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• Protect Latchkey Kids By Planning For Safety 08.25.2010

  Greenwood Village, Colo., August 25, 2010 – The United States Census Bureau estimates that as many as 10 million children are left home alone every afternoon, every day of the week. Many children find themselves in this situation after school while waiting for their parents to return home from work. As children return to school this fall, American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance service urges parents to keep their “latchkey” youngsters safe.

• Charities will be featured on local ambulances 08.03.2010

  If you see a paramedic cruising through the Inland Empire in an ambulance that looks like a Goodwill or American Red Cross van, you're not seeing things.

  It's a new partnership that American Medical Response has started so the agency can spread the word about nonprofit organizations.

• CFED West Paramedic Challenge 2010 07.30.2010

  CFED West works to bring fire, police, military and medical professionals together to develop relationships. One great way to do this was through the Paramedic Challenge Competition. This event was a fun and exciting competition where teams had an opportunity to demonstrate their skills during a realistic scenario. Any EMS agency currently providing pre-hospital care or educational institution was invited to enter.

• AMR Appoints Leading EMS Physician As New CMO 07.26.2010
  

  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - American Medical Response (AMR) today announced the appointment of Edward Racht, M.D. to the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Racht has been an emergency medical services physician and educator for more than 20 years. A widely recognized leader and frequent keynote speaker, Dr. Racht received his medical degree from the Emory University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Racht will join AMR effective September 20, 2010.

• Woman With Gigantism Gets Help for Brain Surgery 07.19.2010
  

  Tanya Angus, at 6-feet 11-inches and 372 Pounds, Is 'Grateful' to Paramedic Company

• Pink ambulance honors courage of cancer patients 07.15.2010
  

  NEWBURYPORT — For nearly seven years, Alicia Denisco has been on the receiving end of calls from people who are sick or injured as a dedicated member of American Medical Response's communications team.

• American Medical Response Wins Second International Stevie® Award 07.15.2010
  

  American Medical Response (AMR) has won a 2010 International Stevie® Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year in North America.

• Cool Tips to Beat the Heat 07.13.2010
  

  We don’t need to tell you that it’s hot out there. But, emergency officials are getting the word out about staying cool in the summer heat. A spokesperson with the American Medical Response says in the last month they have received 30 heat-related calls in their six county service area.

• Wyoming man credits ambulance crew with saving his wife - twice 07.10.2010
  

  GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - Perry Miller said he just had to meet them.

  "I don't know how to thank you actually. How do you thank someone for saving somebody's life," said Perry Miller while hugging two American Medical Response paramedics Friday.

• Car Seat Safety 07.10.2010
  

  BILLINGS - Dozens of parents showed up today at the American Medical Response Center to have their children's car seats checked.

• EMS Professionals Bring Academy To Vegas 07.08.2010
  

  After developing a successful curriculum in Texas for paramedics, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) professionals Dr. Bryan Bledsoe and Larry Johnson collaborated again to create the Critical Care Paramedic Academy, which offers advanced courses designed to train and educate paramedics in Southern Nevada.

• Heart smart - hundreds of defibrillators throughout county 07.08.2010
  

  If someone goes into sudden cardiac arrest while perusing books at the library or watching a high school basketball game, it could be several minutes before medical help arrives.

• Special Response Team gets new ride 07.08.2010
  

  Thanks to recycling and a fresh coat of paint, the Princeton Police Department is now sporting some new wheels. American Medical Response Inc. donated a Ford E350 to the department earlier this year, so that what was once an ambulance can now be used as a command post and crime response unit.

• Barnidge: A fateful crash, a grateful victim and a room full of heroes 06.15.2010
  

  JANET HOGAN sat in the front row of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meeting last week and heard how her life was saved.

• River Safety and Rescue Program Attack Silent Epidemic 06.03.2010
  

  American Medical Response has joined with local officials to create a pioneering, on-site river rescue program.

• Emergency Medical buying Gold Coast Ambulance 05.03.2010
  

  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. Emergency Medical Services Corp., which provides medical and rescue services, said Monday that its American Medical Response unit will buy Gold Coast Ambulance Service for an undisclosed amount.

• Calexico Quake Cleanup Continues 04.06.2010
  

  Calexico Fire Chief expresses appreciation for the disaster ambulance services provided to his community from San Diego.

• San Diego Sends Strike Team to Assist in Earthquake Zone  04.05.2010
  

  AMR responds to request from Emergency Medical Services Authority.

• Hamden firefighter and EMT lose their locks for St. Baldrick fundraiser 03.03.2010
  

  HAMDEN — Kimberley Talmadge and Cody Kelly are getting high 5’s and congratulations everywhere they go.

• Avoiding the Super Bowl Blues 02.08.2010
  

  Football fans will find Super Bowl XLIV televised on 11 News this Sunday. Local emergency crews predict they will also see some action.

• AMR to provide ambulance services 01.06.2010
  

  City emergency response to begin Jan. 17

• AMR responds to a holiday need 12.11.2009
  

  American Medical Response has come to the rescue once again — but it has nothing to do with a medical emergency. Instead, this rescue was made in the spirit of the holidays.

• Arvada Pearl Harbor veteran gets a free ride home after hospital stay in Texas 12.07.2009
  

  Reaching out to help a veteran of Pearl Harbor was the least the niece of seven World War II veterans said she could do.

• Tigard teen who nearly drowned in Clackamas River meets the man who saved him 09.28.2009
  

  If things had gone just a little differently, a gathering Sunday afternoon between a boy and his rescuer never would have happened.

• AMR & FEMA Prepare for Federal Disaster 09.21.2009
  

  Public-private partnership allows for improved response

• E.M.Ts and Paramedics: Making a Difference One Life at a Time 05.22.2009
  

  You see them every day, but do you ever really stop to consider the vital role paramedics and E.M.T.s play in our communities?

• ‘Mama Stella’ is one of a kind 05.17.2009
  

  McNeer among top ambulance workers in U.S.

• State-of-the-heart equipment 03.04.2009
  

  Technology enables paramedics to transmit life saving data

• San Joaquin emergency dispatch center gets national accreditation 02.25.2009
  

  Only 95 call centers in the world are recognized as “accredited centers of excellence."

• Hometown Heroes 02.24.2009
  

  Pueblo West sisters save brother from strangling to death

• A Safety Revolution 02.23.2009
  

  American Medical Response pioneers safety concept ambulance

• American Medical Response acquires Skyservice Business Aviation 02.02.2009
  

  American Medical Response has purchased a Canadian company, Skyservice Business Aviation Inc., the company reported Monday.