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The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay launched a free weeklong program that medically assists overdose patients while they detox and transition towards consultation at a substance use clinic.

When first responders are treating victims, manual compressions can be difficult to maintain. A Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS) can apply nonstop mechanical chest compressions.

Among the people still reluctant to get vaccinated are firefighters, many of whom also respond to medical calls as paramedics and EMTs and have witnessed the ravages of the pandemic firsthand.

Union president Stewart Eubanks says AMR recently boosted EMT wages in the county by 70 percent and paramedic pay by 58 percent.

"Once that budget is signed and the funds get released, we're going to start getting these checks out," the governor said.

DeSantis says Florida will use a portion of the “tens of thousands” of extra doses FEMA sites bring to the state to vaccinate teachers, law enforcement and firefighters who are 50 and older.

Paramedics and emergency medical technicians would be immune from criminal and civil liabilities when treating an injured police canine, under a bill…

Armed paramedics would be able to accompany law-enforcement officers during “high-risk” operations, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday in…

Gunfire could still be heard from the Pulse nightclub when the first paramedic-firefighters arrived — but they never got inside, instead treating wounded…

Florida senators this week could approve a bill that would create a public-records exemption for information about paramedics and emergency-medical…