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Documentary on the Life and Legacy of James O. Page Will Inform and Inspire

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The… EMS Training News News Feed Georgia Headlines Baltimore to Downgrade Some ALS Units as Staffing Shortages Persist The Baltimore City Fire Department is preparing to downgrade four Advanced Life Support (ALS) units to Basic Life Support (BLS) starting next month.

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Falck Launches in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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The company will provide advanced life support, critical care transport, and 911 emergency response—delivering timely, expert care with professionalism and compassion. Falck Southwest begins operations in Fort Worth and plans to rapidly expand its presence across the broader DFW area. 321 hit and killed a pedestrian.

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AmeriPro Health Bolsters Mississippi Presence with New Emergency Services Agreement in George County

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AmeriPro will provide two advanced life support (ALS) ambulance trucks 24 hours a day, and a full suite of advanced technology and equipment, including state-of-the-art cardiac monitoring, LUCAS devices capable of delivering automated chest compressions during a cardiac arrest, ZOLL ventilators, and other high-tech patient care tools.

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Lifesaving Whole Blood Program Begins in CO

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We know that putting blood in the hands of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs is the first step in saving those lives.” “About 40% of the people who bleed to death do so before they get to one of our hospitals. “That 40% is why we’re here today. The others are in Clear Creek and Grand counties.

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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

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1 min read EMS Recruitment & Retention News News Feed Headlines Maryland Documentary on the Life and Legacy of James O. Roy Danks provides a humorous yet evidence-based takedown of the long spine board. Shannon Haley, a paramedic with the Scarborough Fire Department.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

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A Team-Based ALS Approach And then again, some agencies take a completely different approach and assign advanced EMTs exclusively to work with a paramedic in the ALS ambulance whenever possible. Chris Swanson is an enthusiastic, relatively new EMT with Sand Lake Ambulance who recently made the jump to Advanced EMT.

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Baltimore to Downgrade Some ALS Units as Staffing Shortages Persist

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Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 President Matt Coster criticized the decision, telling WMAR the change could put lives at risk as units respond with fewer paramedics. The ALS units, staffed by paramedics, are being downgraded as part of strategy to address chronic staffing shortages and ballooning overtime costs.

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