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CareLink Goes Pink for Women’s Only 5K
“PinkLink” hit the road this week, raising awareness and reminding participants to mark their calendars. Greensboro – Cone Health is celebrating a milestone Women’s Only 5K Walk & Run with a special addition to its fleet of CareLink ambulances. Dubbed “PinkLink,” a freshly wrapped CareLink ambulance has traded in its standard teal and navy color scheme …
BREAKING: Two people dead, ten injured in Cedar Rapids shooting | Cedar Rapids
UPDATE (5:00 a.m.) — Cedar Rapids Police have confirmed that there were approximately 10 people injured in the shooting. Police said it happened at the “Taboo Nightclub and Lounge” at 1:27 a.m. The establishment’s Facebook page has gone offline since the shooting. Officers were in the area on routine patrol and were able to respond quickly. …
AT&T rolling out 5G technology for Ohio first responders
CLEVELAND — New technology is on its way to help Cleveland area first responders. AT&T is adding to its FirstNet, first responder network. FirstNet is a high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for first responders and the extended public safety community. The network was launched three years ago to alleviate any congestion or …
Cybersecurity expert calls for replacement technology following Tasmanian ambulance patient data leak
A cybersecurity expert has called on the Tasmanian Government to replace its ambulance communication technology to prevent future breaches of confidential patient information. Key points: A Queensland-based expert says it is difficult to protect information communication via radio He says it is impossible to know how many people have accessed leaked data The Shadow ICT …
Los Angeles County ambulance crews told not to transport Covid-19 patients with little chance of survival amid a devastating surge.
New infections have soared with about one in five residents who get tested for Covid-19 receiving positive results. In a little more than a month, the county doubled its number of infections, climbing from about 400,000 cases on November 30 to more than 800,000 cases on January 2, health officials said Monday. The case deluge …
Los Angeles ambulance crews told not to transport patients who stand little chance of survival
After administering him with oxygen, County of Los Angeles paramedics load a potential Covid-19 patient in the ambulance before transporting him to a hospital in Hawthorne, California on December 29, 2020. Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images With intensive care units at Southern California hospitals nearly full because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical …
UPDATED: One arrested in Hornerstown shooting | News
One person was taken by ambulance for a minor injury following a lunchtime shooting Sunday in the Hornerstown section of Johnstown. Johnstown police detective Sgt. Cory Adams said police believe at least three shooters were involved in the incident just after noon Sunday near the intersection of Cedar and Wood streets. One of those involved …
‘We’re At A Breaking Point;’ COVID Ambulance Diversons Becoming Common In Santa Clara County – CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — There is more evidence of the growing strain on hospitals in Santa Clara County as multiple hospitals intermittently divert ambulance calls because of capacity concerns. On Thursday, one ambulance after another arrived at El Camino Hospital, not to hurry patients in for care, but to ferry handfuls of them out …
Ambulance services receive federal aid after nearing ‘breaking point’
Private ambulance companies will receive a sizable sum of federal aid after riding along the edge of a fiscal cliff since the beginning of the pandemic, putting the nation’s ability to respond to 911 calls at risk. The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it would provide $24.5 billion from the …
USA Health opens new trauma center with more room, better technology, at University Hospital | News
MOBILE, ALA. (WALA)- The only level one trauma center in the upper gulf coast area just got a little bigger, and better. Friday, the ribbon was cut on USA Health’s new “Fanny Meisler Trauma Center”. Sam Dean, Administrator of USA Health University Hospital & Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs said, “You can hold 3 …
