1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1149+ words) jems.com 4. “High and tight to pack and press”: Prioritization of tourniquet conversion in unconventional warfare improves outcomes. Hofmann LJ, Hiles JM, Hetzler M, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026;101: 291–296. Spinal immobilization, now generally referred to as spinal motion…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (173+ words) jems.com A bipartisan bill extending the deadline to build a national memorial honoring EMS professionals has passed through the U.S. Senate and now awaits presidential approval, according to Sen. Schmitt’s office. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (238+ words) The landslide struck before dawn when a section of hillside collapsed onto two or three homes in a tightly packed cluster of houses in Mumbai’s suburb of Ghatkopar, said Tanaji Kambli, a civic official. Authorities immediately launched a rescue operation…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (122+ words) jems.com Falck San Diego EMTs and paramedics are out in full force this week as part of the medical response team for Comic-Con International, the world’s largest comic and pop-culture celebration. Over 100,000 people are anticipated to visit the convention…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (735+ words) You walk through the door of a dilapidated trailer in a neighborhood on “the other side of the tracks.” The home reeks of cat urine and is littered with trash, and there appears to be no electricity available as you…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (316+ words) The Health Ministry said hantavirus was also suspected in the deaths of two health workers in the southwestern state of Barinas. Those cases remain under investigation and were not linked to the three fatalities in the eastern state of Anzoátegui,…...

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   (536+ words) Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Infection Control Policies and Procedures for Community Paramedicine and MIH, 2nd edition by Katherine West, a resource for emergency medical services (EMS) professionals on community paramedicine (CP) and mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) infection control…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (439+ words) By MEAD GRUVER and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press The appeals court ordered new trials for Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec. McClain, 23, had been forcibly restrained by police, who stopped him in response to a suspicious person…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (169+ words) A man out of Nelson County, Kentucky, is facing charges after allegedly attacking a deputy and a paramedic and attempting to steal a law enforcement vehicle while under the influence of narcotics, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies…...