This week's look at the midweek EMS news starts off with a look at a slew of ambulance involved MVAs this week. One accident involved a unit that crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck head on. In a related story, the Victoria Paramedic Union in Australia stated that unless paramedics th...

This is the MedicCast News a midweek news program with EMS news and commentary from Jamie Davis, the Podmedic the host of the MedicCast Podcast at MedicCast.com.



This week's news items lead off with a look at a New York police department's program to teach scene safety to emergency responders. Ne...

This week's midweek EMS news for EMTs and Paramedics takes a look at several stories featuring paramedics in the news. First, one paramedic has developed a website that features a way for people to test their CPR skills online and eventually with a lot less time and expense than the 4 hour courses o...

This week's midweek look at the EMS news for EMTs and Paramedics kicks off with a look at a great public relations article in a Delaware newspaper. It educates the public about the scope and mission of the local volunteer fire company and is a great example of the type of news article I think could...

This week, a Massachusetts study released findings that 75% of all first responder candidates (EMS and Firefighters) were overweight or obese. Other stories covered in this episode include a look at a tragic story of an attack on a paramedic in Scotland that prevented care getting to an elderly wom...

This week's midweek EMS news for EMTs and paramedics from the MedicCast community features three stories about EMS in the news.



The first story looks at the economics of the recession with regard to ERs and hospital overcrowding. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is predicting more ER ov...

This week's MedicCast News features a look at several mid-week news items. First off, a look at another high school EMS, Fire, and Rescue training program in Virginia. Next, a great article about an Firefighter/EMT who got to participate in a briefing with the president and his advisors on what is b...

This week's midweek look at EMS news for Paramedics, EMTs and other medical providers in the emergency services starts off with a crazy driving story with some audio of the police radio report on a woman breast feeding while driving. Other news includes a look at a neat promotion and service to the...

The MedicCast News midweek news outlook for EMS responders looks at a story about non-transport services billing complaints for ambulance response, continuing problems for New Orleans hospitals following the Katrina disaster - years later, and a view from above on Tennessee EMS and Fire squabbles in...

As the responders to the tornadoes in Oklahoma take care of the injured and misplaced there, it is important to take a moment and make sure that our own homes are prepared for disasters. We also, look at improvements in ambulance response times for one suburban community in Tennessee served by Rura...