1+ week, 5+ day ago   (149+ words) An Ohio EMS agency is mourning the life of one of their own who died while on duty. Paramedic Karl Kleinekathoefer died just after 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 29 at the Spirit EMS headquarters in Greenville, a Spirit EMS spokesperson said. Kleinekathoefer was…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (169+ words) An Idaho man has been sentenced after crashing his car and killing lieutenant paramedic Kody Hansen as Hansen was returning home from a shift, KTVB reports. Eleazar Perez was sentenced to one year in Canyon County jail for misdemeanor vehicular…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (267+ words) In contrast, pediatric arrests are far more difficult because there are no guidelines for TOR even when further resuscitation and transport appear futile. He expressed concern that continued resuscitation and transport in these cases may unintentionally worsen families’ experiences. In…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (124+ words) An Ohio paramedic was hospitalized after a patient stabbed them in the back Wednesday afternoon, WLWT reports. EMS were called to a residence in Springfield, Ohio, to transport a patient for a court-ordered mental health evaluation. The patient resisted and…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (187+ words) A medic charged in the 2022 death of a patient strapped face down to a stretcher was sentenced to 24 months of probation on Tuesday, according to reports. Peter Cadigan must serve 100 hours of community service and is not allowed to work…...

3+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (209+ words) Midland police said the active shooter situation ended hours after the gunfire erupted in one part of the city before ending up near a veterinary hospital. Police did not immediately say how the suspect died. Andrea Mendias said she heard…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (186+ words) A judge has ordered a new trial for a Canadian paramedic convicted in the death of a patient following a collision between the ambulance and a snowplow, according to a report. Ontario Court Justice Romuald Kwolek overturned the 2025 conviction of…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (648+ words) By JAIMIE DING and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press A search for suspects in Ohio who opened fire near a busy street festival stretched into Sunday after 12 people were wounded in the weekend shooting that sent crowds scrambling for cover in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (633+ words) On June 12, 2016, at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, 49 people died in what was then America’s deadliest mass shooting. The response revealed a catastrophic disconnect between established doctrine and operational implementation. The equipment was never deployed. EMS personnel remained blocks away from the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (190+ words) Two FDNY EMTs marginally missed the line of fire when their ambulance was struck by gunfire early Thursday while responding to a teenage shooting victim, according to the New York Post. Emergency crews arrived at the Butler Houses in the…...