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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›
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›
PEDESTRIAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY TRUCK IN VANIER
Ottawa paramedics say a woman in her 80s was rushed to hospital with a critical head injury after she was hit by the truck... READ MORE›
PATIENTS WAITING AT LEAST AN HOUR IN AMBULANCES DOUBLE IN TWO YEARS
The next biggest rises were recorded by Yorkshire ambulance service and then North West ambulance service... 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›
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 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›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE PUT INTO SPECIAL MEASURES
The service had over 3,000 clinical staff and had also reviewed its major incident plans since the inspection... 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›
ELDERLY PATIENT DEAD, TWO CREW MEMBERS HOSPITALISED AFTER AMBULANCE CATCHES FIRE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL
Damaged ambulance at A E entrance to Naas General Hospital, Naas, Co... READ MORE›
NHS EMERGENCY CARE ON WOBBLY LEGS
Ambulance crew bring a new patient to an NHS A E ward... 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›
OTTAWA PARAMEDICS BOOSTING SUPPLY OF OPIOID ANTIDOTE NALOXONE
Di Monte said the paramedic service is also continuing to prepare for the arrival of more potent opioids such as carafentanyl... READ MORE›
AMBULANCE TRUST ACCUSED OF JEOPARDISING PATIENTS BY SENDING CARS
The trust continually monitors patient safety, responses to patients and any delays in getting patients to hospital... READ MORE›
OTTAWA PARAMEDICS DISPUTE DAMNING DISPATCH REPORT
Chretien said, even without overtime, it costs Prescott-Russell 500,000 per year for paramedics to respond to Ottawa calls... 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›
HEALTH MINISTER VARADKAR JOINS FIRST RESPONDERS AT EMERGENCY IN GOLF CLUB
The minister was pictured alongside members of staff of the HSE's National Ambulance Service as they attended the scene at Edmonstown Golf Club in Rathfarnham yesterday... 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›
WORKER AT OLD CARP ROAD SITE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALL FROM ROOF
The man was then transported in critical condition to the trauma centre at the Ottawa Hospital... READ MORE›
ROLLER COASTER CARRIAGE DERAILS INJURING 11 AT SCOTTISH THEME PARK
Lanarkshire Police said emergency services were dealing with an incident at the theme park... READ MORE›
58-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN HINTONBURG
Paramedics had to perform aggressive airway management to stabilize the man's condition... READ MORE›
58-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN HINTONBURG
Paramedics had to perform aggressive airway management to stabilize the man's condition... READ MORE›
58-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN HINTONBURG
Paramedics had to perform aggressive airway management to stabilize the man's condition... READ MORE›
58-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN HINTONBURG
Paramedics had to perform aggressive airway management to stabilize the man's condition... READ MORE›
58-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN HINTONBURG
Paramedics had to perform aggressive airway management to stabilize the man's condition... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL FROM CAR BOMB IN BUSY MARKET IN SOMALIA RISES TO 34
The death toll from a car bomb at a marketplace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has risen to 34 with 52 injured, said a police officer... READ MORE›