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CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County jury cleared a veteran Emergency Medical Service paramedic on Wednesday of charges of sexual battery and gross sexual imposition. Glenn Burks, 45, was accused... View the full article
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RIVIERA BEACH, FLa. -- One by one, firefighters wearing protective masks wheeled the dead from a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to the shore. The first four were wrapped in silver body bags, the next three, shrouded... View the full article
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There's a tattoo trend surfacing -- one that could save lives. Increasing numbers of people who have serious medical conditions, such as diabetes, are turning to tattooing to identify themselves on the... View the full article
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People who call this BMW X6 xDrive50i an ambulance and complain about the lack of space are mistaken. It's a "notarzt" car, which Ze Germans created to save lives before ze ambulance arrives. When it... View the full article
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio -- Connie Culp of Jefferson County is the first-ever U.S. face transplant patient. Her husband, Thomas, shot her in the face back in September 2004. Culp has come a long way since... View the full article
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WASHINGTON -- The nation's emergency physicians have taken issue with statements made last week by Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, about emergency medical care and suggested... View the full article
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate... View the full article
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MUNICH -- After three decades of fighting in court, John Demjanjuk arrived at a German prison on Tuesday, deported from the United States to face allegations of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000... View the full article
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LOCKPORT, N.Y. -- A Rural/Metro EMT was arrested Friday for stealing cash from a critically injured car accident victim in Lockport on April 28, Niagara County sheriff?s officials said. Anthony L. Murphy,... View the full article
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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's finally landed himself a break. The paramedic who was struck by the singer's SUV outside a hospital has dropped pending his lawsuit against the superstar. Driver Jamin... View the full article
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama on Monday portrayed the health care industry's promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years as "a watershed event" in the long search for a solution to the... View the full article
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Andrew Zbeeb's ambulance will never be mistaken for those diesel-powered boxes flying toward Grady Hospital, lights blazing, sirens howling. It's smaller, first of all, a Chevy Tahoe with the words "Emergency... View the full article
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MEXICO CITY -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction... View the full article
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters struggled Friday to get ahead of a raging wildfire that has moved dangerously close to heavily populated areas around this idyllic coastal city and forced the... View the full article -
NEWARK -- Emergency Medical Service squads responded last night to what they said was a critical problem. But it wasn't a cardiac arrest or car accident. Calling Gov. Jon Corzine's proposal to redirect... View the full article
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HOUSTON -- U.S. Border Patrol agent John Lopez has seen it all: Men hiding in tiny holes in the ground, in car trunks and behind seat backs. He's even captured an illegal immigrant hiding in a suitcase. "You... View the full article
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Winds swirled and homes of all sizes burned as a wildfire descended on this scenic coastal city amid hot, dry conditions that resembled late summer more than the middle of spring. Firefighters... View the full article
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- After 10 people were released after being treated for exposure to sodium cyanide, officials are still awaiting final test results on the substance to determine how it was used... View the full article
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MEMPHIS -- A 53-year-old man is accused of pulling over a young woman in Midtown, flashing a fake badge and ordering her to pay him a $1000...or else. His real job? He's a paramedic for Pro-Med, Inc.,... View the full article
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CHICAGO -- Three years ago, a Chicago area paramedic named Dan had the right three horses in a $10 Trifecta box in the Kentucky Derby. It was good for $56,000, says Dan. Last Saturday, Dan (I'm withholding... View the full article
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Action pending in Springfield could have a positive effect on the retirement plans of three long-serving Barrington paramedics ? but could also cost Barrington taxpayers up to $1.8... View the full article
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WASHINGTON -- A flu virus is a powerhouse of evolution, mutating at the maximum speed nature allows. A mild virus can morph into a killer and vice versa. One change already made this year's swine flu... View the full article
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former emergency medical technician with the New York Fire Department (FDNY) has been sentenced to six months in jail and four and one half years of probation after pleading... View the full article
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- For an hour, the Asian man cowered amid the chaos of what had been his adult English class. Blood soaked through his jeans where a bullet had fractured the bones of his lower right leg.... View the full article
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NEW YORK -- NBC is searching for a way out of its prime-time wilderness by banking heavily on veterans of the "Saturday Night Live" comedy troupe once known as the not-ready-for-prime-time players. The... View the full article