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Beginning next year, paramedics and emergency medical technicians for the City of Pittsburgh will work 12-hour shifts, instead of the current eight-hour…
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Allegheny Health Network's parent company Highmark is launching a pilot program to reimburse emergency services companies, even when patients don't end up…
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Ambulance providers in Pennsylvania are enthusiastic about a bill advancing in the state legislature that would require insurance companies to reimburse…
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The Allegheny County Health Department reports the highest concentration of overdose deaths in the Pittsburgh region from 2008 to 2016 is an area covering…
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It’s about a quarter to midnight on a Sunday at the NorthWest EMS Helen Street station in McKees Rocks. EMT Edd Keisling just clocked out after working a…
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Emergency medical workers in Westmoreland County will soon begin leaving naloxone and addiction treatment information with overdose survivors who refuse…
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Pittsburgh public safety and emergency response departments are working together to create a new strategy for dealing with large events and natural…
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Paramedics and emergency medical technicians want Pittsburghers to know they do a lot more than ride around in an ambulance. To show off what they do,…
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A recent effort to collect teddy bears for Pittsburgh police officers to hand out to children in emergency situations far outstripped its intended…
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Research by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has shown Emergency Medical Service personnel who work 12- to 24-hour shifts are more than…