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Falck Launches in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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With this launch, the global emergency medical services leader brings its internationally recognized standard of care to one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. The company will provide advanced life support, critical care transport, and 911 emergency response—delivering timely, expert care with professionalism and compassion.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

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Enter the Advanced EMT Actually, it’s more complicated. He has 33 years of EMS experience, beginning in the early 1990s, having been certified at various times as a an EMT, an EMT-I, a critical care technician and a paramedic. This was called Critical Care Technician. It’s pretty simple, right?

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EMS is Not a Business Model and We Are Paying the Price

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It made no distinction between someone who received basic life support care or advanced life support. The Economic and Clinical Infrastructure of EMS Is Under Siege These proposed reforms, if implemented, would have devastating, systemic consequences for emergency care in the United States.

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Dispute Over Ambulance Service in CT Town: ‘It’s Really About Life or Death’

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For years, WEMSA had held the rights to be Wethersfield’s primary emergency medical provider, even though it didn’t have paramedics trained in advanced life support. The town has proposed designating Aetna as its ambulance provider; WEMSA has cautioned that this would risk slower responses and higher expenses.