EMS News

EMTs with the Confictus Ambulance service are coming under fire for falsifying the signatures of patients on billing acceptance forms. Forging a patient’s signature is something that often times gets EMTs into trouble. What makes this time different is that ...

A recent study of Social Media sites shows a significant lack of understanding about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA.

It was years ago that Mayor Bloomberg pushed for the Trans fat ban and outlawed them in NYC. Everyone was happy, people were losing weight thousands lined up in times square to cheer on this fat busting mayor. He was ...

What started out as a normal Flight from NYC’s Local airport to Vegas turned into a life and death situation last June. A Flight attendant remembers the flight all too well, we just entered cruising attitude and we about to ...

When Galen Tyrol needed an ambulance for his wife Callie, he never expected the turmoil that would ensue from calling 911. Local volunteers from Island Pond Rescue arrived to treat Mrs. Tyrol, who had fallen, but were told by Mr. ...

Paramedics in a large New York city will no longer be exercising clinical discretion or treating patients with medications or fluids in favor of high-flow, per their management. In a recent mass email to the workforce, new General Manager Tim ...

We recently wrote about a multi-state coalition that was formed to eliminate the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician licensure from their protocols.  Well, they’re at it again.  A New England coalition is pushing for a new mandate that would require all ...

Crebra EMS is facing legal action due to their “secret list” being published in the local newspaper. Reporter Cy Coates had filed a open records request for emails between various EMTs for a story he was working on. The request ...

What Should have been a week of useful training turned into a Major fight between FDNY EMS command and the Out of state Training agency. Although sources High in the FDNY tried to cover the failed week up, this reporter/writer ...

For years When a Police officer or Fire Fighter needed a City Ambulance they would ask for a ” BUS” a Slang name for a Ambulance. You would constantly hear on the radio ” Central Rush the Bus’ A term ...