Supporters say Senate Bill 269 will protect patients and keep rural EMS services running. Insurance-backed groups say it will raise costs.
In Amherst, this year’s Blarney Blowout ended with fewer arrests, fewer ambulance calls, and a plan to keep it that way.
Last year, Deer Park Ambulance used more than $18,000 just to replace an engine. The ambulance service posted on Facebook in January hoping community members would donate to help with future repair ...
A Seattle woman waited more than 10 hours for a nurse-ordered ambulance, raising concerns about the city’s 911 nurse triage system and response standards.
Many cities, like Seattle, have added 911 nurse lines in recent years. But some have equipped their systems with more ...
A public feud in Clinton Township is raising questions about EMS response models, as officials push for more EMT-based responses while firefighters warn reducing paramedic staffing could cut advanced ...
A Saturday night medical call in Northwest D.C. turned chaotic when a 48-year-old patient allegedly pulled a knife on first responders inside an ambulance on the 3700 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW, ...
Weeks after the woman repeatedly called Seattle 9-1-1 for an ambulance, her decomposing body was found in her bedroom.
Her calls were routed into Seattle's nurse-navigation line, where a nurse ultimately requested an ambulance through American Medical Response (AMR). That crew later reported "patient not found" and ...
In Northfield, about 45 miles south of Minneapolis, ICE agents have been sitting in their cars for hours at least twice a ...
Seattle no longer is capping ambulance wait times for certain 911 patients, tracking those waits or penalizing its contractor ...