon its competitive bidding process, supervisors voted to have staff compare that approach against amending San Luis Ambulance’s existing contract before the RFP is expected to launch in January 2027
Santa Barbara police are investigating a possible link between the race and the hospitalizations, though the event director said medical teams reported nothing unusual beyond typical heat exhaustion and dehydration among the 7,500 registered runners
Sharon Regional Health System dismissed most employees without secured payroll funding as it suspends patient services amid nearly $20 million in unpaid taxes, liens and loans since Tenor Health reopened it in 2025
Flint Fire Department becomes one of just 25 to 30 in the nation with active CAAS accreditation, meeting the highest EMS standards about two years after relaunching its ambulance service following a more than 20-year hiatus
Wapello County’s EMS Advisory Council recommends two round-the-clock ALS crews and a supplemental Ottumwa Fire Department ambulance as a first step, though funding remains uncertain amid a potential levy requiring 60% voter approval