Recent News Headlines : Emergency Medical Services

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

25th November, 2017 1770

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

24th November, 2017 7205

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

13th October, 2017 3727

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

13th October, 2017 1336

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

30th September, 2017 1550

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

19th September, 2017 791

Trending News Headlines : Emergency Medical Services

'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

7th January, 2017 22944

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

19th January, 2017 15186

MDMA MAY POSE GREATER DANGER TO WOMEN THAN MEN, SAY SCIENTISTS


Global Drugs Survey says there has been four-fold increase in female ecstasy users seeking emergency care in last three years... READ MORE

5th November, 2016 4434

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

3rd April, 2017 3669

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

27th January, 2017 2766

'I SAW THE PASSENGER IN FRONT OF ME GO FLYING UP IN THE AIR'


Air Canada later moved the passengers from Flight 88 on another Toronto-bound flight, which arrived at Pearson International Airport at 2 48 a.m... READ MORE

31st December, 2015 2107

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

21st April, 2017 1938

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

8th July, 2017 1932

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

3rd February, 2017 1257

AMBULANCE CALL-OUTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS IN ENGLAND SOAR BY 23%


Figures show paramedics helped 30,000 more people experiencing a mental health crisis in 2016-17 compared with 2014-15... READ MORE

13th August, 2017 1237

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

25th December, 2016 1017

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

19th December, 2016 920

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

21st June, 2015 792

CAN AN APP REALLY MAKE BANGLADESH'S NOTORIOUSLY DEADLY ROADS SAFER?


For every two fatalities in road accidents in the US, there are 160 such deaths in Bangladesh... READ MORE

13th March, 2015 696

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

28th August, 2015 689

FAST-ACTING ILLINOIS PARAMEDIC SAVES BABY FROM SUBMERGED SUV IN LAKE


Thursday in Glen Carbon, Illinois, when fire broke out at a home owned by Cristy Lynn Campbell... READ MORE

17th March, 2017 527

'IT WAS JUST INSANE': WILD NIGHT AT BLUESFEST OVERWHELMS PARAMEDICS


'Some girls were crying' Josh Michel, 18, went to Bluesfest Thursday to see Migos and Lil Yachty... READ MORE

14th July, 2017 427

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

7th June, 2017 391

HOMELESS JESUS STATUE BEING MISTAKEN FOR REAL PERSON IN HAMILTON


The Hamilton Paramedic Service on Wednesday tweeted Thanks to those who reported someone lying out in the cold, thankfully it's the 'Homeless Jesus' statue... READ MORE

21st January, 2016 382

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

1st February, 2016 261

INCREASE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS PROMPTS B.C. TO DECLARE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


A public health emergency has been declared in British Columbia over a significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths... READ MORE

15th April, 2016 234

NHS EMERGENCY CARE ON WOBBLY LEGS


Ambulance crew bring a new patient to an NHS A E ward... READ MORE

2nd January, 2015 219

LIDL DONATE EUR5,000 TO BUMBLEANCE FOLLOWING PLOUGHING THEFT


LIDL have donated 5,000 to Bumbleance following news of the children's ambulance service being cleaned out by thieves at the National Ploughing Championships... READ MORE

27th September, 2014 216

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

21st March, 2015 211

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

20th October, 2016 196

BATTLEFIELD LESSONS TRANSFORM U.S. EMERGENCY CARE


11, 2001, attacks on the United States are a reflection of the historic low in combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan... READ MORE

29th March, 2015 149

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

11th March, 2016 124

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

1st September, 2017 95

PARAMEDICS CALL FOR OWN REGULATORY COLLEGE IN ONTARIO


Some paramedics in Ontario want the provincial government to approve a college to regulate the profession... READ MORE

3rd March, 2016 75

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

13th September, 2017 72


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