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AMBULANCE CREWS RISK BURNOUT WITH 1,000 POSTS VACANT
Ambulance services in England are short of almost 1,000 frontline staff, including paramedics, job vacancy figures reveal... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND'S TOP PARAMEDICS GAIN RIGHT TO PRESCRIBE MEDICINES
Rather, they will be able to start treatment without delay, which for some will be critical, said Rachel Power, the chief executive of the Patients Association... READ MORE›
EMT TO BE CHARGED IN ALLEGED ASSAULT ON CO-WORKER IN BACK OF AMBULANCE
The Emergency Medical Technician was accused of licking the woman's breasts and stomach while she was passed out in the back of an ambulance on July 16, 2017, the source said... READ MORE›
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'IT WAS MANIC': PATIENTS DESCRIBE MELTDOWN AT WORCESTERSHIRE HOSPITAL
Senior doctor calls health service 'broken' after deaths of two patients left to wait on trolleys at Worcestershire Royal hospital... READ MORE›
30 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN COLLAPSE OF HIGH-RISE IN IRAN
A high-rise building in Tehran, Iran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze... READ MORE›
PHOTO OF QUEENSLAND PARAMEDICS GRANTING PATIENT'S DYING WISH MAKES HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD
This story told to us by Helen Donaldson, the officer-in-charge of Hervey Bay, is too good not to share, the QAS wrote on its Facebook page... READ MORE›
DRAYTON MANOR THEME PARK DEATH: GIRL, 11, DIES AFTER FALLING FROM SPLASH CANYON WATER RIDE WHILE ON ISLAMIC SCHOOL TRIP
The girl, who was on a school trip, fell from the Splash Canyon water ride at Tamworth-based Drayton Manor Theme Park on Tuesday afternoon... READ MORE›
BRITISH MAN ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWS 6-INCH DOVER SOLE FISH
A British man's heart stopped after he accidentally swallowed a 6-inch long Dover sole on a fishing trip in Boscombe, in southern England... READ MORE›
PARAMEDICS TAKING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DAYS A YEAR OFF SICK WITH STRESS
The London ambulance service has lost the most paramedic days through stress... READ MORE›
DOCTOR, OC TRANSPO SUPERVISOR LAUDED FOR HELPING PASSENGER WHO COLLAPSED
As Ben Fadel began performing CPR, the driver alerted his supervisor, who happened to be just behind his bus... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA MINIBUS CRASH KILLS 20 CHILDREN
A minubus crashed and burned on Friday killing at least 20 children in a horrific traffic accident outside the South African capital Pretoria... READ MORE›
CITY ORDERED TO REINSTATE END-OF-SHIFT POLICY FOR PARAMEDICS
But the union representing paramedics argued keeping ambulance crews active until the end of their shift meant paramedics weren't able to complete their end-of-shift duties without logging overtime... READ MORE›
BIG-HEARTED PARAMEDICS WHEEL DYING PATIENT TO THE BEACH FOR A LAST LOOK AT THE SEA
Recounted in a Facebook post via Helen Donaldson, the patient expressed that she just wished she could be at the beach again... READ MORE›
PRIVATE AMBULANCE FIRM CONTRACTED BY THE NHS GOES INTO ADMINISTRATION
Private Ambulance Service has been serving hospitals such as Watford General, St Albans hospital and Bedford hospital... READ MORE›
THREE DEAD AND FIVE HURT IN DERBYSHIRE FLAT FIRE
East Midlands Ambulance Service said a member of the public told them a car fire had spread to nearby flats... READ MORE›
MAN SUFFERS CARDIAC ARREST AFTER SOLE JUMPS DOWN HIS THROAT
A fisherman suffered cardiac arrest after a 15cm Dover sole jumped down his throat as he tried to kiss it, according to paramedics... READ MORE›
PRIVATE AMBULANCES INCREASINGLY USED TO RESPOND TO 999 CALLS
Many other NHS ambulance services are also spending more of their budgets on private firms because of their growing reliance on them to meet demand... READ MORE›
AMBULANCE SERVICES FACE PARAMEDIC SHORTAGE THIS WINTER, NHS DATA SHOWS
South Central ambulance service is short of 184 paramedics, a slight improvement on last year's 217... READ MORE›
EVERY DAY IN OTTAWA, THE CITY'S PARAMEDIC SERVICE RUNS OUT OF AMBULANCES
The Ottawa Paramedic Service routinely experiences what's called level zero, a state in which there are no available ambulances to dispatch... READ MORE›
FOUR CHILDREN AND WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR IN BIRMINGHAM
The woman was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, while the children were taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital... READ MORE›
NHS SPENDS ?80M ON PRIVATE AMBULANCES A YEAR, DATA SHOWS
The huge sums spent on private ambulance services expose the pressures on staff due to soaring demand... READ MORE›
HEALTH MINISTER JILLIAN SKINNER TELLS CEDA LUNCH MORE PRIVATISATION ON THE WAY
Health Minister Jillian Skinner has flagged more privatisations of hospitals and ambulances are on the way in a wide-ranging talk to business leaders... READ MORE›
NEW PARAMEDIC DISPATCH SYSTEM TO GIVE MOST SERIOUS CALLS TOP PRIORITY
He said Ottawa paramedics have been asking for the system for years, and the change was recommended in an auditor general's report in 2013... READ MORE›
SURGEONS IN THE SKY: DOCTORS HELP AIR AMBULANCES REACH NEW HEIGHTS
As a pre-hospital emergency physician for South Central ambulance service, his raison d'etre is to get to the most difficult of jobs... READ MORE›
NHS EMERGENCY CARE ON WOBBLY LEGS
Ambulance crew bring a new patient to an NHS A E ward... READ MORE›
IMAGE OF GRIEVING DOCTOR GAINS ENORMOUS RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The man pictured was unable to save one of his patients, the image's poster wrote... READ MORE›
AMBULANCE SERVICE APOLOGISES AFTER DEATH OF WOMAN WHO WAS TOLD TO TAKE PARACETAMOL FOR CHEST PAINS
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has apologised for the death of Mrs Wilson, who had three sons, and admitted that it could have been prevented... READ MORE›
AMBULANCE TRUST APOLOGISES TO PARAMEDICS FORCED TO WORK 20-HOUR SHIFT
In January, 3,639 EEAST ambulance staff were made to stay late according to Unison, with 215 forced to work more than three hours overtime... READ MORE›
IRISHMAN DROWNS AFTER LATE-NIGHT SWIM OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND
Coast Guard Helicopter police, ambulance service and the Mobile Medical Team were also alerted... READ MORE›
TEEN COVERED IN BLOOD AFTER BOTTLE ATTACK DURING JUNIOR CERT CELEBRATIONS
A 15-year-old boy was taken by ambulance to St James' Hospital after a suspected ecstasy overdose... READ MORE›
EBOLA CRISIS: HOW ONE MAN AND HIS AMBULANCES OFFER HOPE TO LIBERIAS VICTIMS
As it grew dark, the ambulances finally returned to their assigned parking spots, in front of Mr Joseph's office... READ MORE›
LIGHTNING INJURES SEVERAL PEOPLE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
Another group of people at a children's soccer match in western Germany were also hit by lightning on Saturday afternoon, leaving three adults seriously injured... READ MORE›
AMID BRUSSELS ATTACKS, EMTS AND PARAMEDICS FACE NEW REALITY OF TERRORISM AND AN EVOLVING SET OF CHALLENGES
One tactic seen frequently in recent terrorist attacks, including in Brussels on Tuesday, is that of multiple attacks in different locations... READ MORE›