This legislation would create clear criteria for establishing a PTSI claim and would require a diagnosis. Author: Chelsea Koerbler (FOX43) Updated: 7:52 AM EDT April 30, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. A lot of resources are allocated to train, educate, and prepare first responders for the job, but the lawmakers working on new legislation say we sometimes fail to provide the support needed for first responders.
Under the bill, first responders would be entitled to benefits under the state s workers compensation law for any psychological traumas that happen from the job. Senators Camera Bartolotta and Mike Regan, both republicans working on this bill, say in their co-sponsorship memo, it can be difficult for first responders to establish a PTSI claim because they must prove objective abnormal working conditions. This legislation would create clear criteria for establishing a PTSI claim and would require a diagnosis.
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18-year-old EMT saves man from burning vehicle in Carlisle
A bang and a bright light woke up the quiet residential street. It was 1:30 a.m. in Carlisle, and a crashed car was burning. Author: Harri Leigh (FOX43) Updated: 9:45 AM EST January 8, 2021
CARLISLE, Pa. A bang and a bright light woke up the quiet residential street. It was 1:30 a.m. in Carlisle, and a crashed car was burning.
“We were the very first to be on scene,” said Grace Snyder, an EMT with Cumberland Goodwill EMS.
Snyder is now being called a hero for her actions on the scene.
The 18-year-old has only been at Cumberland Goodwill for six months. She completed a program her senior year to get EMT-certified. The program is a partnership between Carlisle Area High School, Cumberland Goodwill EMS and Harrisburg Area Community College.
Vaccine provides hope for EMS crews in 2021, even as some say they had trouble getting the shot at first
Some EMS crews say it took pressure from the state & 3 weeks of raising the alarm through the public, through media, through our elected officials to get shot Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43) Updated: 10:11 PM EST January 1, 2021
Nathan Harig of Cumberland Goodwill EMS in Carlisle received the Moderna shot.
Dawn Ray of Lancaster EMS received the Pfizer vaccination.
Now both are asking everyone to get their vaccinations when they can, to help in 2021 to bring an end to the unyielding number of COVID-19 patients that have entered their ambulances throughout the year 2020.