A new car seat law in Florida extends the child passenger safety restraint requirements from children younger than 4 years old to every child under the age of 6. The change on January 1, 2015 is aimed at keeping more kids safe and lowering Florida’s rank as the sate...
In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month this past October, Sunstar Paramedics’ employees raised money for CASA, Community Action Stop Abuse. Sunstar’s chief administrative officer Debbie Vass presented a check for $1,000 to Michelle Pliner,...
With gift-giving season in full swing, relatives and friends are purchasing toys to give as gifts for the children in their lives. What these well-intentioned gift givers may not realize is the toy they’re buying can be dangerous for the child who receives it. The...
Shorter winter days and an end to Daylight Savings Time mean more drivers and pedestrians are spending additional time traveling in the dark. With the average winter sunset occurs at 5:45 p.m. many people are commuting at the most dangerous times – dusk and night....
On November 18, paramedic Robin Webb and Tsambika Aysh, EMT, responded to a call involving the death of a woman. During the call, they learned the woman’s son had a birthday on the following day, and he would be turning 13. Webb and Aysh wanted to give the boy a...
