| President Obama Issues EMS Week Proclamation Source: The Latest from Jems Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:31 Obama: EMS professionals display "the very best of the American spirit." |
| Up to 60 Injured after Car Drives into Va. Parade Source: The Latest from Jems Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:44 Paramedics and other first responders participating in the parade facilitated quick response. 
Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk |
| Images, Video: Commuter Trains Collide in Connecticut; 60 People Injured Source: The Latest from Jems Friday, 17 May 2013 16:24 Passengers described a chaotic, terrifying scene of crunching metal and flying bodies. 
Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) |
| California EMT Burned in Race Kart Fire; Community Responds Source: The Latest from Jems Friday, 17 May 2013 12:54 Emergency medical technician Robbie Berge is used to saving people, but last Saturday night, the roles were reversed when he needed to be rescued after his race kart caught on fire. 
Robbie Berge stands next to his Outlaw Kart. (Contributed photo) |
| Woman in Towed Car Likely Died at North Carolina Crash Scene, Autopsy Finds Source: The Latest from Jems Friday, 17 May 2013 08:16 An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton, N.C., woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash. |
| Washington, D.C. Faces a Critical Paramedic Shortage Source: The Latest from Jems Friday, 17 May 2013 07:12 Union president says leadership is playing medic unit roulette. 
53 have resigned or retired since Kenneth Ellerbe became fire chief in 2011. (WTTG photo) |
| School Bus Carrying Special-Needs Kids Rolls Over in Indianapolis Source: The Latest from Jems Friday, 17 May 2013 04:38 A dozen people injured, including five children. |
| Crime Not Ruled out in Texas Blast Source: The Latest from Jems Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:22 Investigators have not ruled out criminal activity as the cause of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed at least 14 people and flattened part of a tiny Texas town, two officials familiar with the findings said Thursday. 
A plume of smoke rises after an explosion at West Fertilizer Company's fertilizer plant in West, Texas. Burglars occasionally sneaked into the plant in the years before its deadly explosion last month — sometimes looking for a chemical fertilizer that can be used to make methamphetamine, according to local law enforcement records. (AP Photo/Joe Berti, File) |
| Medical Helicopter Crash Flight Crew to be Honored at Future Memorial Site in Illinois Source: The Latest from Jems Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:59 The fallen flight crew that died in a December REACT helicopter crash will be honored on a Rockford, Ill. emergency responders memorial that will now list 25. 
The former REACT helicopter was an American Eurocopter MBBK 117 A3 with a cruising airspeed of 131 mph and a maximum speed of 160 mph. Its maximum range was 390 miles, and it could stay aloft for two hours and 15 minutes. The aircraft carried a pilot and two critical-care trained and certified nurses and could transport two patients from an accident scene if needed. |
