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An EMT from Highmore is one of the people or agencies that were recognized by the South Dakota Emergency Medic...

Program looking to boost rural EMT numbers available for free for some qualifying students

A conference was held on Friday in Sioux Falls with a focus on rural healthcare and providing additional outreach training to first responders through Simulation in Motion South Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A humanoid bundle of wires, computer parts and rubbery limbs is providing hospital staffers and first-responders across KELOLAND realistic training in treating patients. “Stan” was in need of immediate care inside SIM-South Dakota’s traveling emergency room. A modified fire truck paid a house call to the Sanford Research Center in […]

Despite having extremely important jobs, first responders have few opportunities to practice lifesaving skills without the pressure that comes with a real emergency.

A delegation from the North Dakota National Guard of the US Amey led by Lt. Col. MC Evers has paid a courtesy call on the Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, to discuss issues concerning the advancement of Ghana’s emergency response.

7 areas to consider to improve heart attack care

Rural ambulance services in South Dakota are having an increasingly hard time recruiting volunteers and generating revenues, putting the stability of the services at risk and making it more likely that rural residents will endure longer response times in emergencies or possibly lose ambulance service altogether. While most larger cities in South Dakota have professional ambulance services or fire departments with paid staff members, rural services rely mostly on volunteers. In recent years, tho...