Emergency medical technicians and paramedics are frequently concerned that their lifesaving activities can be hampered by the lack of medical information about an unconscious or uncommunicative person in crisis. One of the toughest jobs they face often is to figure out the patient’s medical conditions and how to contact next of kin. ICEdot Release    

Click here for the full story and video. MedStar ambulances know the fastest route anywhere in Fort Worth, but getting to a hospital from the north side can be tricky. "When it's close to rush hour, it can be fairly bad," said paramedic Grant Leiter.

A North Texas man experienced something on Thursday his family thought might never happen again. He came home for Thanksgiving. Fort Worth-based MedStar paramedics brought him to Crowley to join Rana, his grandchildren and a houseful of other relatives for Thanksgiving dinner.

MedStar pilot tested using the Opticom Traffic Pre-emption system during low priority 9-1-1 responses to try and reduce response times for non-light-and-siren calls in an effort to eventually reduce the need for some red-light-and-siren responses.  Click here to see the NBC5 news story on the result.