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.

Beginning next month, changes are coming to the Baltimore Fire Department's emergency response. In July, the department will ...

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.