August 23, 2024 4:49 am
Washington County Ambulance & Chair EMS announced their new life saving procedure that is being used at less than 100 EMS providers nationwide. With the cooperation of UPMC, Ambulance and Chair will now be able to administer blood to patients in dire need of transfusions on site. Approximately 50 EMT’s will now be able to operate two equipped vehicles that carry type O blood for patients that would be in grave danger because of long travel distances to trauma units. Larry Pollock, Executive Director of Ambulance & Chair EMS says that this will increase survivability of rural patients suffering significant trauma and medical emergencies. Larry Pantuso is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Ambulance & Chair EMS and he calls the ability to infuse blood from an ambulance a game changer in patient care in rural communities. UPMC Medical Director of Prehospital Care and Chief Medical Officer of Ambulance & Chair Dr. Vincent Mosesso says that they are grateful to be able to make a difference to people of Washington County. According to Pollock, in the last seven days Ambulance & Chair have administered blood on scene two times. Once to a woman suffering post partum hemorrhaging and the second to an accident victim that was trapped in their car over an embankment. A legislative change by the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services now allows specially trained paramedics to administer blood in the field.
August 22, 2024 5:53 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses. The shots are cleared for adults and children as young as 6 months, and health authorities hope far more Americans get them this year. Vaccinations could begin in days, as a summer wave of COVID-19 continues. Authorities say anyone who’s recently been infected can wait three months after recovering to get vaccinated. (Photo: AP)
August 22, 2024 5:49 pm
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government has ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference Thursday, moments after The Associated Press broke the news publicly. The railroads have said that once the dispute enters arbitration the trains will be able to get moving again. But it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the union’s engineers, conductors and dispatchers will return to work. (Photo: AP)
August 22, 2024 5:48 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will close out the Democratic National Convention when she accepts her party’s historic presidential nomination. Harris will lay out her vision Thursday night for the country and prosecute her case against Republican Donald Trump, capping a whirlwind month that began when President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed her to replace him atop the Democratic ticket. On Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the vice presidential nomination and thanked the packed Chicago arena for “bringing the joy” to the election. Also speaking Thursday are Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, civil rights leader Al Sharpton and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
August 22, 2024 5:47 pm
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Appearing in Arizona, Donald Trump has used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. The visit on Thursday was the fourth in a series of events held in battleground states this week to try to draw the focus away from Democrats’ celebration of Harris’ presidential nomination in Chicago. Speakers at the convention on Wednesday night accused Trump of using the border to stir up his base by demonizing immigrants.
August 22, 2024 3:51 pm
At least eight students and the bus driver were injured in a school bus crash in Washington County on Thursday. The crash happened along Westland Road in Mount Pleasant Township at 2:36 p.m. Authorities say high school students from Fort Cherry were on the bus at the time and were returning from the VoTech School near Houston. Two students were flown to area hospitals and six others were taken by ambulance. Their conditions have not been released. Authorities say the bus driver lost control, causing the bus to go across the road and into a grassy area which has cement blocks in it.
August 22, 2024 5:14 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot. A Commonwealth Court judge, in a Tuesday decision, agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordered the party’s presidential candidate off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot. A Commonwealth Court judge agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges on Tuesday, ruling that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordering the party’s presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot. Meanwhile, a lawyer with deep ties to the Republican Party is working to help get independent candidate Cornel West on it. The lawyer argues that the Secretary of State’s office under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro was wrong to reject West’s paperwork.
August 22, 2024 5:08 am
The parents of a 23-year-old American taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel have given a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention. The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday pleaded for the release of the dozens of people who continue to be held captive in Gaza. They were greeted with an extended ovation and chants of “bring him home” by the thousands of Democratic delegates in Chicago. More than 100 hostages remain in Gaza, including eight American citizens. The parents steered clear of politics but said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are “working tirelessly” for a deal to release the hostages and end the fighting in Gaza.
August 22, 2024 5:04 am
CHICAGO (AP) — As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable. But organizers say they did something leaders inside didn’t: Make the war in Gaza part of the agenda. The stakes were high for the nation’s third-largest city. Despite hosting more political conventions than any other American city, comparisons to the infamous 1968 convention when police clashed with protesters were hard to shake. And one unsanctioned protest that resulted in dozens of arrests and tense police standoffs didn’t help. But both organizers and police say they were successful in helping broadcast different narratives about Chicago.
August 22, 2024 4:59 am
One person was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Chartiers Township Wednesday night. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just before 9 p.m along N. Main Street extension. The vehicle reportedly struck a guardrail. The person injured was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital but there is no word on their identity or condition.
