California Casualty

MAY 16, 2025

You run toward danger, answer the call in the toughest moments, and shoulder the weight of other people’s emergencies. But who looks out for you? For first responders, the toll of constant stress, trauma, and long shifts can quietly accumulate—until it erupts as burnout, anxiety, or worse.

First Responder 147

First Responder OR Firefighter 147

JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

Michael Santorelli shares his experience at the FDNY Search & Rescue Field Medicine Symposium, highlighting intense training, teamwork and professional growth.

Field Medicine 105

Field Medicine EMT EMT Paramedic 105

EMCrit Project

MAY 16, 2025

I'm writing a letter to the editor in response to a recent article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. I'm posting it here rather than submitting it to the journal to avoid burying it behind a paywall (and because I have the attention span of an intensivist hopped up on lots of coffee). First, I […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

Mason Citywill premiere a specialty response team to handle to emergency calls regarding mental illness or chronic substance use disorders this summer.

Mobile Integrated Health 52

Mobile Integrated Health Community Paramedicine OR Paramedicine 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 16, 2025

I walked down Karangahape Road to meet an old friend for dinner the other night. For those unfamiliar with the so-called K Road, its a vibrant, bustling, noisy street in the heart of Auckland, a hub of diversity and colour. When I was a kid, it was the strip club street, with enormous billboards featuring bare-breasted women and high heels leaving little to the imagination and prostitutes on every corner after dark.

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OR E-9-1-1 109

JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

New Mexico announced two new measles cases Thursday and North Dakota added one.

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JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

Shelby County is spending $3.1 million on new ambulances to improve emergency response times.

Ambulance 52

Ambulance ALS Emergency Response EMS 52

JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

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Overdose 98

JEMS

MAY 16, 2025

A Kansas paramedic died in the line of duty after experiencing cardiac arrest during a call, Butler County EMS said Friday.

Paramedic 105

Paramedic EMS 105