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A Greensburg crewmember from Hose Co. 7 experienced confusion
SA国际传媒 readers expressed their support for the on-field medical team, speculated on a possible diagnosis and wished safety Damar Hamlin a full recovery
It took Reno first responders over 30 minutes to reach Jeremy Renner via snowy roads, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
After Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest, EMS providers restored his heartbeat and transported him
Acadian鈥檚 John Mitchell Crow suffered fatal injuries even though he was wearing a seat belt; a paramedic and their patient were injured
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
The team included Eldridge firefighters, Medic EMS paramedics, AirCare Emergency Transport medical staff and a surgical team from University Hospitals
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Cass County Sheriff鈥檚 Office deputies said a car鈥檚 driver failed to yield and drove in front of the rig
San Bernardino firefighter-medics descended and began treating the patient, and their colleagues set up a rope system to bring them all back up
One person in the car died, and the other was transported in critical condition
Captain Walker L. Hill spent his whole career with the Baton Rouge Fire Department
Lexington County authorities said the family had been taking photos
Two crewmembers suffered serious injuries and one was critically injured; all three were transported to a hospital
The pedestrian sustained a serious head injury while the crew was transporting a patient
A fundraiser has been set up for the family of Charles D. Swank, an Army veteran who had five children
Dozens of people were injured across the South; some were transported to hospitals
Firefighters have been using fireboats and drones, but the fire may burn for days, and DNA evidence has been lost
Both firefighters were on duty, and the injured person was transported to a hospital
Greensboro responders are grappling with the tragedy, and the fire department deployed its peer-support team to the scene
Greene County-Greeneville EMS is short-staffed by more than 20%
Doug Wolfberg raises concerns about New York City Mayor Eric Adams鈥� mental health directive
鈥淓MS providers are effectively being required to intervene and transport persons merely because they are homeless and apparently mentally ill鈥�
The man had fallen from a midrise building鈥檚 eighth floor to the seventh floor and had 1-inch rebar through his left hip and center chest area
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
Fire crews from multiple counties fought the Marengo fire, and ambulance crews transported five people to a medical center
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
鈥淣umerous maydays were given,鈥� a trooper said, before Firefighter Marvin Gruber and First Assistant Chief Zachary Paris of the Community Fire Company were transported
Polk County Fire Rescue said that Driver/Engineer Dustin Bovill cleared the child鈥檚 airway and rode with the patient until EMS providers could take over
