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UPDATE: Woman left for dead dies
Tuesday Dec 18, 2007
(2.3 / 7) Top Stories A Texas State University senior who was presumed dead after a traffic collision and left unattended in the wreckage for more than two hours in near-freezing temperatures died of her injuries Monday afternoon, officials said.
Author: Brian Chasnoff
Submitted By: Erik Olufs (eolufs)
Medics Ambulance Service EMS Zone
Saturday Dec 15, 2007
(3.0 / 1) Top Stories Medics Ambulance Service will be taking over our Bls 911 zone January 1 2008. Currently AMR is providing this service in place of Medics.
Author: Andrew Cohen
Submitted By: andy cohen (gv132)
Atlanta Hospital Board Poised to Relinquish Operational Control
Monday Nov 26, 2007
(0.0 / 0) Top Stories In the 115-year life span of Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital, today could be historic. Several members of the Grady board say the board is poised to relinquish operational control of the hospital, aiming to save it from financial ruin.
Author: Craig Schneider
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Interactive X-Word Challenge: Paramedic Patient Assessment
Monday Nov 26, 2007 (0.0 / 0) 
Student Bytes Sirius Innovations, LLC is please to announce another in a series of educational tools for EMS Instructors and students. This month we cover vocabulary words for the Paramedic dealing with Patient Assessment. Good Luck!Author: Philip Hayes
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
City's offer: Get paid to become a Honolulu EMT
Sunday Nov 25, 2007 (3.0 / 3) Top Stories With 18 percent of Honolulu's emergency medical technician and paramedic positions vacant, the city has decided to start paying people to learn the job.
Author: Treena Shapiro
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Off-duty EMT kills wife, self
Sunday Nov 25, 2007
(4.0 / 1) Top Stories DETROIT -- Police are working today to determine why an emergency medical technician fatally shot his wife and wounded his 9-year-old son a day before killing himself.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Rural/Metro Wins $30 Mln. Contract To Continue 911 Ambulance Services In Rochester
Sunday Nov 25, 2007
(5.0 / 1) Top Stories Rural/Metro Corp. on Monday revealed the receipt of a new contract term to continue as the exclusive provider of 911 emergency ambulance services in Rochester, New York.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Senetor Tom Carper announces volunteer firefighter / EMS legislation
Saturday Nov 24, 2007 (5.0 / 2) 
Political Action News Sen. Tom Carper stopped at the Georgetown fire hall Monday, Nov. 19, to announce the introduction of the Firefighters and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Firefighters Taking New Role as Anti-Terrorist Eyes of the US Government
Friday Nov 23, 2007 (0.0 / 0) WMD & Terrorism Watch Washington - Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as trusted American icons and infringing on people's privacy.
Author: Eileen Sullivan
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Some more of the brutal novel from Carl Post
Friday Nov 23, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Essays In The History Of EMS EMS Village continues to preview Carl Post's novel about one volunteer scramble call that causes a civil war over the course of just 96 hours. A call is comprised of victims and caregivers. It affects all of them. And sometimes the surrounding society as well? Offered here in several installments and lightly censored as needed to maintain decorum! Ed.
Author: Carl J. Post
Submitted By: carl post (NYGRADEMSRET)
Interactive EMT-I Patient Assessment Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Released
Monday Nov 19, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Instrctor's Corner Sirius Innovations, LLC is please to announce the latest in a series of educational tools for EMS Instructors and students. This month we cover vocabulary words for the EMT-I dealing with Patient Assessment.
Author: Philip L. Hayes
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Services set for Dallas paramedic killed in traffic accident
Monday Nov 19, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Off Duty Funeral arrangements have been set for a Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic killed over the weekend in a traffic accident.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Texas: Off-duty paramedic killed in two-car crash
Sunday Nov 18, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Off Duty Julio Alvarado Jr. had seen the damage speeding cars inflict. He'd pulled people from crushed metal, revived some of them and helped extinguish blazing wrecks. It was his job as a Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic for the last three years, and he loved it.
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MRSA in Healthcare Settings
Saturday Nov 17, 2007 (0.0 / 0) 
Infection Connection MRSA has been featured in the news and on television programs a great deal recently. MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This type of bacteria causes “staph” infections that are resistant to treatment with usual antibiotics.
Author: CDC
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
FACT SHEET: Invasive MRSA
Saturday Nov 17, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection The estimated number of people developing a serious MRSA infection (i.e., invasive) in 2005 was about 94,360; this is higher than estimates using other methods.Author: CDC
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
INTRO: Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
Friday Nov 16, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. A flu pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges for which people have little or no immunity, and for which there is no vaccine. The disease spreads easily person-to-person, causes serious illness, and can sweep across the country and around the world in a very short time.Author: OSHA
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
OSHA solicits public input on comprehensive emergency response standard
Friday Nov 16, 2007 (0.0 / 0) 
Industry Issues WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a Request for Information seeking input from the public to determine what action, if any, the Agency should take to further address emergency response and preparedness. Author: OSHA
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
First chapter of a brutal EMS novel
Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 (2.3 / 4) Essays In The History Of EMS This is the first chapter of a long novel about EMS volunteer life in Queens and Brooklyn. The author has just finished it and wants the EMSVillage mainstays to fire away at this attempt at reality therapy. Carl's fourth novel. He has been a radical, provocative and annoying facet of EMSVillage since its very early days. Fire away? Or enjoy it?
Author: Carl J. Post
Submitted By: carl post (NYGRADEMSRET)
Funeral for New York ambulance worker to draw thousands
Monday Nov 12, 2007 (0.0 / 0) 
Line Of Duty Based on the turnout at the wake last night, thousands of firefighters and emergency response workers are expected at the funeral today for 25-year-old Matthew Lamb. He's the EMT who was killed last week when his ambulance went off Route 9 in Garrison and crashed.Author:
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Heart Attack Survival Rates Double Following Implementation of New Guidelines
Friday Nov 09, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues MADISON, Wis. -- Heart attack survival rates have doubled in Madison, Milwaukee and five other places that were among the first to implement new resuscitation guidelines, including the use of a new airflow device, according to a new study.Author:
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Families of Fla. Drowning Victims Seek Answers from Responding Paramedics
Thursday Nov 08, 2007
(1.0 / 1) Top Stories Relatives of Johnnie “Chubby” Schoolfield Jr. and his longtime friend, Theo Thomas, gathered with friends and community activists Wednesday night to confront the Manatee County paramedics who did not rush into a pond that night in Bradenton to save the
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Fort Worth Adds Pandemic Kits to Emergency Preparedness Strategy
Thursday Nov 08, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection Influenza has faded from news headlines, but the threat of a pandemic still looms, and the City of Fort Worth is vigilant in its concern about the possibility of an H5N1 "Bird Flu" epidemic. The Fort Worth Public Health Department's Emergency Preparedness Division, headed by Dr. Cathy Spranger, has selected Bird Flu Smart of Mountain View, California to create a pandemic kit for its employees.Author:
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Emergency responder dies following crash
Thursday Nov 08, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Line Of Duty Garrison – A 25-year-old emergency medical technician with Empire State Ambulance died Thursday from injuries he sustained when the ambulance in which he was riding ran off Route 9 in Garrison and struck a tree. Matthew Lamb was riding in the back of the vehicle at the time of the crash. The driver, a Bronx man, is being treated at Westchester Medical Center.Author:
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
New Emergency Response Computer System Announced
Wednesday Nov 07, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Computers & Technology U.S. scientists have created a computer architecture that enables the secure transmission of information to first responders during emergencies. Princeton University researchers said the architecture allows the transmission of sensitive information during such instances as natural disasters, fires or terrorist attacks.
Author: UPI Science News
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
FAA won't allow cardiac-arrest machine at traffic-control center
Tuesday Nov 06, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories WASHINGTON - Though defibrillators are required on all airplanes and in most airports, many air traffic controllers in the nation's 500-plus control centers would be far from the nearest life-saving device should they suffer a heart attack.
Author: Nina Petersen-Perlman, Star Tribune
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Specialized California Disaster Team Undertakes First Task
Monday Oct 29, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories A unique team of Bay Area disaster specialists led by a San Carlos man was dispatched on its inaugural mission last week to San Diego County, where they provided medical support to people displaced from their homes by the firestorms that ravaged the region.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Healthcare Settings
Sunday Oct 28, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, caused more than 94,000 life-threatening infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005, most of them connected with healthcare settings. These numbers appear in the October 17, 2007, edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1, as part of the most thorough study to date of trends in invasive MRSA infections.Author: CDC
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Hero performed by Michael Israel in New York
Sunday Oct 28, 2007 (4.0 / 1) Off Duty Don't miss the end...wonderful surprises all the way through. HERO is an amazing accomplishment, a performance you watch with your heart. This work has helped raise interest and awareness for many charities and worthy causes.
Author: YouTube
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Call for Nominations: International Awards Honoring Flood and Swiftwater Rescue
Friday Oct 26, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues The Swiftwater Rescue Committee of the National Association for Search and Rescue is seeking nominations for the 2008 Higgins and Langley Memorial Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Swiftwater Rescue, the highest international honors presented for flood and swiftwater rescue.Author: Swiftwater Rescue Committee of the National Association for Search and Rescue
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Local Ambulance Driver Dancing While Driving On YouTube
Friday Oct 26, 2007
(2.7 / 3) Top Stories McKEESPORT, Pa. -- A local ambulance driver has made his way onto YouTube.com. The three-minute video shows the ambulance driver dancing in his seat to Justin Timberlake’s popular tune, “Sexy Back,” as he speeds through busy roads and intersections in McKeesport.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Unity Man Killed In Crash On Way To Work; Brother First EMT On Scene
Thursday Oct 25, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Police said a 28-year-old Westmoreland County man was killed Thursday morning in Unity Township in a crash on his way to work.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
FREE Operation SafeEMS™ Program CD Offered By Ferno
Monday Oct 22, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues Ferno and McNeil & Company care about the EMS community and the dedicated professionals who work day in and day out to provide quality care to their patients. It's important to us to keep you INJURY FREE on the job and keep you in your career, doing what you love. Author: Ferno
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
CDC estimates 94,000 invasive drug-resistant staph infections occurred in the U.S. in 2005
Saturday Oct 20, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) caused more than 94,000 life-threatening infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005, most of them associated with health care settings, according to the most thorough study of life-threatening infections caused by these bacteria, experts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.Author: CDC
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Changes Made to PSOB Determination Process
Monday Oct 15, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues The Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued two policy memorandums to the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program (PSOB) that will significantly change the determination process for PSOB applications made under the Hometown Heroes Survivor Benefits Act.Author: NVFC Press Release
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
PSOB Determination Process Amended
Monday Oct 15, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued two significant policy guidance documents that will significantly change the applicant determination process for the Hometown Heroes Survivor Benefits Act under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program (PSOB).Author: NAEMT Press Release
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Pamela Cohen Named NAEMT Executive Director
Monday Oct 15, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues Clinton, MS—Pamela Cohen has been named as the new executive director for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).Author: NAEMT Press Release
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
FFs & medics with PTSD after 9-11 complain about benefits.
Monday Oct 15, 2007 (1.0 / 1)
Industry Issues For David Stebbins, it was heart medication. For Ray Buettner, it's his disability status. For another former Arlington County firefighter, it was desperation that led to suicide. Arlington County Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Association (IAFF Local 2800) president Mike Staples told STATter 911 late last week, these are just some of the examples of the frustration Arlington firefighters and medics face in dealing with problems involving their health and retirement benefitsAuthor: Dave Statter
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Retired NY Giants Great George Martin Begins 'a Journey for 9/11'
Sunday Oct 14, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories 3,200+ Mile Cross-Country Trek from George Washington Bridge to Golden Gate Bridge Will Benefit Thousands of Sick WTC Rescue and Recovery Workers
Author: Business Wire Press Release
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Winnipeg Paramedics Call for Bulletproof Vests
Saturday Oct 13, 2007
(3.5 / 2) Top Stories Winnipeg paramedics say they are increasingly dealing with cases involving violent crime - and they aren't properly equipped to deal with it.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
MA: American Medical Response laying off 35, closing
Friday Oct 12, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories PITTSFIELD — American Medical Response, one of two emergency medical response companies in Pittsfield, will close its local operation as of Dec. 31.
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Justice for the 9/11 Nine (New York State Bill S3070 and A04364)
Tuesday Oct 09, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues The following is a "9/11 Nine" fact sheet. It's time to rally our strengths and let the politicians hear us.Author: MARVIN BETHEA
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
VIDEO: Rising obesity rate poses challenge for emergency services
Monday Oct 08, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues A growing number of extremely obese Americans are posing new problems when it comes to emergency medical care. The number of "super obese" patients, with a body mass index above 50, has jumped from one in 2,000 to one in 400 in less than 15 years.Author: ERIN OCHOA
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157 Infections Linked to Topp's Brand Ground Beef Patties
Sunday Oct 07, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Infection Connection Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. On September 29, USDA issued a notice about a recall of 21.7 millions pounds of frozen ground beef patties.Author: CDC
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Emergency Workers Set to Cross-Train
Sunday Oct 07, 2007 (2.0 / 2) Top Stories Toby Halliday had many questions, but this was one of the biggest: Why do firetrucks often arrive before ambulances to medical emergencies in the District?
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Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
New California EMT regulations are questioned
Saturday Oct 06, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories A bill calling for mandatory criminal background checks for emergency medical technicians became seriously flawed in its final incarnation and will prevent regulators from punishing rogue rescuers, according to a top county medical administrator.
Author: Andrew McIntosh, Bee Staff Writer
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
CT SWEETHEARTS: Emergency! Heart attacked by paramedic
Saturday Oct 06, 2007 (1.0 / 1) Off Duty Normally, Michael Cattey is a confident man with nerves of steel. As a firefighter and EMT, he has to be. But when the man who resigned himself to being a lifelong bachelor fell in love, he also fell apart.
Author: CARRIE MACMILLAN
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Change in RSI Procedure Disputed in Colorado Springs
Friday Oct 05, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues An emergency room doctor said Wednesday that a government panel's change in when a life-saving procedure can be used could put patients at risk.Author: Pam Zubeck
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED: 9/11 Responders Appeal For Equal Benefits
Tuesday Oct 02, 2007 (5.0 / 2)
Industry Issues With a stroke of his veto pen denying appropriate benefits to nine EMTs and paramedics who were employed by hospitals when they rushed down to the World Trade Center to save lives on 9/11, Gov. Eliot Spitzer sent a chilling message that they were somehow not as heroic as their city-employed counterparts. The state Senate righted this wrong by unanimously overriding Spitzer's veto last week. Now it's up to the Assembly to do the same when it returns to Albany today.Author: MARVIN BETHEA
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Drunk EMT rants to 911, cop say
Monday Oct 01, 2007 (0.0 / 0) Top Stories STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Drunken dialing's always a bad idea, especially when the number you're dialing is 911.
Author: JOHN ANNESE
Submitted By: EMSV Staff (Admin)
Seat belts help save two Maryland firefighters after tire blows on brush truck.
Monday Oct 01, 2007 (0.0 / 0)
Industry Issues Two firefighters from the Libertytown Volunteer Fire Department in Frederick County, Maryland are recovering after an accident Tuesday that heavily damaged the department's brush truck. Thirty-six-year-old Robert Smith was behind the wheel of Brush 175, when according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Department, the passenger-side, front tire failed. The truck hit an embankment and a guard rail.Author: Dave Statter
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