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 ...

When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health awarded the local paramedic the “Community Star” award -- a ...

May 26—Emergency medical services from the comfort of ... your couch ? A new state law passed earlier this year will allow EMS personnel to do just that for people with certain medical conditions. The ...