EMS Grants News and Articles

• Grant allows Colo. hospitals to expand ER opioid addiction treatment

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  Two hospitals received $400,000 each, which allows them to keep patients in their emergency rooms until they start showing withdrawal symptoms

• Ill. paramedic helps write bill to reform rural EMS across state

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  Paramedic Mark Kennedy helped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin write the SIREN Act, which would reauthorize a federal grant program to support rural EMS agencies

• Teachers win $27K grant to implement EMT classes

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  Chad Power and Roxanne Schmiesing teamed up to write a plan called "Tomorrow's Heroes" that will give students hands-on experiences as first responders

• Report released on estimated cost of NG911 upgrades

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  The report said nationwide Next Generation 911 implementation will cost between $9.5 billion and $12.7 billion over 10 years

• Ky. city gets $2M federal grant to fight rising opioid overdoses

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  Lexington has received a $2 million federal grant to buy more overdose reversal kits and hire an overdose prevention coordinator

• Conn. to receive $22M to fight opioid epidemic

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  The funding package, announced Friday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, consists of two $11 million grants, to be dispersed over two years

• SAFER grant would allow Ohio city to run 4 ambulances regularly

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  The $1.03M SAFER grant would allow the Canton Fire Department to hire 10 new responders and regularly operate four ambulances

• Fla. county uses $548K FEMA grant to equip ambulances with CPR devices

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  Chest compression machines will be placed on ambulances throughout the county and eliminate the possibility of minor mistakes when a human performs CPR

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