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Cervical collars are applied to blunt trauma patients all the time. And most of the time, the neck is fine. It’s just those few patients that have a fracture or ligamentous injury that really need it.

Source: Spalding Today - The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) launched a six-month pilot scheme across the region in partnership with its six fire and rescue services. For Derbyshire, Humberside, Leicestershire and Rutland,…

BANKS COUNTY, Ga. - Clayton Martin was a volunteer firefighter for the Clarksville Fire Department. At 6'8", he dominated the basketball court. The gentle giant hoped to become a pastor. He drowned before that happened. Those sent to rescue…

Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped.

Frequentis, a global leader of NG911 and command and control center solutions is announcing the release of PROTECT™ Consolidated Dispatch at the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Annual Conference & Expo in…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) and Body Worn Video (BWV) will be key talking points at this year’s free-to-attend Emergency Services Show, which takes place the NEC in Birmingham on 23 and 24 September. Very much under the…

A new app called AddressIQ hopes to reduce unnecessary medical emergency calls by linking addresses to 911 dispatches. In the city of Long Beach there is a small number of people making too many 911 calls for medical assistance. This is…

A stroke may leave you incapable of identifying what's wrong, so help from others can be critical Even Canada's top doctor had trouble recognizing when he was having a stroke, a critical step in getting care to reduce the risk of death and…

FLORIDA TODAY - A Brevard County paramedic was sentenced to spend a year on probation today in connection with an incident involving a patient being dumped on to a hospital floor. The sentence was handed down today after Kenneth Hallenbeck,…

There is no substitute for proper training. However, emergencies wait for no one. Here are some guidelines for infants and children CPR.