PARAMEDIC

Fargo Airmed Takes Flight Each Day to Ensure Community’s Safety

On average, the team completes on-site pick-ups and transfers three times per day

FARGO– Emergency responders work tirelessly each and every day to save the lives of people in our community. While many do their work in hospitals on the ground, others are working above us. “You never know walking through the door when your first call is going to come in, sometimes it’s coming in as you’re walking through the door, so…

St. Paul Paramedic Killed in Crash with Semi

The ambulance driver was treated at North Memorial Medical Center

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A tragic crash last night in the Twin Cities. A paramedic died in a crash between an ambulance and semi in Brooklyn Center. The State Patrol said the semi was stalled on Interstate 694 near the split with I-94 when the crash happened. The paramedic in the passenger seat, 24-year-old Marina Gayledeste of St. Paul, was…

Detective at Center of Controversial Arrest of Nurse is Asking to Keep His Job

Payne's attorney argues while the detective could have handled things better, it should not end with his termination.

  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — It was the viral video that shocked the health care world. The detective at the center of the controversial arrest of a Utah nurse who refused to do a blood draw on an unconscious patient is begging to keep his job. Salt Lake City detective Jeff Payne has been on administrative leave since police…

Health Matters: The Newest Technology in Ambulances

An ambulance is capable of doing just about everything an emergency room can

HEALTH MATTERS — Most people don’t know what an ambulance looks like until they have to ride one. As technology moves forward, so does the care you can find in an ambulance. A Detroit Lakes paramedic with Essentia Health St. Mary’s helps us get familiar with the tools in this rescue rig. In what is often an already scary situation,…