ambulances
You should call 911 immediately if you have these subtle stroke symptoms
Plus why you shouldn't just drive yourself (or get a ride from a loved one) to the hospital.
New FDNY order sending patients to closest hospital provokes backlash: 'Stupid -- in a word'
The new policy is too rigid and undermines patient safety and care, said Dr. Bret Rudy, executive vice president and chief of hospital operation at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
I was 'killed' in a lightning strike —here's what happens after you die
Do you believe in life after death?
Comedian rips Calif. law in viral video that 'penalizes us for having insurance' after ambulance bill skyrockets
Comedy influencer Robby Witt called out California state legislators for recent laws that have added new fees and confusing insurance "discounts" to first responder services.
NYC ambulance response times for life-threatening emergencies soar amid staffing crunch
New Yorkers are in big trouble if seconds are the difference between life and death. Ambulance response times during life-threatening emergencies have skyrocketed, as the FDNY admits its having trouble...
NYC closing street to give posh UES prep school own private playground: DOT 'hurts tax-paying citizens'
The DOT has greenlit the $62,500-a-year school's application to include East 77th Street between Second and Third Avenues in its controversial anti-car “Open Streets” program.
Elderly man forced to sleep on hospital floor in agony for 12 hours while waiting for stretcher
A great-grandad-of-two suffering from pneumonia resorted to sleeping on a hospital floor on top of his dressing gown during a 12-hour wait for a trolley.
Bloody, dying dad waited hour for NYC ambulance, grieving daughter says — as slowing EMS response times probed
A dying Vietnam vet's last thought before he died was why his New York City ambulance took nearly an hour to arrive, his grieving daughter told lawmakers Friday.
'NYC doesn't heart you': 80% of New Yorkers who suffer cardiac arrest die due to slow FDNY response
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.
Patient steals ambulance, leads cops on wild 30-minute chase through NY suburbs: police
A 41-year-old Westchester County man stole an ambulance near a New Rochelle hospital and led cops on a crazy chase through a half dozen towns before crashing and getting busted,...
Elderly man dead after four-hour wait for ambulance: 'He was calling out'
An elderly man has died after he was forced to wait four hours for an ambulance in Melbourne's west, during what the paramedics’ union has described as a critical shortage.
All-female Hasidic EMT corps expanding Brooklyn footprint with second ambulance
Brooklyn’s all-female EMT corps comprised of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women is expanding its reach in the Big Apple – providing life support services despite opposition from their male counterparts. The Ezras...
Volunteer Israeli medics reveal never-before-told stories of battling Hamas, rushing to save lives on Oct. 7
Israeli medics were the first responders to the Oct. 7 attacks, arriving at the scene of the carnage well before IDF troops.
My 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.
NYC responders taking longer to get to emergencies and fire deaths are rising, data shows
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...
NYC pols renew push to mandate body armor, self-defense training for EMTs as assaults rise
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.
Welsh Ambulance Service reveals 2023's most ridiculous emergency calls: 'My hand’s stuck in the f--king letterbox'
Calls included a woman who lost her voice, a person who had eaten too much kebab, one whose hand was stuck in a mailbox and someone who lost their false...
Hospital patient steals ambulance, leads police on chase in South Carolina
A patient at a South Carolina hospital was feeling well enough to steal an ambulance from the parking lot and lead police on a chase.
NYC ambulance workers sound sirens over $15 congestion toll's impact on response times
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...
FDNY EMS no longer sending stroke patients to Beth Israel in phase-out
The FDNY-EMS ambulance service is no longer transporting stroke victims and other patients to the Mt. Sinai-Beth Israel campus.