by aczapek | Apr 29, 2024 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Dozens of paramedic students put the life-saving skills they’ve acquired to the test Monday. Life EMS held a regional competition to give high schoolers an opportunity to show how they would respond to various medical emergencies. The event ran...
by aczapek | Apr 24, 2024 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Preparing for the worst was the goal for paramedics in training with Life EMS Ambulance on Wednesday afternoon. GLC Live at 20 Monroe, a downtown Grand Rapids concert venue, was turned into the site of a simulated mass casualty incident....
by aczapek | Apr 16, 2024 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — This week marks National Telecommunicators Week – recognizing the men and women who work in public safety communication centers. These workers play a vital role in directing first responders to emergencies, and they can’t get it done without the...
by aczapek | Apr 16, 2024 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Life EMS Ambulance recently expanded and remodeled its control center in Grand Rapids. Among the many computers and phones, an Emergency Medical Dispatcher manages an artificial intelligence tool to predict where the next medical emergency may...
by aczapek | Apr 4, 2024 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Life EMS Ambulance is now using virtual reality (VR) technology in the training curriculum for its paramedic program. Partnering with VRpatients, a company that creates VR medical training, Life EMS Ambulance is using the technology in hopes that...