(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.

Ricardo Lopez, who has worked for Brick's Emergency Medical Services since 2006, was named Paramedic of the Year in November ...

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 ...

Last month’s column was all about resistance based exercises, using an external resistance to prepare an officer for tactical situations where balance, power and flexibility are all necessary at the ...

EMS providers’ training alongside law enforcement SWAT teams or within Rescue Task Force teams reduces delays in medical care, to increase the survivability of victims in high-threat incidents.

Shortly after I heard the news about last Sunday's Sikh Temple shooting, I couldn't help but think back to my day in April with Milwaukee police offers participating in the Tactical EMS Training class ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- An Appleton fire station hosted the governor as he signed a bill that empowers EMS personnel. On Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 829 at Appleton Fire Department Station ...

The same specialized Winnipeg paramedics who provide pre-hospital care to the police tactical support team are now able to provide emergency care for police dogs from the K9 unit too. Winnipeg police ...