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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week. -
A partnership between Duke University and Forsyth County will send drones equipped with automated external defibrillators during live 911 calls about people having cardiac arrest, when minutes can save lives.
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There has been talk of relocating FEMA HQ to Texas if the state's emergency management chief is named the new head of the federal agency. But given the turmoil around FEMA this year, it may not be the right move.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is considering a pilot program of two-person teams comprised of a mental health clinician and an emergency medical technician to respond to low-risk 911 calls and defuse any situation involving people going through a mental health crisis.
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Fentanyl was detected in the blood of 89 of the 260 total people who died from overdoses in San Francisco in 2018, while it was present in 519 of the 712 people who overdosed in 2020.
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Some elective procedures in surgery, cardiology and interventional radiology will be temporarily stopped. Cancer-related procedures, emergency services and ambulatory surgery sites will not be affected.
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Thanks to the same emergency mobilization system that allows a city like Spokane to send its firefighters to a wildfire burning halfway across the state, area firefighters were sent north this spring to help meet the surge of demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in rural communities.
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One in four COVID-19-related deaths may be attributable to the overcrowding at hospitals that has occurred since the pandemic began, a problem exacerbated by unvaccinated patients and overworked staff.
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"The Sheriff's Office needed a database that would be an all-encompassing system. Currently, we are operating out of multiple systems which means duplicating work and loss of valuable time."
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“The hospitals are full. People are coming in suffering from neglected conditions because they’ve deferred care for almost a year and a half, or because they’re seeking elective procedures that they’ve delayed.”
