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State Partnership Drives Handtevy Adoption in Indiana, Enhancing Lifesaving Emergency Response for EMS
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04/08/2024

Source: Handtevy

Source: Handtevy
The EMS Division of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and Handtevy launch a transformative initiative to enhance advanced life support across 70 organizations, integrating state-of-the-art technology to forge the future of patient...
The EMS Division of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and Handtevy launch a transformative initiative to enhance advanced life support across 70 organizations, integrating state-of-the-art technology to forge the future of patient...
The EMS Division of the Indiana...
04/08/2024
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National Registry Launches Web Portal with Information on New AEMT and Paramedic Certification Examinations
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04/02/2024

Source: The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

Source: The National Registry of Emer...
The NREMT shared three updates and a new web portal was launched today with important information for the new AEMT Certification Examination and new Paramedic Certification Examination.
The NREMT shared three updates and a new web portal was launched today with important information for the new AEMT Certification Examination and new Paramedic Certification Examination.
The NREMT shared three updates...
04/02/2024
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Baltimore County police officers on Bethlehem Boulevard look at the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a container ship on Tuesday.(Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)
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03/27/2024

By Lia Russell and Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun

By Lia Russell and Dillon Mullan, Bal...
Authorities resumed the search for the six missing construction workers who fell in the Patapsco River after a cargo vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Authorities resumed the search for the six missing construction workers who fell in the Patapsco River after a cargo vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Authorities resumed the search...
03/27/2024
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Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday, March 26, 2024, after a support column was struck by a vessel. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/TNS)
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03/26/2024

By Lorraine Mirabella, Howard County Times, Columbia, Md.

By Lorraine Mirabella, Howard County ...
After a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge and collapsed early Tuesday morning, a massive search and rescue mission has begun.
After a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge and collapsed early Tuesday morning, a massive search and rescue mission has begun.
After a container ship struck...
03/26/2024
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Clark County Jail Gains Naloxone Vending Machine
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03/26/2024

Shari Phiel, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.

Shari Phiel, The Columbian, Vancouver...
This is the county's fourth naloxone vending machine, installed as a measure to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.
This is the county's fourth naloxone vending machine, installed as a measure to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.
This is the county's fourth...
03/26/2024
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An ambulance prepares to depart from the Falck Northern California/ Alameda County headquarters in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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03/25/2024

By Will McCarthy, Bay Area News Group

By Will McCarthy, Bay Area News Group...
Alameda County ambulance company Falck faces criticism from the managers of two Bay Area cities for delayed response times to six medical emergencies in their cities.
Alameda County ambulance company Falck faces criticism from the managers of two Bay Area cities for delayed response times to six medical emergencies in their cities.
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03/25/2024
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Rural WMass Ambulance Service That Almost Closed Gets a Little Help From a Friend
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03/21/2024

By Namu Sampath, masslive.com

By Namu Sampath, masslive.com
After almost closing its doors last year, the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association reached out to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for help.
After almost closing its doors last year, the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association reached out to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for help.
After almost closing its doors...
03/21/2024
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Local Fire Officials and DNR Encourage Spokane Valley Residents to Become Wildfire Ready
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03/20/2024

By Roberta Simonson, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

By Roberta Simonson, The Spokesman-Re...
In a wildfire readiness event in Spokane, Washington on Tuesday, March 19th, local officials educated residents in the Valley's Ponderosa neighborhood on steps they can take to make their homes more fire-safe.
In a wildfire readiness event in Spokane, Washington on Tuesday, March 19th, local officials educated residents in the Valley's Ponderosa neighborhood on steps they can take to make their homes more fire-safe.
In a wildfire readiness event in...
03/20/2024
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FentCheck co-founders Alison Heller and Dean Shold show the function of their FentCheck fentanyl tests strips, provided for free at the Legionnaire Saloon in Oakland, California, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The free test strips can detect the presence of fentanyl in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group/TNS)
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03/18/2024

Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News

Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News ...
To reduce poisonings caused by pills or powders that are unknowingly tainted by fentanyl, advocates are distributing free tests that can quickly detect even tiny traces of the deadly synthetic opioid.
To reduce poisonings caused by pills or powders that are unknowingly tainted by fentanyl, advocates are distributing free tests that can quickly detect even tiny traces of the deadly synthetic opioid.
To reduce poisonings caused by...
03/18/2024
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Bergen County's COVID-19 community walk up testing program in River Vale is held in the parking lot town hall. The program provides salvia diagnostic and antibody tests for the corona virus and is available to all county residents a partnership between the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center. Friday, July 17, 2020.
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03/12/2024

By Karin Price Mueller, Susan K. Livio, Ted Sherman, nj.com

By Karin Price Mueller, Susan K. Livi...
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state New Jersey Department of Health had a plan in place on how to respond. But according to a new report, it did not appear that anyone was aware that the 2015 plan existed.
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state New Jersey Department of Health had a plan in place on how to respond. But according to a new report, it did not appear that anyone was aware that the 2015 plan existed.
Years before the COVID-19...
03/12/2024
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