(TNS) - Protocols for handling emergency situations, such as active shooter scenarios, have changed over the last few years. Part of that change deals with the addition of the tactical EMS training.
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...
On a still, foggy morning, SWAT vehicles rolled into a quiet Greeley neighborhood and prepared for a shooting. A tactical emergency medical team was right behind waiting to help anyone who’d been ...
Mark Litwinko explains the intricacies of paramedics' and EMTs' expanding role within the integrated public safety team.
In World Trade Center, NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) Detective John Busching, a tactical medic, works to save the life of Port Authority Sergeant John McLoughlin, the last survivor removed from ...
"This is something we have been interested in doing for a long time," said Green Fire Chief Jeff Funai, who hopes the City Council will approve paramedics being armed when assisting SWAT teams. Green, ...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office and local fire departments have teamed up to make sure officers get the care they need in dangerous situations. The Tactical Emergency ...
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 829, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 218, which allows a tactical emergency medical services (TEMS) professional, who is acting in the line ...
HOMINY, Okla. — Shay Luey, an EMT for Hominy EMS, is heading to Ukraine where she’ll be providing soldiers with tactical first aid training that could save their lives. We caught up with the EMT on ...