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Grand Blanc Township (MI) Weighs Using Police, Firefighters as EMS Responders

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This includes medical first responders and paramedics. Several officers in the township’s police department have also received some form of medical training, and each of the department’s cars contain first aid equipment such as automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). “We He noted that he is also a paramedic.

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EMS Frontline Fatigue in Focus: A Profile of Intervention Strategies Driving Change

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PA Fire Department, Children’s Hospital Partner for Pediatric EMS Training

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Basic First Aid and emergency response are similar regardless of the patient’s age, but most techniques — including how to evaluate patients for distress — are slightly different for children, said John Erbayri, manager of the Center for Life Support Education & Outreach at CHOP.

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More Elderly Americans Are Choking to Death. Are These Devices the Answer?

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Dr. Nathan Charlton, a University of Virginia professor of emergency medicine who advises the American Red Cross on first aid, said there is limited evidence for the products and that the Red Cross is still evaluating them. When someone is choking, you can try perhaps the oldest form of first aid: back slaps.

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Witnesses Say Man Was Alive, Medics Didn’t Treat Him After Kansas City (MO) Family Dollar Collapse

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DiMartino wouldn’t speak about the Family Dollar case specifically because it’s an ongoing investigation, but said officers in general are trained in a variety of first aid measures and that police communicate with dispatch if they arrive first before medics to coordinate the best response.

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Bobby Sherman, Teen Idol-Turned-Medic, Dies at 81

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After the limelight moved on, Sherman became a certified medical emergency technician and instructor for the Los Angeles Police Department, teaching police recruits first aid and CPR. Sherman said that affinity blossomed when he raised his sons with his first wife, Patti Carnel. He donated his salary. “A

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Scooter-Vehicle Crash in St. Paul (MN) Leaves 14-Year-Old Dead, 13-Year-Old Critically Injured

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Five Injured, Three Critical, After Horrific Head-On Crash in Gloucester (MA) Plane Crash in Northeast Ohio Kills Six People, Reports Say Interstate 35 Reopens in Kansas City (MO) After Crash Leaves Pedestrians in Critical Condition Officers provided first aid and St. The 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital.