EMS Grants News and Articles

• Iowa awards opioid settlement grants focusd on prevention, treatment and EMS-linked care

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  10 Iowa organizations are set to receive up to $1M each in opioid settlement funding, supporting overdose prevention, treatment access and programs like community paramedicine

• Texas EMS sees record applicant surge as agency works to fill vacancies

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  Austin-Travis County EMS drew 350 applications for its latest hiring cycle and graduated 17 cadets in December, while private providers and new grants aim to shore up EMT staffing

• Opioid settlement funds help Ala. FD, PD purchase 10 AEDs

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  Athens Fire and Rescue will equip additional trucks with AEDs using opioid settlement funds while the police department begins placing them in patrol vehicles

• EMTs, firefighters and cops holiday shop with 100 Mass. kids

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  Pridestar Trinity EMS, Lowell Fire and Lowell Police volunteered for the Heroes and Helpers shopping event

• Mass. sends $5M in grants to support EMS strained by hospital shutdown

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  Governor Maura Healey is sending $5M in EMS grants to 13 communities to offset longer transport times and higher call volumes following the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center

• Anonymous donor helps cover EMT training costs in Kan. county

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  A new contribution will add up to $750 in tuition support for each EMT student who commits to working for a Washington County ambulance service

• $35K grant funds new heart monitors for Va. county ambulances

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  An Appalachian Power Foundation grant will equip Tazewell County’s ambulance fleet with new Lifepak 35 monitors

• Hyper-turbulent times: EMS economics and AI guardrails with Matt Zavadsky and Dr. Shannon Gollnick

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  From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system

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