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The ambulance would be the latest addition to Florida’s first mobile stroke treatment unit network, which speeds care to patients and greatly reduces the risk of death or disability, UF officials say.

More than 60,000 people bleed to death every year in the United States. Many of those deaths occur before the patient reaches a trauma center where blood transfusions can be given.

The Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida introduced its groundbreaking SEA STAR program dedicated to patients and families affected by autism.

The purpose of the vehicle is to allow emergency responders to properly diagnose and treat stroke victims as they are being transported to the nearest stroke treatment center.

To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. Meanwhile, some 911 calls go unanswered.

The median air ambulance bill is more than $36,000 and is seldom covered by health plans. So far, legislative hurdles and industry pressure have kept Congress from stepping in.

A Florida man needed a ride home when he was released from the hospital. So police say he stole an ambulance.But the ambulance had a GPS tracking device,…

In Miami, the city can again charge non-residents a $100 surcharge on ambulance rides, the Miami Herald reports.St. Petersburg resident Cheryl Haigley…