TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — During Saturday’s Gasparilla events, Tampa Fire Rescue said 36 people “required transport” by ambulance to receive evaluation at nearby medical facilities. Paramedics and medical staff responded to a total of 156 medical calls during the parade, including the 36 transported by EMS. “I am grateful for all of our first responders […]
When the public found out that a patient was forced to the sidewalk on Norton Street and left to collapse on the ground, it raised immediate concerns. “Flabbergasted” was the word Rochester Mayor Malik Evans used to describe his feelings. A longer-term question swirled in the community, too: Would Rochester EMS serve residents better if […]
Multiple investigations are underway following an incident that took place last November in Rochester, New York, where a man was kicked out of an ambulance, then collapsed on the sidewalk in full view of emergency personnel and police officers, and died a few weeks later. Rochester Police released bodycam footage of an encounter on Nov. […]
Jan. 18—The cost of an ambulance ride from the state’s largest medical provider would nearly double if New Mexico regulators approve a rate increase proposed by a nonprofit arm of Presbyterian Healthcare Services. A hearing for Albuquerque Ambulance Service’s request to significantly increase many of the rates it charges for patient transport is scheduled April […]
An aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asked first responders to avoid using lights and sirens in requesting an ambulance be sent to Austin’s northern Virginia home after he had complications from surgery for prostate cancer that he had kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff. Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 and admitted […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s aide asked for the ambulance picking up the Pentagon chief to keep its lights and sirens off during a New Year’s Day call to 911, according to audio of call obtained by Reuters. “Can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? We’re trying to remain […]
Jan. 8—The Delaware County Public Safety Committee discussed building concerns and ambulance service during its monthly meeting Jan. 8. The committee could not vote on anything because it lacked a quorum. Andes Town Supervisor Wayland “Bud” Gladstone and Masonville Town Supervisor Betty Scott attended. Roxbury Town Supervisor Allen Hinkley was absent, and Board Chair Tina […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A TriMet bus driver had to step up as a hero in a pinch during a medical emergency on New Year’s Eve. “I’ve had other people have medical crisis on the bus. Never quite so dramatic,” TriMet Bus Operator Joseph Wiggins told KOIN 6 News. Wiggins explained it happened when he […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The crisis of slow ambulance response times in Multnomah County resulted in an unusual TriMet bus rescue involving the fire department. On Sunday, a medical emergency unfolded on public transport. Things may have taken a traditional route to address the issue if it weren’t for a shortage of nearly 60 paramedics […]
One person is dead after a vehicle crash involving an ambulance on Indianapolis’ north side early Sunday, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. An ambulance was traveling south on Michigan Road when a Chevrolet Silverado lost control and crossed the center line into the path of the emergency vehicle just after 2 a.m. The […]
Human rights organizations have criticized Israel for targeting health facilities and emergency vehicles in its war against Hamas, but a video of a soldier stopping an ambulance at gunpoint is unrelated to the 2023 conflict. The clip spreading online was filmed in the occupied West Bank in 2019. “Israeli forces detain paramedics at gunpoint preventing them from […]
Rapper 2 Chainz was reportedly injured in a Miami car crash early Saturday morning. According to TMZ, which first reported the accident, the 46-year-old Georgia-born rapper, birth name Tauheed Epps, was in a car that was trying to exit Interstate 95 when another car smashed into the back of the car carrying 2 Chainz. 2 […]