JEMS Industry News
Here you can find recent information and industry news on EMS equipment and technology. We keep you up to date on the latest EMS industry news provided by JEMS.com and other sources.
- Sign Up to Compete in the 2021 JEMS Games!Is your team the best? Prove it at the JEMS Games, a challenging and educational clinical competition highlighting cutting-edge simulation technology. The preliminary competition challenges teams to appropriately assess and provide quality, efficient patient care during three realistic, high-pressure scenarios. The top three teams move on to the final ... read more
- Analysis Concludes City of Ashland (OR) Should Keep Ambulance ServiceBy Allayana Darrow Ashland Daily Tidings, Ore. (MCT) The city of Ashland would not financially or operationally benefit from eliminating Ashland Fire & Rescue’s ambulance service, a recent analysis by Public Consulting Group found. The Ashland City Council reviewed the ambulance transporting services cost and service analysis at its June 14 study session. The Cost Review ... read more
- Judge Dismisses TX Paramedic’s Lawsuit Against AstrosChandler Rome San Antonio Express-News (MCT) A lawsuit filed against the Astros by a dugout paramedic struck by a foul ball during Game 2 of the 2019 American League Championship Series was dismissed with prejudice Thursday in Harris County District Court. Brian Cariota sought more than $1 million in damages in his original ... read more
- KY Bill Would Allow Inmates to Retain EMT Licenses After Prison ReleaseAccording to a report from WDRB, Kentucky Senator Karen Berg said prison inmates who have been trained and licensed as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) should be able to retain their license after being released. Berg, of Louisville, said this will dramatically improve a former inmate’s job opportunities post-release, especially ... read more
- Auburn (NY) Approves City-Run Ambulance ServiceKelly Rocheleau The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y. (MCT) The Auburn City Council has authorized creating a new city-run ambulance service. In a 4-1 vote along party lines at Thursday’s meeting, the Democratically controlled council approved a resolution to establish a city ambulance department, a move that will terminate Auburn’s longtime relationship with TLC Emergency ... read more
- Three Dead, Two Missing after Tubers Go Over NC DamEDEN, N.C. (AP) — Three people are dead and two remain missing after a group floating down a river on inflatable tubes went over a dam in North Carolina, authorities said. Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates told reporters Thursday that a group of nine people tubing on ... read more
- One Dead, Three Shot, Nine Others Injured in Metro Phoenix (AZ) ShootingsSURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — One person was killed and 12 others injured in reported drive-by shootings over a 90-minute span Thursday in three cities west of Phoenix, authorities said. A suspect was in custody, and authorities said a weapon was found in his vehicle. But it remained unclear if ... read more
- Life-Saving Equipment Initiative Begins in TX, NMThe Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) and the Permian Road Safety Coalition (PRSC) recently held a kick-off event for its collaborative “First Responder Life-Saving Equipment Initiative.” The PSP and PRSC previously announced this $1.1 million donation of life-saving equipment to first responders in 22 counties across West Texas and Southeast ... read more
- Empress EMS (NY) Signs Agreement to Acquire Assets of EMStarEmpress Ambulance Service, a provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance services in New York, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Empire State Ambulance Corp, doing business as EMStar, headquartered in Poughkeepsie (NY) to further support the growing healthcare needs of the Tri-State Region. EMStar provides a ... read more
- Auburn (NY) City Council to Vote Thursday on Launching New City-Run Ambulance ServiceThe Citizen, Auburn, N.Y. (MCT) The Auburn City Council is scheduled to vote this week on whether to create a new 25-person city ambulance department that would take over service now provided by a private company. A resolution to authorize the city manager to “establish an ambulance service for ... read more
- Tarentum (PA) Bridge Closure Chokes Ambulance TrafficBy Brian C. Rittmeyer The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa. (MCT) The closure of the Tarentum Bridge has made things difficult for ambulances trying to get patients from the New Kensington side of the bridge to Allegheny Valley Hospital. Emergency traffic has had to follow detours like all other vehicles, said Addie Birch, emergency medical services ... read more
- In Mental Health Crises, a 911 Call Now Brings a Mixed Team of Helpers — And Maybe No CopsJune 14, 2021 By the time Kiki Radermacher, a mental health therapist, arrived at a Missoula, Montana, home on an emergency 911 call in late May, the man who had called for help was backed into a corner and yelling at police officers. The home, ... read more
- Police: One Killed, Five Wounded in Baltimore (MD) ShootingBALTIMORE (AP) — One person was killed and five others were wounded Wednesday when gunmen walked up a street and opened fire on a Baltimore block from an intersection, the city’s police commissioner said. Commissioner Michael Harrison said that the shooting erupted in a west Baltimore neighborhood and the ... read more
- Hiker Dies in Fall Through Mount Rainier (WA) Snow BridgeVia Kevin Bacher, Mount Rainier National Park spokesperson Rangers and Mountain Rescue volunteers recovered the body of an person who fell through a snow bridge on Tuesday. The individual, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of family, was found at the bottom of a steep drainage under 8 ... read more
- Can You Mix and Match COVID-19 Vaccines?By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines? It’s likely safe and effective, but researchers are still gathering data to be sure. The authorized COVID-19 shots around the world are all designed to stimulate your immune system to produce virus-fighting antibodies, though the ... read more
- Woman Killed in Crash With Rochester (NY) AMR AmbulanceOVERNIGHT: Tragic loss of life. A 23 year old is dead after a crash involving an AMR ambulance.Officers say ambulance was on the way to a medical call – two employees in the vehicle are expected to survive. Other two people in car expected to survive. @News_8 pic.twitter.com/cA5PafeENT— Eriketa ... read more
- Minnesota Mobile ECMO Program: A Paradigm Shift for Cardiac Arrest?During the COVID-19 pandemic, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—better known as ECMO—has been a key treatment for some of the sickest COVID patients. ECMO essentially provides patient with an external heart and lungs, circulating and oxygenating the blood while allowing medical teams to treat those essential organs. Does that mean ECMO ... read more
- AMR, Medics Ambulance Service Retain Palm Beach County (FL) ContractsHannah Morse Palm Beach Post (MCT) Two private ambulance companies that have for the past 20 years enjoyed exclusive rights to transfer patients between hospitals, assisted living facilities and rehabilitation centers in Palm Beach County will continue to operate without competition for at least six more years. After four hours of ... read more
- Sun Prairie (WI) EMS Receives $200K Grant for At-Home Medical CareAccording to a report from Channel3000, Sun Prairie (WI) EMS announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $200,000 grant for medical outreach. With the new funding, Sun Prairie EMS will offer Sun Prairie and Bristol residents at-home care for people who have contracted COVID-19, consultations for people hesitant ... read more
- The EMS Handoff: Do NOT Resuscitate MeBradley Dean and Eric McCullough review the somber reality of dealing with deaths in the field. The moral and ethical dilemma that EMS providers can find themselves in should not be ignored. Often relegated to the periphery, the aging population will increase demand for proper dealing with death training. ... read more
