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Hawaii shark attack: Surfer, 58, in serious condition after being bitten off Honolulu

This is the fourth shark incident this year and the third in which someone suffered a bite

The Independent UK

Nigel Lawson obituary

One of the most influential postwar Conservative chancellors seen as the main architect of Thatcher’s radical economic reforms

The Guardian - UK

I just tried 20 minutes of EMS training — here’s what happened to my muscles

EMS training (Electro Muscle Stimulation) is a fitness workout that uses electrical impulses to stimulate and contract muscles. But does EMS work? Our fitness writer tested it.

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Video shows mental health patient pinned to the floor before his death

Seven sheriff’s deputies, three hospital workers in Virginia face second-degree murder charges in the death of Irvo Otieno, 28, who was handcuffed and shackled.

Chicago Sun-Times

Surprising details of new Garmin Instinct watch leaked

Exclusive: a reference to an 'EMS' edition of the Garmin Instinct 2 has appeared on the company's UK website

Advnture

Union: Fired EMTs didn't get enough info in Nichols response

The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren’t given enough information as they responded to the call for medical help

The Independent UK

States strive to reverse shortage of paramedics, EMTs

Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the country to quit ambulance duty.

Tribune News Service

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EMS in crisis as NYC faces tridemic

Inadequate staffing, longer hours and surging 911 calls put residents at risk

Salon

Texans are dying on state highways every day — especially in rural “dead zones”

Fatal crashes in rural areas accounted for 51% of Texas’ 4,489 traffic fatalities in 2021, even though only about 10% of the state’s population lives in a rural area, according to data from the state’s department of transportation.

The Texas Tribune

Enormous 'freak wave' kills three people including teen as 17 injured in South Africa

The Emergency Medical Services "responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries," EMS spokesman Njabulo Dlungele said

Daily Mirror

The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually.

WEKU

NYC Mayor Adams’ mental health hospitalization plan greeted with skepticism from cops, EMS on the front lines

NEW YORK — The skepticism was swift and citywide, from police precincts to emergency rooms and EMS ambulances, when New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out his new plan to force the mentally-ill into medical treatment.

Tribune News Service

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Pit bull bans, community sensitivity, and criminal defamation.

Reason

How a team of Black paramedics set the gold standard for emergency medical response

In American Sirens, writer Kevin Hazzard recounts how a group of Black paramedics in Pittsburgh in the 1970s pioneered and professionalized the modern day ambulance service.

WEKU

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The Guardian - US

Debunked: Trump’s false claims in letter to January 6 panel

We fact-check each misleading assertion made by the former president in a lengthy letter to the Capitol attack committee

The Independent UK

Psych exam set for NYC man charged with killing EMS officer

A judge has ordered a psychiatric examination for a man charged with fatally stabbing a New York City emergency services officer in an unprovoked attack

Tribune News Service

NEW YORK — It’s a milestone no one wants to mark: Within the next year, the number of FDNY members who have died from a 9/11-related illnesses is expected to surpass the number of firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians who died in the terror attack, FDNY and union officials said.

The Independent UK

First responder stabbed to death in ‘barbaric’ attack

The EMS worker was one of the first responders to the World Trade Centre on 9/11

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The Independent UK

Man arrested in fatal stabbing of New York City EMS worker

Police say a man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency medical worker in New York City

Tribune News Service

FDNY medic fatally stabbed giving aid to patient in Queens

NEW YORK — An EMS lieutenant was stabbed to death giving aid to a patient in Queens Thursday, officials said.

Tribune News Service

Rikers lapses contributed to 10 jail deaths in 2021 — report cites failure to check detainees, slow emergency responses, vacant posts

NEW YORK — An exhaustive report on 10 of the 16 deaths in 2021 in city jails details a range of staffing problems, systemic failures and mismanagement by jail staff that contributed to the fatalities.

Tribune News Service

Lori Borgman: Life is good somewhere

A good friend gives us her old newspapers from a small town in Maine. They are entertainment — a sedentary version of date night.

Salon

Monkeypox gives paramedics COVID déjà vu

Union officials warn they are seeing the same plodding response to monkeypox that they saw in COVID-19

The National (Scotland)

Northern Ireland Protocol could 'solve Border problems in independent Scotland'

THE Northern Ireland Protocol could lay the foundations for a preferred “seamless” trade border between England and Scotland post-independence,…

Daily Mirror

Kevin Samuels dead: YouTube 'dating guru', 57, dies after suffering 'chest pains'

Kevin Samuels was found unresponsive on the floor as an EMS worker performed CPR on him, a report filed by the Atlanta Police Department says

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