A unit of Baltimore City’s Fire Department, IAFF Local 734, is speaking out against the department’s recent move to downgrade ...

Thursday, Mark Corum from Hall Ambulance said a basic life support (BLS) unit is staffed by two emergency medical technicians who cannot intubate or inject medication, whereas as an advanced life ...

EMT Patrick Carr, a member of St. Paul's Basic Life Support unit (credit: CBS) ... The Basic Life Support, or BLS, just hit the road on Monday. They've already answered 32 calls.

Via the BLS: “Unit labor costs in nonfarm businesses increased 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, as productivity grew at a slower rate (+0.9 percent) than hourly compensation (+3.7 ...

You may have heard that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unit of the U.S. Department of Labor — which tracks current employment levels for numerous industries — recently determined that ...

We’re trying to provide care, and the BLS unit is expected to transport the patient. You may or may not be aware that as a paramedic, I cannot transfer care to somebody with lesser training.

Under the updated system, if no BLS unit is available to respond to a call, and ALS unit will be sent. The county is also hiring more EMTs to staff BLS units. Related Articles.