Latest Emergency medical services Stories

DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambulance services provider, Willacy County EMS, plans to buy new life-saving equipment with fees collected by recently hired ambulance billing services company, Emergicon. Based in Raymondville, Texas, Willacy County EMS contracted the Dallas company to help secure better reimbursement for emergency services it provides residents of south Texas. Willacy County EMS, which previously handled its own billing, decided to switch to Emergicon after...

CHICAGO, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Chicago trauma and burn surgeon Dr. Andrew Dennis, who is also a sworn police officer and SWAT team member, is releasing his first book and is the subject of two television series. Dr. Dennis is on the front lines facing trauma every day at Chicago's Cook County Hospital - one of the busiest urban trauma centers in the country. He grew up in the 1970s watching Emergency, S.W.A.T. and Adam 12 - hit television shows that featured...

Thanks to appropriate riding gear and the help of Acadian Ambulance medics, a father and daughter survived a near-fatal motorcycle crash in St. Martinville, La. (PRWEB) September 24, 2012 Thanks to appropriate riding gear and the help of Acadian Ambulance medics, a father and daughter survived a near-fatal motorcycle crash in St. Martinville, La. Dennis Primeaux, his wife, Irene, and their daughter Kennis were riding their motorcycles on Christmas Eve 2011. After a brief visit to their...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deaf Awareness Week is underway and members of the community and their families are being encouraged to take advantage of Smart911, a public safety service that can save valuable time during emergencies. Currently, when a citizen who is deaf or hard of hearing needs to contact 9-1-1, they would use methods such as a relay service or TTY, which takes time and can delay emergency response. With Smart911, these citizens can dial 9-1-1...

TULSA, Okla., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it has acquired the Elsevier Public Safety Group including flagship magazine JEMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services), JEMs.com, and the EMS Today Conference & Exposition (the JEMS Conference), EMS Insider newsletter, along with FireRescue magazine, FirefighterNation.com, FireEMSblogs.com, Law Officer magazine, LawOfficer.com, and the...

San Jose American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR Certification Class San Jose, CA (PRWEB) September 07, 2012 San Jose CPR Certification is an American Heart Association Training Center located in San Jose, CA that provides AHA CPR, BLS, ACLS, and First-aid certification courses to the residents of Santa Clara County. Many people are required to take the AHA BLS for the Healthcare Providers CPR class including EMTs, dentists, nurses, nursing assistants, phlebotomists,...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It is well-known that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) saves lives. But knowing how long to continue the practice after a victim has stopped breathing may be key in the survival of the patient. New evidence suggests that continuing the emergency procedure for a short time longer than what most medical professionals attempt can significantly boost the odds of survival in some patients, according to a study published in The Lancet...

DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today announced the corporate sponsors for the ENA Annual Conference to be held in San Diego, from September 11-15, 2012. This year's Strategic Sponsors are Stryker and Vidacare; the Strategic Supporters are Blue Jay Consulting and Hill-Rom; the Annual Conference Sponsor is FreemanWhite ED Design Team; and the Annual Conference Supporters are Gebauer Company, Nurses Service Organization...

As Little League Baseball World Series players and coaches warm up for the games, medical personnel work as a team behind the scenes exercising a strategy that has been perfected over decades. Susquehanna Health’s (SH) Dr. John Boll, assistant director of the Williamsport Family Medicine Residency program, serves as medical director for the 2012 Little League Baseball World Series and supervises the team of medical professionals who provide healthcare to athletes, coaches and umpires in...

Three new maize-and-blue American Eurocopter 155s - the first to be put into emergency medical service in the U.S. -- replace iconic Bell 430s ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three new maize-and-blue helicopters will soon be saving lives in the air above the Great Lakes states, and speeding patients toward advanced care at the University of Michigan Health System's hospitals. The arrival of three new American Eurocopter 155 helicopters marks the...