FDNY ambulance failed to reach teen stabbed on MTA bus as NYPD cops rushed...
Syles Ular was fatally stabbed with a knife multiple times in the chest by another 13-year-old on an MTA bus in Staten Island.
View ArticleLife-saving NYC medics treated like zeroes with low pay: ex-FDNY boss says
The city's life saving ambulance medics are being treated like zeroes with low pay, despite promises to provide them comparable pay with firefighters and other uniformed officers.
View ArticleIsraeli paramedic recalls brutality of Hamas attack that left him with PTSD:...
Ari Yonatan, 32, a New York City native, says he needs treatment for PTSD after witnessing the brutality of Hamas’ terrorist attack that also claimed the lives of three of his fellow first responders.
View ArticleTeen critically injured after falling from notorious waterfall: ‘People have...
A teenage boy is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a waterfall near Cairns.
View ArticleParamedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an...
The verdict was announced after two days of deliberations.
View ArticleNYC ambulance workers sound sirens over $15 congestion toll: ‘It’s a slap in...
The city's life savers -- paramedics and EMTs -- are having a panic attack over a controversial plan that will force them to pay a $15 congestion toll just to drive to their jobs in Manhattan.
View ArticleColorado officer Randy Roedema sentenced to 14 months in jail in killing of...
Former Aurora police officer Randy Roedema, 41, who faced up to three years in prison, was found guilty by a jury in October of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault.
View Article‘Just nosey’ off-duty paramedic arrested for snooping on deadly plane crash
Joseph Salvatore Schifano, 66, was spotted by officers lurking near the fiery wreckage on Feb. 1.
View ArticleNYC pols renew push to mandate body armor, self-defense training for EMTs as...
The City Council will take a second crack at passing legislation guaranteeing the first responders access to body armor vests and yearly self-defense training.
View ArticleFDNY lieutenant arrested for ‘strangling’ NYC emergency medical technician on...
An FDNY lieutenant was arrested Saturday for allegedly choking a city emergency medical technician, sources said.
View ArticleNYC responders taking longer to get to emergencies and fire deaths are...
Big Apple first-responders took longer to get to fires and other emergencies, while more people died in blazes, at the start of this fiscal year compared to last year's, City Hall figures show.
View ArticleI’m an ex-paramedic — here’s how to tell if a child’s head bump is serious
A 2020 government health survey found that 6.8% of American children had, in their lifetime, experienced symptoms of a concussion or brain injury.
View Article‘Spit show’: Attacks on NYC EMS workers are through the roof
The troubling tally is an eye-popping 2,320% higher than the 15 attacks reported on medics in 2011, when the agency began recording attacks.
View ArticleFDNY lieutenant suspended 4 weeks after choking out EMT over disagreement to...
An FDNY lieutenant who was arrested for allegedly choking a city emergency medical technician during a heated on-the-job altercation has been suspended for four weeks without pay, officials said.
View ArticleParamedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case...
A Colorado paramedic was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders leaving officials thinking how they treat people in police custody.
View ArticleFDNY paramedic attracts Central Park fans with his outdoor bagpiping
"I get people who will clap and come up to me as I'm playing a tune," said Lt. Robert Walsh, a bagpiper and FDNY paramedic. "They always say there's some connection to their family or that the sound...
View ArticleMy heart stopped — then the paramedic treating me had a heart attack
"I'm so grateful to him and grateful he was OK," Daisy Devane said about senior emergency medical technician Jeremy Williams.
View ArticleMom’s sad sight at cafe leads her to call for drastic change
Should emergency service workers be allowed to skip queues at cafes?
View Article‘NYC doesn’t heart you’: 80% of New Yorkers who suffer cardiac arrest die due...
Four out of five New Yorkers who go into cardiac arrest die as response times for NYC's first responders to medical emergencies continue to soar, startling new data shows.
View ArticleMayor Adams ‘breaking’ 2021 campaign pledge by ‘underpaying’ city medics: NYC...
A Brooklyn pol considered a frontrunner to become NYC’s next comptroller is demanding Mayor Eric Adams honor a 2021 campaign promise by raising city medic salaries on par with other first responders.
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