A man's death from a stroke in May has sparked a tug-of-war over whether to keep an advanced life support ambulance in upscale Lutz or transfer it to Progress Village, a much poorer community with many more calls for ambulance service. ...more

October 12, 2008

Members of the Highlands County Fire Services and Highlands County Emergency Management spent the better half of Wednesday morning unpacking, taking inventory and testing 26 new Lifepack 1000 Automated External Defibrillator (AEDs) that will be issued to the Highlands County Fire Services staff, emergency management and the volunteer fire departments. ...more

July 31, 2008

Medtronic Inc. is stopping distribution of wires that connect some of its defibrillators to patients' hearts after learning they may have contributed to five deaths. ...more

October 16, 2007