Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City plans to eliminate 18 emergency medical services positions and shut down three 911 units, according to an Oct. 8 Emergency Medical Services ...
It’s a bloody dangerous — and sometimes revolting job. New York City’s emergency medical technicians and paramedics were attacked or threatened 363 times in 2022 — including 64 times where a patient ...
FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, launched a new public awareness campaign on social media Oct. 6 ...
With assaults against medics rising, the City Council will take a second crack at passing legislation guaranteeing first responders’ access to body armor and yearly self-defense training. The bills ...
A New York City EMS worker repeatedly stabbed by an "emotionally disturbed" felon in an ambulance Wednesday needs additional surgery for nerve damage to her thigh, prosecutors said Friday. Rudy Garcia ...
Albany, N.Y. — Lawmakers and advocates are sounding the alarm over the emergency medical services crisis across New York state. A lack of volunteers and longer wait times are putting certain parts of ...
New York City couldn’t escape some of the discrimination claims lodged by emergency medical services officers and their union ...
New York City’s emergency medical technicians and paramedics responded to just over 1.6 million emergency calls last year, making 2023 the busiest year in the history of FDNY EMS, the union said ...