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A small plane headed to Jamaica for hurricane relief went down shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

Police say the 22-year-old driver was fleeing state troopers when he struck more than a dozen people outside a popular nightlife spot in Tampa

The Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado honors Chief James Robinson for his leadership in transforming Thompson Valley EMS into a model agency, emphasizing teamwork, integrity and service

With nearly 20% of 116,000 ambulance calls in 2024 deemed non-emergencies, Contra Costa County leaders launched the campaign to teach residents how to seek the right level of care

Pridestar Trinity EMTs Alex Hatfield and Danielle Chambers, with Paramedic Sean McCormack, revived the Housing Authority official after he went into cardiac arrest at a city intersection

Despite slow-response complaints and a critical consultant review, DeKalb commissioners are poised to approve a five-year deal with AMR

A man escorted out of Loretto Hospital stole an idle Cicero ambulance, triggering a police pursuit that included gunfire and ended in multiple crashes and several injuries

WakeMed Campus Police Officer Roger Smith was fatally shot inside the Garner Healthplex emergency department

Through AI-powered processes, built-in checklists, guided workflows, and real-time validation, First Due eliminates manual coordination

Flight Nurse/Paramedic Allan Williams was killed, while Paramedic Andrew Sikes and the pilot remain hospitalized

Bystanders, park staff and rescue teams performed CPR and executed a two-hour technical evacuation after a 70-foot fall on Eldorado Canyon’s Chockstone Route

In a rain-soaked, full-scale exercise, UNCG students triaged "victims," staffed field tents and coordinated with EMS

The Vanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter with a crew of three crashed in Wilson County

Hamilton County pairs paramedics with peer recovery specialists to respond on scene, connect people to treatment, funded by opioid settlement dollars

Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineers are creating palm-sized drones that use echolocation to navigate in darkness, smoke and storms

Erlanger's new cross-training program lets officers provide lifesaving care before ambulances arrive, improving coordination between police and fire

Firefighters, technical rescue crews and a heavy wrecker spent two hours stabilizing a collapsed second floor and lifting the tree

The EMS Compact-backed observance, held Nov. 10–16, honors the impact of student-run EMS programs across 43 states, five Canadian provinces and Jamaica

A man fainted during an event on obesity medications, drawing immediate response from Dr. Oz, who is the Trump administration's CMS administrator, and medical staff

The nationwide contest will award one grand prize winner a $25,000 cash prize for the most innovative app idea