A bill adding criminal penalties for harassing 911 dispatchers or abusing the 911 system in Alaska is advancing closer to a vote in the state Senate after the Legislature failed to pass it last year.
Hospitals and clinics across the nation are buckling under the weight of a staffing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency services and ambulatory care providers are also struggling to answer an increasing amount of 911 calls.
That was apparent when New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Lt. Noah Feldman received a 911 call to help a woman in labor in mid-November. The woman, who went to her local community health center for a primary care visit, ended up feeling tremendous pain in her abdomen. The 911 dispatcher told Feldman that the woman needed an emergency cesarean section.
OGDEN — A new program that streams 911 calls to deputies in their patrol vehicles may have helped save two lives already in its first three weeks of operation, the Weber County Sheriff’s Office says.
The Maui County Council adopted a resolution Friday to urge the county administration to recognize emergency dispatchers as first responders.
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