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136-412: Michael Reese was a real estate developer who died August 1, 1878, leaving funds in his will to build a new hospital. Reese's heirs requested that the hospital would be open to all people, regardless of creed, nationality, or race. Construction of the first hospital on the corner of 29th and Groveland Avenue was completed in 1880. In its early years, it served a diverse array of mostly European immigrants; by

272-462: A paramedic may be an autonomous medical professional, and does not require the permission of a physician to administer interventions or medications from an agreed list, and can perform roles such as suturing or prescribing medication to the patient. Recently "Telemedicine" has been making an appearance in ambulances. Similar to online medical control, this practice allows paramedics to remotely transmit data such as vital signs and 12 and 15 lead ECGs to

408-419: A "-TV" suffix was included in the station's calls, modifying it to WBKB-TV ). Sterling "Red" Quinlan served as the station's general manager from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, and became a giant in early Chicago television. Quinlan was instrumental in starting the careers of Tom Duggan , Frank Reynolds and Bob Newhart . The station courageously aired The Tom Duggan Show in the mid-1950s, which became

544-710: A cleanup of the site to remove contamination. The site is currently vacant, with the exception of the Singer Pavilion building (formerly the psychiatric institute), and is fenced off. The site was proposed as the location for the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum , but the Obama Foundation ultimately selected Jackson Park (in part due to its proximity to the University of Chicago ). The Chicago 2016 Olympic organizing committee had advocated

680-801: A commercial operation in September 1946. As one of the original ABC-owned stations on channel 7, it was the second station to begin operations after WJZ-TV in New York City, and before WXYZ-TV in Detroit, KGO-TV in San Francisco and KECA-TV in Los Angeles. The station's original call letters were taken from co-owned radio station WENR (890 AM), which served as an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network (WENR would eventually merge with WLS , with which it shared

816-487: A common arrangement in the United States is that fire engines or volunteers are sent to provide a rapid initial response to a medical emergency, while an ambulance is sent to provide advanced treatment and transport the patient. In France, fire service and private company ambulances provide basic care, while hospital-based ambulances with physicians on board provide advanced care. In many countries, an air ambulance provides

952-521: A diploma and an associate degree to its graduates. Over the course of nearly a century, the Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing graduated 4,160 students. In 1998, ownership was transferred from Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation to what is now known as Envision Hospital Corporation. At this time, the number of beds was reduced from 1,100 to 450 beds, and the hospital began closing clinics and laying off employees. Operating expenses for

1088-417: A dispatching centre, which will then dispatch suitable resources for the call. Ambulances are the primary vehicles for delivering EMS, though squad cars , motorcycles , aircraft , boats , fire apparatus , and others may be used. EMS agencies may also operate a non-emergency patient transport service, and some have rescue squads to provide technical rescue or search and rescue services. When EMS

1224-406: A fast response time by a first responder measured in minutes, some medical emergencies evolve in seconds. Such a system provides, in essence, a "zero response time," and can have an enormous impact on positive patient outcomes. Certified first responders may be sent to provide first aid, sometimes to an advanced level. Their duties include the provision of immediate life-saving care in the event of

1360-424: A fill-in translator with a power of 7 kW, and operating their full power operations on channel 44 with a power of 1 MW . Through the use of virtual channel technology, both operating frequencies were re-mapped and displayed as channel 7, which would cause some digital tuners to have two versions of virtual channels 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, while tuning sequentially. In October 2012, WLS-TV completed construction from

1496-456: A first aid squad, FAST squad, emergency squad, ambulance squad, ambulance corps, life squad or by other initialisms such as EMAS or EMARS. In most places, EMS can be summoned by members of the public (as well as medical facilities, other emergency services, businesses and authorities) via an emergency telephone number (such as 911 in the United States ) which puts them in contact with

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1632-572: A frequency under a time-sharing arrangement until ABC purchased a 50% interest in WLS in 1954). In February 1953, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT), the former theater division of Paramount Pictures . UPT subsidiary Balaban and Katz owned WBKB (which shared a CBS affiliation with WGN-TV). The newly merged American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres , as the company was known then, could not keep both stations because of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations then enforced that forbade

1768-600: A government or other service provide the 'emergency' cover, whilst a private firm may be charged with 'minor injuries' such as cuts, bruises or even helping the mobility-impaired if they have for example fallen and simply need help to get up again, but do not need treatment. This system has the benefit of keeping emergency crews available at all times for genuine emergencies. These organisations may also provide services known as 'Stand-by' cover at industrial sites or at special events. In Latin America, private ambulance companies are often

1904-474: A higher level of care than a regular ambulance. Examples of level of care include: The most basic emergency medical services are provided as a transport operation only, simply to take patients from their location to the nearest medical treatment. This was historically the case in all countries. It remains the case in much of the developing world, where operators as diverse as taxi drivers and undertakers may transport people to hospital. The Anglo-American model

2040-570: A letterboxed standard-definition simulcast of their Live Well subchannels, though AccuWeather 's content/branding agreement with ABCOTS, including WLS-TV, continued unchanged. WLS-DT3 formerly served as a charter affiliate of Laff diginet from its launch in January 2015. To accommodate the WXFT channel share which took effect in December 2017, WLS-TV discontinued the third Laff subchannel, which shifted over to

2176-555: A man who has been beaten is cared for by a passing Samaritan. Luke 10:34 (NIV) – "He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him." During the Middle Ages, the Knights Hospitaller were known for rendering assistance to wounded soldiers in the battlefield. The first use of the ambulance as a specialized vehicle, in battle came about with

2312-428: A means of protecting their interests and the welfare of their staff. These are often used as first response vehicles in the event of a fire or explosion. Emergency medical services exists to fulfill the basic principles of first aid , which are to Preserve Life, Prevent Further Injury, and Promote Recovery. This common theme in medicine is demonstrated by the "star of life". The Star of Life shown here, where each of

2448-406: A medical emergency; commonly advanced first aid, oxygen administration, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automated external defibrillator (AED) usage. The first responder training is considered a bare minimum for emergency service workers who may be sent out in response to an emergency call . First responders are commonly dispatched by the ambulance service to arrive quickly and stabilize

2584-517: A mix of films and lifestyle programs for four hours per night six days a week after the station's sign-off at 2 a.m.; the service was similar in format to competitor ONTV (which was carried locally on WSNS-TV , channel 44 (now a Telemundo owned and operated station)) and other over-the-air pay services that existed during the early and mid-1980s. Tele1st was created with the concept of allowing users to record programming for later viewing; therefore, its decoder boxes were designed to unencrypt

2720-546: A modernized update to the "Stimulus" theme. In an interview with media columnist Robert Feder , WLS-TV president/general manager John Idler said the reasoning behind the restoration of the Eyewitness News brand, was that it "[still] resonated strongly with [viewers in] the Chicago market", despite being dropped by the station 17 years earlier. On November 2, 2013, WLS expanded the early block of its weekend morning newscasts, with

2856-481: A much higher radiated power). As a result, many viewers were not able to receive the station. The FCC sent extra personnel to Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City to deal with difficulties in those cities. WLS had received 1,735 calls just by the end of the day on June 12 (WBBM only received 600), and an estimated 5,000 calls in total by June 16. WLS-TV was just one station which needed to increase its signal strength or move its frequency to solve its problems, but

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2992-541: A new ambulance system. Having decided against using the Norman system of horse litters, he settled on two- or four-wheeled horse -drawn wagons, which were used to transport fallen soldiers from the (active) battlefield after they had received early treatment in the field. Larrey's projects for 'flying ambulances' were first approved by the Committee of Public Safety in 1794. Larrey subsequently entered Napoleon's service during

3128-584: A new five-year broadcast agreement with the Chicago Cubs , in which WLS televised 25 of the Major League Baseball team's games per year, starting with the 2015 season . The arrangement partially replaced one with WGN-TV (which had broadcast Cubs games since its inception in April 1948), which voluntarily pulled out of its existing broadcast deal with the team for the 2015 season and subsequently agreed to carry

3264-746: A plan to construct the Olympic Village on the Michael Reese site as a reuse project, should Chicago be awarded the Games. The city had originally planned to build an Olympic Village above the truck yards south of McCormick Place, but focused their planning on the Michael Reese campus after the hospital announced its planned closure. Under the new plan, the city would borrow $ 85 million to buy the Michael Reese Hospital campus from its then owner, Medline Industries. Medline would have received $ 65 million because

3400-640: A planned 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m) medical research and innovation center. In July 2021, the Chicago City Council approved a $ 3.8 billion redevelopment project for the former site of Michael Reese Hospital, designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The project, called Bronzeville Lakefront , will be led by Farpoint Development and encompass approximately 8 million square feet of mixed-use space, including 5,000 residential units and 15 million square feet of office and retail space. The redevelopment will occur in two phases:

3536-402: A popular anchor team at WLS-TV during the 1980s and 1990s, accompanied by weather anchor Steve Deshler and sports anchor Tim Weigel . In March 1986, channel 7 passed WBBM-TV as the highest-rated news station in Chicago. It has held the lead ever since, aside from a brief period when WBBM-TV forged a tie for first in the late 1980s. In 1992, the station replaced the "News Series 2000" package (as

3672-442: A positive effect on the morbidity and mortality of patients with leg fractures. Two-way radios became available shortly after World War I, enabling for more efficient radio dispatch of ambulances in some areas. Prior to World War II , there were some areas where a modern ambulance carried advanced medical equipment, was staffed by a physician , and was dispatched by radio. In many locations, however, ambulances were hearses ,

3808-454: A power increase required making sure no other stations were affected. WLS received a two-week experimental permit for a power increase late in June. WLS had also applied for a permit to construct a low-power fill-in digital translator station on UHF channel 32 (the former analog frequency of WFLD ), but abandoned that plan (the channel 32 RF frequency has since been claimed by WMEU-CD ). Eventually

3944-492: A reduced slate of 45 games. The WLS broadcasts were seen on DirecTV 's version of MLB Extra Innings, and the feed provided was the WLS signal seen in the Chicago market (unlike with the feeds of WGN broadcasts, where public service announcements were seen in place of local commercials and station promos). As ABC has a limited sports programming schedule during the Major League Baseball season prior to September (when

4080-540: A replacement for Flynn on the 6 p.m. news, as well as a new host for its AM Chicago program after host Robb Weller departed for New York City . He responded to the latter by bringing in Oprah Winfrey , at the time the host of People Are Talking on ABC's then-affiliate in Baltimore , WJZ-TV . Within a year, the program had moved to first place in the ratings. AM Chicago entered into national syndication in 1986 and

4216-600: A street-side studio at its North State Street facility on April 10, 2006, during the station's morning newscast, although the station had begun broadcasting its newscasts from that studio two days earlier on April 8. On the weekend of April 29–30, 2006, WLS-TV upgraded its news helicopter with a high definition camera, rebranding it as "Chopper 7 HD". On January 6, 2007, WLS-TV became the first Chicago television station to broadcast all of its local programming—including newscasts—in high definition, although most remote field footage remained in 16:9 widescreen standard definition at

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4352-504: A subchannel of WXFT's sister station, WGBO-DT 2, and reduced the Live Well feed from a reduced-bitrate 720p broadcast to a 480i format. After WLS moved to their new channel post-spectrum transition, it soon picked up This TV after ABCOTS picked up the network for their stations in the spring of 2021. WLS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in

4488-527: A two-year program was extended to three years in 1895. Many young women came to Michael Reese directly after finishing high school; some had ambitions to go beyond their clinical nursing training to attend college afterward. By the time the school closed in 1981, changes in the nursing profession discouraged diploma nursing programs and emphasized associate degree and bachelor's degrees in nursing, and prospective nurses opted for university-based programs. Before its closure, Michael Reese's nursing school provided both

4624-476: A volunteer fire service, and some volunteers may provide both services. Some ambulance charities specialize in providing cover at public gatherings and events (e.g. sporting events), while others provide care to the wider community. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the largest charity in the world that provides emergency medicine. (in some countries, it operates as a private ambulance service). Other organisations include St John Ambulance ,

4760-491: A week later on August 30, WLS-TV discontinued its hour-long weekday 11 a.m. newscast (which originated in 1992 as a half-hour program at 11:30, before it expanded into an earlier, one-hour broadcast on October 6, 2003, following the cancellation of Port Charles ) after 21 years, and replaced it on September 2 with Windy City Live , whose original 9 a.m. slot became occupied by Live! with Kelly and Michael when it moved to WLS from WGN-TV on that date (as such, it became

4896-472: Is also known as "load and go" or "scoop and run". In this model, ambulances are staffed by paramedics and/or emergency medical technicians . They have specialized medical training, but not to the same level as a physician. In this model it is rare to find a physician actually working routinely in ambulances, although they may be deployed to major or complex cases. The physicians who work in EMS provide oversight for

5032-498: Is controlled through training and registration. While these job titles are protected by legislation in some countries, this protection is by no means universal, and anyone might, for example, call themselves an 'EMT' or a 'paramedic', regardless of their training, or the lack of it. In some jurisdictions, both technicians and paramedics may be further defined by the environment in which they operate, including such designations as 'Wilderness', 'Tactical', and so on. A unique aspect of EMS

5168-478: Is created as a "prime mover" and made the "single greatest contribution of its kind to the improvement of emergency medical services". Since this time a concerted effort has been undertaken to improve emergency medical care in the pre-hospital setting. Such advancements included Dr. R Adams Cowley creating the country's first statewide EMS program, in Maryland . The developments were paralleled in other countries. In

5304-424: Is dispatched, they will initiate medical care upon arrival on scene. If it is deemed necessary or a patient requests transport, the unit is then tasked with transferring the patient to the next point of care , typically an emergency department of a hospital . Historically, ambulances only transported patients to care, and this remains the case in parts of the developing world. The term "emergency medical service"

5440-459: Is generally to transport the patient within ten minutes of arrival, hence the birth of the phrase, "the platinum ten minutes" (in addition to the "golden hour"), now commonly used in EMT training programs. The "Scoop and Run" is a method developed to deal with trauma , rather than strictly medical situations (e.g. cardiac or respiratory emergencies), however, this may be changing. Increasingly, research into

5576-455: Is in the process of evaluating a payment model to enable reimbursement for patients evaluated and treated on-scene. The essential decision in prehospital care is whether the patient should be immediately taken to the hospital , or advanced care resources are taken to the patient where they lie. The "scoop and run" approach is exemplified by the MEDEVAC aeromedical evacuation helicopter , whereas

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5712-594: Is that there are two hierarchies of authority, as the chain of command is separate to medical authority. An emergency medical dispatcher is also called an EMD. An increasingly common addition to the EMS system is the use of highly trained dispatch personnel who can provide "pre-arrival" instructions to callers reporting medical emergencies. They use carefully structured questioning techniques and provide scripted instructions to allow callers or bystanders to begin definitive care for such critical problems as airway obstructions, bleeding, childbirth, and cardiac arrest. Even with

5848-501: Is the door to balloon time. The longer the time interval, the greater the damage to the myocardium , and the poorer the long-term prognosis for the patient. Current research in Canada has suggested that door to balloon times are significantly lower when appropriate patients are identified by paramedics in the field, instead of the emergency room, and then transported directly to a waiting PCI lab. The STEMI program has reduced STEMI deaths in

5984-630: Is the local over-the-air host of Monday Night Football games involving the Chicago Bears , airing simulcasts of the team's ESPN -televised games (WLS-TV's corporate parent, The Walt Disney Company , owns 80% of ESPN, and the ABC Owned Television Stations have right of first refusal for simulcasts of ESPN's NFL telecasts within a team's home market). Because of this, atypical for a network-owned station outside of breaking news and severe weather coverage necessitating such situations,

6120-708: Is too low to support separate services. This multi-functionality allows to make the most of limited resource or budget, but having a single team respond to any emergency. Hospitals or larger hospital systems may provide their own ambulance service as a service to the community, or where ambulance care is unreliable or chargeable. Many hospital-based EMS departments operate solely with their hospital, though some operate more independently and can transport patients to whichever hospital may be needed or desired. Many large factories and other industrial centers, such as chemical plants , oil refineries , breweries , and distilleries , have emergency medical services provided by employers as

6256-583: The Eyewitness News format that the other ABC owned-and-operated stations began implementing in the late 1960s, after the news format was popularized when it originated at New York City flagship WABC-TV. Beginning in 1968, the station's main evening newscasts were co-anchored by Fahey Flynn , a bowtie -wearing broadcaster who had spent the previous 15 years at WBBM-TV; and Joel Daly , who was hired away by WLS from WJW-TV in Cleveland in 1967. The duo served as

6392-539: The Franco-German model and Anglo-American model . Studies have been inconclusive as to whether one model delivers better results than the other. A 2010 study in the Oman Medical Journal suggested that rapid transport was a better strategy for trauma cases, while stabilization at the scene was a better strategy for cardiac arrests. Many systems have tiers of response for medical emergencies. For example,

6528-582: The National Park Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons . In countries such as the United States, Japan, France, South Korea and parts of India, ambulances can be operated by the local fire or police services. Fire-based EMS is the most common model in the United States, where nearly all urban fire departments provide EMS and a majority of emergency transport ambulance services in large cities are part of fire departments. Examples of this model are

6664-709: The New Orleans Police Department from 1947 to 1985, and is currently operated by the New Orleans Health Department and the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, separate from the New Orleans Fire Department . Charities or non-profit ambulance departments operate some emergency medical services. They are primarily staffed by volunteers , though many also have paid personnel. These may be linked to

6800-544: The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and the Baltimore City Fire Department . It is rare for a police department in the United States to provide EMS or ambulance services, although many police officers have basic medical training (such as Nalaxone use and CPR ). One notable example is New Orleans Emergency Medical Services , which was formed as a hospital-based service, was operated by

6936-703: The Order of Malta Ambulance Corps and Hatzalah , as well as small local volunteer/paid departments. In the United States, volunteer ambulances are rarer, but can still be seen in both metropolitan and rural areas (e.g. Hatzalah ). Charities such as BASICS Scotland , specialise in facilitating training medical professionals to volunteer to assist the statutory ambulance services in the care of patients, through their attendance at those with serious illnesses or injuries. A few charities provide ambulances for taking patients on trips or vacations away from hospitals, hospices or care homes where they are in long-term care. Examples include

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7072-495: The ambulances volantes designed by Dominique Jean Larrey (1766–1842), Napoleon Bonaparte 's chief surgeon. Larrey was present at the battle of Spires, between the French and Prussians , and was distressed by the fact that wounded soldiers were not picked up by the numerous ambulances (which Napoleon required to be stationed two and half miles back from the scene of battle) until after hostilities had ceased, and set about developing

7208-490: The common ownership of two television stations licensed to the same market . As a result, WBKB's channel 4 license was sold to CBS, which subsequently changed that station's call letters to WBBM-TV ; that outlet would move to VHF channel 2 several months later on July 5, 1953. The old WBKB's on-air and behind-the-scenes staff stayed at the new WBBM-TV, while the WBKB call letters and management moved to channel 7 (from 1965 to 1968,

7344-630: The "stay and play" is exemplified by the French and Belgian SMUR emergency mobile resuscitation unit or the German "Notarzt"-System (preclinical emergency physician). The strategy developed for prehospital trauma care in North America is based on the Golden Hour theory, i.e., that a trauma victim's best chance for survival is in an operating room , with the goal of having the patient in surgery within an hour of

7480-506: The $ 500 million first phase, expected to break ground in 2021, will focus on the ARC Innovation Center, senior housing, park space, retail, and infrastructural improvements. The second phase, estimated at $ 3 billion, is set to begin in 2025 and will complete the development with a mix of office, retail, and residential buildings. The Bronzeville Lakefront project is part of a larger trend of megadevelopments in Chicago aimed at reshaping

7616-485: The 'arms' to the star represent one of the six points, are used to represent the six stages of high quality pre-hospital care, which are: Although a variety of differing philosophical approaches are used in the provision of EMS care around the world, they can generally be placed into one of two categories; one physician -led and the other led by pre-hospital allied health staff such as emergency medical technicians or paramedics . These models are commonly referred to as

7752-725: The 10 p.m. newscast getting a 9.7 rating share, down a tenth of a point from a 9.8 during the same time the previous year. The station remained in second place for its prime time lead-in. WLS-TV's studios at 190 North State Street include the former State-Lake Theatre's gutted and converted interior. Beginning in 1959, Playboy ' s first television show, Playboy's Penthouse , filmed for two years at 190 North State Street. Prior to February 24, 2011, WLS-DT3 carried ABC 7 News NOW , featuring local news and weather and national/sidebar content from The Local AccuWeather Channel . The ABC O&Os discontinued their Local AccuWeather channels on February 24, 2011, replacing its programming with

7888-412: The 11 a.m. newscast, with a replay of the latter late night after Nightline . On July 29, 2019, It was announced that WLS-TV would end its news share agreement with WCIU-TV, ending the weeknight program for that station, the 7 p.m. newscast ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 7:00 on The U after 4 years, with the final broadcast on August 30 of that same year. The mutual parting of ways came as WCIU became

8024-514: The 1970s and 1980s, it waged a spirited battle for second place in the Chicago news ratings between its two main competitors. Around the time of Flynn's death, Channel 7 had been experiencing a ratings decline, prompting major changes to the station's management. ABC hired Bill Applegate from WNEV-TV in Boston (now WHDH ) as the station's news director. Shortly after, general manager Peter Desnoes resigned to co-found Burnham Broadcasting. His replacement

8160-599: The Cincinnati General) by 1865. This was soon followed by other services, notably the New York service provided out of Bellevue Hospital which started in 1869 with ambulances carrying medical equipment, such as splints , a stomach pump, morphine , and brandy , reflecting contemporary medicine. Another early ambulance service was founded by Jaromir V. Mundy, Count J. N. Wilczek, and Eduard Lamezan-Salins in Vienna after

8296-572: The FCC granted it a permit to transmit on a second frequency, UHF channel 44, formerly occupied by WSNS-TV; WLS announced the availability of that frequency on October 31, 2009. Throughout construction of the new maximized transmitting facilities at the Willis Tower, WLS operated both channels 7 and 44 from its auxiliary facilities at the John Hancock Center under an STA . WLS operated channel 7 as

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8432-546: The Gropius plan. In addition, the landscaping on the campus was designed by modernist landscape architect Hideo Sasaki , a colleague of Gropius's at the Harvard Graduate School of Design . Preservation Magazine reported in June 2009 that "according to [Molly] Sullivan in the city's Community Development department, the original 1907 Prairie-style building designed by Schmidt, Garden & Martin will be preserved, but

8568-608: The Italian campaigns in 1796, where his ambulances were used for the first time at Udine, Padua and Milan, and he adapted his ambulances to the conditions, even developing a litter which could be carried by a camel for a campaign in Egypt . A major advance was made (which in future years would come to shape policy on hospitals and ambulances) with the introduction of a transport carriage for cholera patients in London during 1832. The statement on

8704-1129: The MLB regular season and college football season overlap), the station mainly carried the team's weekend daytime games in order to limit preemption of the network's prime time programming. The deal (along with all of the Cubs' broadcast television deals) ended after the 2019 season, when the team launched the cable-only Marquee Sports Network to carry their game telecasts. WLS-TV also carries select Chicago Bulls games as part of their NBA on ABC telecasts. From 1999 to 2004 and again since 2021 , WLS-TV carries select Chicago Blackhawks games as part of their NHL on ABC telecasts. WLS-TV broadcasts 41 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 5 minutes each weekday and 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). WLS-TV also contracts with iHeartMedia to provide weather forecasts for their Chicago market stations, including WLIT-FM (93.9), WCHI-FM (95.5), WVAZ (102.7), WKSC-FM (103.5), and WGCI-FM (107.5). In 1969, WLS-TV adopted

8840-776: The Ottawa region by 50 per cent. In a related program in Toronto, EMS has begun to use a procedure of 'rescuing' STEMI patients from the Emergency Rooms of hospitals without PCI labs, and transporting them, on an emergency basis, to waiting PCI labs in other hospitals. Physician-led EMS is also known as the Franco-German model, "stay and play", "stay and stabilize" or "delay and treat". In a physician-led system, doctors respond directly to all major emergencies requiring more than simple first aid . The physicians will attempt to treat casualties at

8976-521: The Registrar at the University of Illinois at Chicago for the last few decades of the program's existence. "Students seeking access to their own records must contact the Registrar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, which is responsible for production of transcripts and all other records production for Michael Reese School of Nursing for the years 1965 to 1981. Students should contact the Registrar through

9112-537: The South Side Planning Board. IIT and Michael Reese opted to try urban renewal instead of abandoning the neighborhood altogether. From 1954 to 1986, Reese purchased adjacent properties, (such as the Conrad Seipp Brewery on 27th Street, which failed and closed in 1933 as a result of Prohibition ), demolished existing structures on those properties, and constructed additional clinics and pavilions on

9248-670: The UK's Jumbulance project. Some ambulances are operated by commercial companies with paid employees, usually on a contract to the local or national government, Hospital Networks, Health Care Facilities and Insurance Companies. In the U.S., private ambulance companies provide emergency medical services in large cities and rural areas by contracting with local governments. In areas where the local county or city provide their own emergency services, private companies provide discharges and transfers from hospitals and to/from other health related facilities and homes. In most areas private companies are part of

9384-454: The US varied widely in quality and were often unregulated and unsatisfactory. These studies placed pressure on governments to improve emergency care in general, including the care provided by ambulance services. The government reports resulted in the creation of standards in ambulance construction concerning the internal height of the patient care area (to allow for an attendant to continue to care for

9520-514: The US, there may be autonomous groups of volunteer responders such as rescue squads . Police officers and firefighters who are on duty for another emergency service may also be deployed in this role, though some firefighters are trained to a more advanced medical level. WLS-TV WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois , United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet. It has been owned and operated by

9656-532: The United Kingdom, a 1973 law merged the municipal ambulance services into larger agencies and set national standards. In France, the first official SAMU agencies were founded in the 1970s. Depending on country, area within country, or clinical need, emergency medical services may be provided by one or more different types of organization. This variation may lead to large differences in levels of care and expected scope of practice. Some countries closely regulate

9792-427: The United Kingdom, almost all emergency ambulances are part of a national health system. In the United States, ambulance services provided by a local government are often referred to as "third service" EMS (the fire department, police department, and EMS department forming an emergency services trio) by the members of said service, as well as other city officials and residents. The most notable examples of this model in

9928-565: The United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcast use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 7. WLS operated its digital signal at low power (4.75 kW ) to protect the digital signal of NBC affiliate WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan (which also broadcasts on channel 7, but at

10064-417: The United States are Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services , Boston EMS , New Orleans Emergency Medical Services , and Cleveland EMS . Government ambulance services also have to take civil service exams just like government fire departments and police. In the United States, certain federal government agencies employ emergency medical technicians at the basic and advanced life support levels, such as

10200-456: The Willis Tower and its operating channel 44 at the 1 million watt power level. The station continued its dual-frequency operations until 12:03 p.m. on March 18, 2013, when WLS-TV formally ceased operations on VHF channel 7, leaving UHF channel 44 as its permanent allotment. Since WLS-TV officially moved its full-power operations to channel 44, it is the only ABC-owned station to vacate its former analog allotment for its digital operations and

10336-424: The aging facilities continued increasing, while the hospital itself operated at a loss for the last several years. Heating and physical plant expenditures were staggeringly high compared to newer and more modern facilities such as Mercy Catholic Hospital and Little Company Of Mary Hospital. In the face of escalating financial challenges, the hospital abandoned their effort to return to profitability. Many buildings on

10472-455: The anchors of the station's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts until Flynn's death in August 1983. In 1970, the two were joined by John Drury , who helmed the 5 p.m. newscast. By 1973, WLS' Eyewitness News broadcasts surpassed NBC -owned WMAQ-TV (channel 5)'s newscasts to become Chicago's top-rated news operation, a lead it held until WBBM-TV surpassed channel 7 for the top spot in 1979. For much of

10608-401: The campus had fallen into disrepair, and some were already completely unused. In 2004, archived medical records were kept in unsorted piles on wooden pallets, in a gutted clinical research building on the campus. In mid-2007, the number of beds was reduced to 150. By this time, almost all of the clinics had closed and the medical research centers had closed. On June 5, 2008, WLS-TV reported that

10744-652: The carriage, as printed in The Times , said "The curative process commences the instant the patient is put in to the carriage; time is saved which can be given to the care of the patient; the patient may be driven to the hospital so speedily that the hospitals may be less numerous and located at greater distances from each other". This tenet of ambulances providing instant care, allowing hospitals to be spaced further apart, displays itself in modern emergency medical planning. The first known hospital-based ambulance service operated out of Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati , Ohio (now

10880-624: The city and revitalizing neighborhoods. Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) Closed Residency program records. Psychology internship/residency training records and verifications have become available through the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) Closed Record Verification Service (CRVS). Nursing school transcripts and records are available from

11016-450: The company agreed to make a $ 20 million charitable contribution back to the city. The city would then have used that $ 20 million to pay up to five years of interest on its $ 85 million debt, demolish the hospital, and clean up the 48 acre site. Then sometime in the next couple years it planned to sell the site for at least $ 85 million to a developer or developers, who in turn would build a complex big enough to house about 15,000 Olympians. After

11152-450: The development and use of the gastroscope . Dr. Samuel Soskin and Dr. Rachmiel Levine made important discoveries about the "gatekeeper" action in insulin , which is of fundamental importance to the understanding of diabetes . Dr. Albert Milzer and his research team were the first to kill the polio virus and make an effective vaccine against this debilitating virus. The hospital was also the first to have an infant incubator in 1915, and

11288-588: The disastrous fire at the Vienna Ringtheater in 1881. Named the "Vienna Voluntary Rescue Society," it served as a model for similar societies worldwide. In June 1887 the St John Ambulance Brigade was established to provide first aid and ambulance services at public events in London . It was modelled on a military-style command and discipline structure. Also in the late 19th century, the automobile

11424-558: The emergency department to the patient. High-speed transport to hospitals is considered, in most cases, to be unnecessarily unsafe, and the preference is to remain and provide definitive care to the patient until they are medically stable, and then accomplish transport. In this model, the physician and nurse may actually staff an ambulance along with a driver, or may staff a rapid response vehicle instead of an ambulance, providing medical support to multiple ambulances. Ambulance personnel are generally professionals and in some countries their use

11560-428: The exception of a small former administration building had been cleared from the site. Construction and demolition work was complicated in August 2009 by the discovery of radioactive contamination of soil on the site. A radium separation company had previously operated on site in the early 1900s and was purchased by the hospital to supply radium for medical procedures. The US Environmental Protection Agency has mandated

11696-468: The extension of its hour-long 6 a.m. newscast on Saturdays and Sundays to two hours at 5 a.m. On February 10, 2014, WLS-TV entered into a partnership agreement with the Chicago Sun-Times to include the use of the station's weather team in the newspaper's weather section, replacing WMAQ-TV, whose previous partnership ended the day before; in addition, the station would air a 'look ahead' of

11832-405: The first permanent incubator station for prematurely born babies 1922, both of which were innovated by Dr. Julius Hess . As early as the 1940s, the area surrounding Michael Reese Hospital was already in economic and physical decline. The hospital, along with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, was one of the businesses in the area responsible for creating

11968-401: The first – and currently, the only – ABC owned-and-operated station without a midday newscast). With the move and the midday newscast's cancellation, news and weather cut-ins were incorporated into Windy City Live . On October 26, 2013, WLS-TV reintroduced the Eyewitness News brand (as ABC 7 Eyewitness News ), as part of an overall rebranding of its newscasts that included new graphics and

12104-524: The games the developer would then sell or rent out the units. Instead, demolition and cleanup costs were projected at $ 32 million and rising; as a result Medline agreed to raise its charitable contribution to $ 32.5 million. The site was purchased in July 2009 for $ 86 million after Medline agreed to the changes in the contract. After Rio de Janeiro was selected, the Olympic Village plan was discontinued in favor of large scale residential development. On June 2, 2017, it

12240-536: The growing campus. The new buildings housed many specialty clinics, including a tumor center, a Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, a city public health clinic, a nurse's residence and school building, a heart surgery center, the Siegel Institute for Communicative Disorders, and the Simon Wexler outpatient psychiatric facility. At its height, the hospital had 2,400 beds and was the largest hospital in Chicago. At

12376-468: The hospital closed patients were transferred to Mercy Medical Center And Hospital. Portions of the hospital campus were over 100 years old and believed by some preservationists to hold historic value. The older buildings were constructed in an ornate style. The Rothschild Nurses' Residence was built in extensive detail and ornate styling, with molded ceilings, arched double windows, solid hardwood floors, and extensive woodwork throughout. The oldest portion of

12512-526: The hospital filed with the State of Illinois a letter of intent to close by the end of 2008. And on September 28, 2008, the hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Healthcare Business News reported on September 29, 2008, that the hospital owed $ 6.6 million to its landlord (Medline Industries), $ 4.7 million to gas, electric, and water utilities, $ 2.3 million to the University of Illinois Medical Center, and more than $ 860,000 in county and state taxes. When

12648-602: The hospital from the field. This allows the emergency department to prepare to treat patients prior to their arrival. This is allowing lower level providers (Such as EMT-B) in the United States to utilize these advanced technologies and have the doctor interpret them, thus bringing rapid identification of rhythms to areas where paramedics are stretched thin. While most insurance companies only reimburse EMS providers for transporting patients to 911 receiving facilities (e.g. Emergency Departments ),the Center to Medicare and Medicaid Services

12784-420: The industry (and may require anyone working on an ambulance to be qualified to a set level), whereas others allow quite wide differences between types of operator. Operating separately from (although alongside) the fire and police services of the area, these ambulances are funded by local, provincial or national governments. In some countries, these only tend to be found in big cities, whereas in countries such as

12920-511: The latter having additional training such as advanced life support (ALS) skills. Physicians and nurses may also provide pre-hospital care to varying degrees in certain countries, a model which is popular in Europe . Emergency care in the field has been rendered in different forms since the beginning of recorded history. The New Testament contains the parable of the Good Samaritan , in which

13056-463: The local government emergency disaster plan, and are relied upon for the overall EMS response, treatment and recovery. In some areas, private companies may provide only the patient transport elements of ambulance care (i.e. non-urgent), but in some places, they are contracted to provide emergency care, or to form a 'second tier' response, where they only respond to emergencies when all of the full-time emergency ambulance crews are busy. This may mean that

13192-591: The main hospital building, which was shuttered in 1997 and soon fell into disrepair, also had significant detail and ornate styling in the auditorium and common areas. Although small-scale preservation efforts were made, both buildings were eventually demolished. A series of newer buildings were completed after a 1946 plan created by Walter Gropius , the first director of the Bauhaus in Germany. These buildings, built from 1946 to 1959, were designed by Chicago firms based in part on

13328-401: The management of S-T segment elevation myocardial infarctions ( STEMI ) occurring outside of the hospital, or even inside community hospitals without their own PCI labs, suggests that time to treatment is a clinically significant factor in heart attacks, and that trauma patients may not be the only patients for whom 'load and go' is clinically appropriate. In such conditions, the gold standard

13464-513: The market's CW affiliate on September 1, leaving no room for a newscast on the station's schedule. On June 19, 2023, WLS-TV debuted its new on-air look for the first time in a decade as it was the first ABC owned-and-operated station to unveil its new standard graphics package. According to the Nielsen local news ratings for the February 2011 sweeps period, WLS-TV remained in first place overall, with

13600-492: The most popular show in the Chicago market, far outdrawing other network competition. Channel 7 had its call letters changed to WLS-TV on October 7, 1968, named after WLS Radio, which ABC had wholly owned since 1959 when the network bought the 50% interest it did not already hold in the station from the Prairie Farmer magazine. Ironically, ABC merged WLS with WENR, its shared-time partner, in 1954. In 1963, Al Parker joined

13736-608: The network's ABC Owned Television Stations division since the station's inception. WLS-TV's studios are located on North State Street in the Chicago Loop , and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower . The station first signed on the air on September 17, 1948, as WENR-TV. It was the third television station to sign on in the Chicago market behind WGN-TV (channel 9), which debuted six months earlier in April, and WBKB (channel 4), which changed from an experimental station to

13872-523: The network-centric ABC 7 News ; the move was part of a standard branding effort imposed by ABC across its owned-and-operated stations which saw the incorporation of the ABC name into their local brands (most of the other ABC O&Os retained their existing news branding, as sister stations such as WABC-TV and WPVI-TV in Philadelphia retained their Eyewitness News or Action News identities). WLS-TV debuted

14008-467: The newspaper's front page and stories, with the Sun-Times promoting WLS's newscasts and programming in turn. On December 14, 2014, WLS-TV entered into a news share agreement with WCIU-TV to produce a weeknight-only 7 p.m. newscast titled ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 7:00 on The U ; the program debuted on January 12, 2015, and is the fifth newscast produced by ABC O&O for a separately owned station in

14144-489: The only available vehicle that could carry a recumbent patient, and were thus frequently run by funeral homes . These vehicles, which could serve either purpose, were known as combination cars . Prior to World War II, hospitals provided ambulance service in many large cities. With the severe manpower shortages imposed by the war effort, it became difficult for many hospitals to maintain their ambulance operations. City governments in many cases turned ambulance services over to

14280-470: The only readily-available EMS service These are full service emergency service agencies, which may be found in places such as airports or large colleges and universities like for example the UCLA EMS .Their key feature is that all personnel are trained not only in ambulance (EMT) care, but as a firefighter and a peace officer (police function). They may be found in smaller towns and cities, where demand or budget

14416-509: The other ABC O&Os did over the following year, due partly to increased royalties for use of the Cool Hand Luke theme and its variants by the original theme's composer, Lalo Schifrin ) with a new news music package, also produced by Gari, called "News Series 2000 Plus" (since renamed "Stimulus"), which has remained in use by WLS ever since and was updated in 2013. In 1996, WLS-TV dropped the Eyewitness News brand after 26 years, in favor of

14552-449: The patient before the ambulance arrives, and to then assist the ambulance crew. Some EMS agencies have set up volunteer schemes, who can be dispatched to a medical emergency before the ambulance arrives. Examples of this include Community First Responder schemes run by ambulance services the UK and similar volunteer schemes operated by the fire services in France. In some countries such as

14688-408: The patient during transport), and the equipment (and thus weight) that an ambulance had to carry, and several other factors. In 1971 a progress report was published at the annual meeting, by the then president of American Association of Trauma, Sawnie R. Gaston M.D. Dr. Gaston reported the study was a "superb white paper" that "jolted and wakened the entire structure of organized medicine." This report

14824-549: The patient. Other ambulance personnel are not non-medically trained and only provide driving and heavy lifting. In other applications of this model, as in Germany, a paramedic equivalent does exist, but is an assistant to the physician with a restricted scope of practice . They are only permitted to perform Advanced Life Support (ALS) procedures if authorized by the physician, or in cases of immediate life-threatening conditions. Ambulances in this model tend to be better equipped with more advanced medical devices, in essence, bringing

14960-443: The police or fire department. No laws required minimal training for ambulance personnel and no training programs existed beyond basic first aid. In many fire departments, assignment to ambulance duty became an unofficial form of punishment. Advances in the 1960s, especially the development of CPR and defibrillation as the standard form of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest , along with new pharmaceuticals , led to changes in

15096-558: The rest of the 29-building campus is not "feasible to save," she says. "Our intention is to utilize the main Michael Reese building, but everything in addition to that, including the Gropius buildings, needs to be cleared from the area." However, the original hospital building, which had been neglected since 1997 and was in poor condition, was later demolished after repeated break ins and acts of looting and vandalism, and due to lack of interest in redevelopment. Initial demolition began in 2009 and continued through 2010. By 2012, all buildings with

15232-646: The right of first refusal due to the popularity and live voting requirements of ABC's Dancing with the Stars , with WCIU-TV carrying the MNF games when the former program's fall season is ongoing (an exception being WLS' carriage of an MNF Bears game against the Dallas Cowboys on December 9, 2013, when the team honored former head coach Mike Ditka , after the DWTS fall season had already ended ). On December 12, 2014, WLS-TV signed

15368-456: The sale of the over-the-air spectrum of UniMás owned-and-operated station WXFT-DT in the FCC's spectrum reallocation auction for $ 126.1 million on April 13, 2017; as mentioned above, the transition of WXFT to the WLS-TV spectrum occurred eight months later. During the 2019 digital television repack, the station relocated from UHF channel 44 as it was no longer allocated to broadcast television and

15504-487: The scene and will only transport them to hospital if it is deemed necessary. If patients are transported to hospital, they are more likely to go straight to a ward rather than to an emergency department . Countries that use this model include Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Chile. In some cases in this model, such as France, there is no direct equivalent to a paramedic. Physicians and (in some cases) nurses provide all medical interventions for

15640-454: The second ABC O&O to operate its full-power operations on the UHF band, after Fresno sister station KFSN-TV (which was forced onto UHF in 1961 when it was a CBS affiliate, as the FCC preferred Fresno to be a "UHF island"). On June 12, 2017, WLS-TV's parent company ABC Owned Television Stations and Univision Communications announced they would enter into a channel sharing agreement following

15776-445: The signal only with the aid of a VCR . Scrambling codes that were sent to the box and relayed to the VCR were changed on a monthly basis, requiring subscribers to record additional footage airing immediately before and after that night's schedule to retrieve codes to play back the recorded programs properly; this resulted in any recordings being viewable only during that calendar month. Tele1st

15912-601: The station as an announcer and worked in that capacity for 26 years. Until his departure, he also served as an announcer for AM Chicago and The Oprah Winfrey Show . He died September 30, 2000, at the age of 74. WLS-TV had claimed to be "Chicago's first television station" in its sign-ons and sign-offs during its first three decades (implying a connection with the original WBKB on channel 4), but admitted to its true roots with WENR with its 30th anniversary in 1978. On January 17, 1984, WLS-TV launched Tele1st, an ABC-owned overnight subscription television service that carried

16048-490: The station has had to reschedule ABC network programs preempted by the telecasts. The preseason and MNF telecasts mark the only NFL games to have aired on WLS-TV since ABC lost the rights to NFL games in 2006; during the regular season, Bears games are rotated between WBBM-TV (through the NFL on CBS ), WMAQ-TV (through NBC Sunday Night Football ) and especially WFLD (through the NFL on Fox ). Since 2010, however, it has deferred

16184-638: The station's home market (along with existing programs produced by sister stations in Raleigh , Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles for WLFL , WPHL-TV , KOFY-TV and KDOC-TV in the respective markets, and a since-canceled newscast produced by KFSN-TV for KAIL in Fresno). On June 27, 2016, WLS-TV revived its 11 a.m. newscasts for the first time since 2013, becoming the fourth television station in Chicago to do so; which completes against WMAQ-TV (who revived its midday newscasts in September 2011 and moved to

16320-561: The tasks of the ambulances. In Belfast , Northern Ireland the first experimental mobile coronary care ambulance successfully resuscitated patients using these technologies. Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first civilian emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics , all of whom were African-American. One well-known report in the US during that time was Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society , also known as The White Paper . The report concluded that ambulance services in

16456-561: The time of its closure, there were only 150. In 1991, Michael Reese Hospital was acquired by Humana . In March 1993, Humana spun off its hospitals under the name Galen Health Care. In June, Galen merged with Columbia Healthcare. In 1994, Columbia merged with HCA to form Columbia/HCA . The Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing put new students to work assisting in the hospital wards, where they learned working along with hospital physicians. In addition to practical training, students took courses in anatomy, physiology, and medicine. What began as

16592-493: The time period in September 2014), WBBM-TV (who began airing a half-hour 11 a.m. newscasts in early 2000s), and WGN-TV (who began its midday newscasts in 1984; followed by some expansions in September 2008 and October 2009). In June 2016, after several years of unsuccessful syndicated talk show replacements for the canceled All My Children (including Katie and FABLife ), the station moved General Hospital to 2 p.m., then Windy City Live to 1 p.m. to accommodate

16728-435: The time the hospital was shuttered in 2009, it primarily served the black community. For much of its history, Michael Reese was dedicated to charity care as well as medical research and education. In 1890, the hospital established a training school for nurses in order to ensure a steady supply of nursing staff. In 1899, the hospital became famous as the first US institution to implement a motorized ambulance service . The vehicle

16864-468: The time. Since then, WLS-TV upgraded most of its field footage to HD, although some field reports remain in widescreen SD. On December 23, 2007, a Mazda MPV minivan drove through a reinforced studio window at the State Street Studio two minutes into the 10 p.m. newscast, startling anchor Ravi Baichwal on air and creating a 20-degree draft as the glass shattered upon the car's impact; no one

17000-463: The transcript request form: [1] ." 41°50′29″N 87°36′49″W  /  41.84138°N 87.61356°W  / 41.84138; -87.61356 Ambulance Service Emergency medical services ( EMS ), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services , are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. They may also be known as

17136-444: The traumatic event. This appears to be true in cases of internal bleeding , especially penetrating trauma such as gunshot or stab wounds. Thus, minimal time is spent providing prehospital care (spine immobilization; "ABCs", i.e. ensure a irway, b reathing and c irculation; external bleeding control; endotracheal intubation ) and the victim is transported as fast as possible to a trauma centre . The aim in "Scoop and Run" treatment

17272-432: The work of the ambulance crews. This may include off-line medical control, where they devise protocols or 'standing orders' (procedures for treatment). This may also include on-line medical control, in which the physician is contacted via radio or phone to provide advice and authorization for various medical interventions or for a patient's desire to refuse care. In some cases, such as in the UK, South Africa and Australia,

17408-546: Was Chicago native Dennis Swanson , who worked for WGN-TV and WMAQ-TV before becoming news director at ABC's Los Angeles station, KABC-TV . ABC also commissioned Frank Gari to compose an updated version of the Cool Hand Luke "Tar Sequence" theme widely associated with the Eyewitness News format. The result was "News Series 2000", a theme package that was quickly picked up by other ABC O&Os and affiliates. Upon his return to Chicago, Swanson would be tasked with finding

17544-545: Was being developed, and in addition to horse-drawn models, early 20th century ambulances were powered by steam , gasoline , and electricity , reflecting the competing automotive technologies then in existence. However, the first motorized ambulance was brought into service in the last year of the 19th century, with the Michael Reese Hospital , Chicago , taking delivery of the first automobile ambulance, donated by 500 prominent local businessmen, in February 1899. This

17680-598: Was deemed a failure, attributing only 4,000 subscribers at its peak, and ceased operations on June 30, 1984. In 1988, WLS-TV agreed to sell production rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show to her Harpo Productions company, but ABC O&Os continued to air the show until the end of its run in 2011. WLS-TV currently airs the Weekend Adventure educational programming block and the network's political/news discussion program This Week one hour later than most ABC stations due to its weekend morning newscasts. WLS-TV

17816-410: Was electric, running on a 44-cell battery . Similar models used shortly thereafter in New York City had a top speed of 16 miles (26 km) per hour and a range of approximately 25 miles (40 km) before they needed to be recharged. The original Michael Reese building was demolished in 1905 and replaced in 1907 by another, larger 1000 Bed, building on the same site. Leonidas Berry was a pioneer in

17952-423: Was followed in 1900 by New York City, who extolled its virtues of greater speed, more safety for the patient, faster stopping and a smoother ride. These first two automobile ambulances were electrically powered with 2 hp motors on the rear axle. During World War I , further advances were made in providing care before and during transport; traction splints were introduced during the war and were found to have

18088-469: Was injured in the crash. Evanston resident Gerald Richardson was subsequently charged with felony damage to property for the incident. On November 11, 2012, WLS-TV expanded its Sunday 8 a.m. newscast from 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to two hours, leading into ABC's This Week . The 8 a.m. portion of the Saturday morning newscast was expanded to two hours from 8 to 10 a.m. on August 24, 2013. Nearly

18224-676: Was popularised when these services began to emphasise emergency treatment at the scene. In some countries, a substantial portion of EMS calls do not result in a patient being taken to hospital. Training and qualification levels for members and employees of emergency medical services vary widely throughout the world. In some systems, members may be present who are qualified only to drive ambulances, with no medical training. In contrast, most systems have personnel who retain at least basic first aid certifications, such as basic life support (BLS). In English-speaking countries, they are known as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics , with

18360-412: Was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show . Channel 7 was the flagship station for the show, and it, along with most of ABC's other owned-and-operated stations, carried it until it went out of production in September 2011. Swanson also re-hired lead anchor John Drury, who had left for WGN-TV in 1979; and Floyd Kalber , who had led WMAQ-TV to the top of the ratings in the 1960s. Drury and Mary Ann Childers were

18496-490: Was revealed that plans to redevelop the former property of the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago are currently underway. On September 27, 2017, a proposal to develop the new headquarters of Amazon at the site was revealed. On July 17, 2019, the site was selected as one of 5 possible locations for a Chicago casino. The latest plans are for the site to return to use for the health sciences with Israel 's Sheba Medical Center saying they will occupy up to 25% of

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