As former emergency medical services (EMS) workers, Dave Hostler and Brian Clemency know how challenging it can be to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working long shifts at odd hours. That’s why ...

When you call 911, you expect a quick response. In Dekalb County, a study found that EMS response times could be more than 20 minutes. The recommended standard nationally for basic life support is ...

At Tuesday's Lawrence County Commissioners meeting, they got a proposal from a pre-med student to have the county's EMTs participate in a study about the effects of their job on their body. Lawrence ...

Research out of Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health determined that emergency medical technicians and paramedics are 14 times more likely to be violently injured on the job than the ...

The “National EMS Assessment,” released in December 2011 by the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS), validates that the fire service is the largest provider of EMS in ...

Montgomery County has kicked off an ambitious effort to study and assess willing Emergency Medical Services providers with an eye toward helping the companies become more sustainable and provide the ...

In the next three years, about 400 people on the brink of death will be part of a study for which they did not volunteer. In Clackamas, Washington counties and Clark County, Wash., paramedics ...

BRATTLEBORO — A group hired to evaluate paths forward for providing emergency medical services in town developed criteria for the project and is receiving public feedback. Preliminary findings of a ...