Adolescents ages 12 to 17 were the only age group with a significantly increasing trend in opioid overdoses both before the pandemic (2.8 per month, 95% CI 1.4-4.2) and during the pandemic (1.6 ...

The pandemic, however, has aggravated trends that had been building for some time. As EMS usage spiked while COVID-19 spread, staff was stretched thin as the virus ravaged many communities, large ...

Jonathan Studnek, the deputy director of that county’s EMS agency, Medic, said the pandemic brought on the worst vacancy rates he’d seen in his 15 years there.

Three new bills in support of statewide EMS providers were passed in the recent legislative session which should provide them ...

A lack of EMS volunteers post pandemic has left medical centers looking to fill the gap. Posted . NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — "Got involved 30 years ago," said Jonathan Schultz, Fire ...

The partnership between San Diego Fire-Rescue and private EMS provider Falck has enabled SD to overcome staffing shortages created during the pandemic and meet response-time goals more effectively.

Another symptom of the pandemic appeared to be a jump in working fires kindled in the city. Fire-EMS extinguished 71 blazes last year. That is the highest number seen since 2016, when 72 working ...

Austin City Councilwoman Paige Ellis is seeking a third term in office amid a challenge from former ATCEMS Union President Selena Xie.

Emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for youth opioid overdoses were rising before the COVID-19 pandemic, increased during its onset, and then flattened out, but remained higher than ...