MISSOULA, MT — After his dreams of becoming an astronaut fell by the wayside, Giuseppe Caltabiano took the next best option to get the closest to the stars. He earned his pilot’s license when he was ...

Beginning September 1, Texas will no longer ban fire departments from transporting patients to the hospital in fire trucks. The new law is designed to assist in improving treatment for patients in ...

In an emergency, local fire departments — including the Bainbridge Island Fire Department — partner with airlift operators to transport patients who require specialized emergency care, especially when ...

When someone is having a mental health crisis — whether they’re thinking about suicide, acting erratically or experiencing hallucinations — they frequently end up in a hospital emergency department, ...

Los Angeles County firefighters are transporting patients to hospitals in their trucks rather than ambulances, an unprecedented move required because of surging coronavirus cases within the county ...

Hospitals are so overwhelmed by coronavirus patients that the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency issued directives that ambulances should stop transporting patients to hospitals if ...

When two sheriff’s deputies showed up at the hospital room of John Noel’s husband, Chris, he thought he was being arrested. No one had told him they were coming. The deputies handcuffed Chris and ...