LARGO, Fla. (July 1, 2013) — Members of the Sunstar Paramedics SWAT team took three of the top four places in a competition called the “Intubation Rodeo,” held recently at Nature Coast EMS in Inverness, Fla. In the event, EMS professionals were required to...
Sunstar Paramedics, the 911 ambulance transport service for all Pinellas County residents, recently earned accreditation with the Commission of Accreditation of Ambulance Services for its operations. In addition, Sunstar’s operation dispatch center has been...
LARGO, Fla. (June 20, 2013) — National ambulance/EMS service provider Paramedics Plus announces that the Commission of Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) has individually accredited all five of the company’s divisions. This includes renewal for its...
Around west-central Florida, “road rage” is leading to dangerous situations with serious consequences: A man was shot to death in March after three drivers stopped their cars in Palm Harbor and got into a confrontation. The fight turned deadly after one driver used...
Christopher Jennings, a Sunstar paramedic not prone to tears, thought he was all cried out. On the scene of an accidental amputation last month, Jennings had choked back tears at the “gut-wrenching” screams of Jerry Nugent, who had accidentally backed over...