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Here's more from the Hartford Courant https://www.courant.com/2025/06/18/dispute-over-ambulance-service-in-ct-town-its-really-about-life-or-death-official/

Looks like another Volunteer Ambulance Service is about to be shut down in the State of Connecticut. Here's the Article from WFSB: https://www.wfsb.com/2025/06/17/town-council-discusses-proposed-ambulance-services-wethersfield/

Looks like another Volunteer Ambulance in Connecticut is in deep trouble. This time it's Financial Trouble with the town of Westbrook https://www.westbrookct.us/DocumentCenter/View/9691/Town-of-Westbrook-FINAL-Report-and-Schedules-2025 Westbrook Volunteer Ambulance Company finances in...

Coming soon to an EMS unit in a not to distant future https://defence-blog.com/us-army-tests-drone-blood-resupply-in-lithuania/

The TCCC stuff is what the Military uses and it's being filtered down to the civilian EMS. Think of 9 line medevac request and they use an assessment tool call MARCH Here's sources Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) https://jts.health.mil/index.cfm/committees/cotccc Tactical...

Here's why the next coming battle, we may have to start thinking long duration care. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/april/expeditionary-advanced-medical-care-indo-pacific

https://taskandpurpose.com/video/the-end-of-the-golden-hour-and-the-transformation-of-u-s-military-combat-medicine/ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/golden-hour-army-medical-training-ukraine/ Death Ignores theGolden HourThe Argument for Mobile,Farther-Forward Surgery...

Outside of Hartford County where I live it's common but inside Hartford County, it's unheard of but I know Vol EMS is dying in Hartford County.

We use to have EMT-I's in Connecticut when we were short on Paramedics. The state has so many paramedics in the cities and suburbs that in the rural communities they don't have paramedics. In Connecticut, not many Fire depts have their own BLS ambulance but that may change in the near future.

In Hartford, Ct EMS is split between AMR and Aetna. AMR covers the North end of Hartford while AETNA covers the South end of Hartford including Wethersfield and Rocky Hill, Ct. I know in Ct not many fire dept's have their own EMS. Connecticut use to have EMT-I's before the hospitals and states...

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Hamden High school has started a first responder program

The problem in Connecticut is that the state has the third highest tax rate and Highest Utility rates in the country.

The sign of the Times in Connecticut. Volunteer fire and EMS orgs are shutting their doors https://www.wfsb.com/2025/03/21/torringford-volunteer-fire-department-close-after-68-years/