A child died after a faulty satnav caused an ambulance to arrive late, a coroner heard last week. Nine-year-old Corey Seymour suffered heart failure last September following an asthma attack at home. An ambulance took 24 minutes to arrive, despite an eight-minute target response time. West Midlands Ambulance Service has since admitted problems with a [...] read more..
A systematic review on ambulance personnel found that ambulance workers have a higher mortality rate, higher level of fatal accidents and higher rate of early retirement on medical grounds than the general working population. However, a survey among ambulance personnel indicates that they report lower levels of anxiety and depression symptoms, and tend to avoid [...] read more..
Bristol paramedics are set to take part in a study to find the best way of resuscitating patients whose hearts have stopped. Less than a fifth of patients who suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital currently survive and a study is being held in the city to establish how paramedics might improve rates of [...] read more..
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Schertz police have accused a man of rear-ending an ambulance while driving drunk. Mario Alberto Torres, 27, was held in the Guadalupe County Jail on one count of accident involving damage to a vehicle greater than $200 and driving while intoxicated. A judge set bail at $4,000. Torres had brought his car [...] read more..
We enter a time where the EMS Career field changes with every passing day. To have a successful organization we need to change with the times. It’s this change that always seems to bring stress even into the best of organizations. Join Chris Cebollero as he discusses Change Management with Don Lundy, Patrick Pianezza, JB Guiton and [...] read more..
Some doctors are refusing to visit elderly care home residents, a BBC investigation has found. Instead they are offering a diagnosis over the phone which care home managers say is unsatisfactory and dangerous. In one case, care home records show a GP refused or reluctantly made a visit to a man suffering from pneumonia on [...] read more..
After years of controversy and cuts, a Haverhill Firefighter (the representative of Local 1011) told reporters that the mayor should be charged with murder after the death of an 84 year old citizen in a house fire. Today, that firefighter offered his apology. [Read the whole story here...] read more..
Good Morale is one of the cornerstones to a successful organization. How do we best develop a good and positive morale for all our employees? Join Chris Cebollero and his guests Don Lundy, Bob Waddell and JB Guiton as they discuss the components of developing great organizational morale. read more..
East Midlands ambulance service trust is piloting a new project that allows specially trained paramedics to decide whether patients should be treated at home, or referred to a GP or walk-in centre. The trial is part of the trust’s plans to keep people out of hospital where possible in an effort to cut the strain [...] read more..
This week we talk about Oxygen and what makes a good medical director. Is there such a thing as too much? What makes a good Medical Director? This was started by Dr. Keith Wesley’s recent article on JEMS.com Paying for your medical director? $10 per run for Paramedic Service, $2 per run for a BLS [...] read more..
With the recent rash of Multiple Casualty Incidents we talk about MCI’s that we have been involved in. Skip has a new toy it transports 14 patients at once. Very cool! Then our good friend Tom Reynolds talks about how a recent court decision in the UK has caused bloggers to run and stop blogging. [...] read more..
