indofirstaid.com: Jems eNews 02-15-05

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Features: An Extraordinary Tribute for an Extraordinary Man Designing an Effective Orientation Program By David S. Becker, MA, EMT-P CDC Updates, February 2005 New Deliveries CAAS Reaccredits Five Agencies Randolph Mantooth, Star of Emergency! TV Series, to appear in Philadelphia, March 19-21, 2005 CNBC Report on Cooling Devices for Stroke Therapy Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't More: Register Early for the 23rd Annual EMS Today Conference & Exposition! EMS Today 2005: Hotel Reservation Deadline Approaching! Going to school? JEMS Educational Award Programs can help! Featured Opportunity: Exciting Opportunity in Emergency Medicine - $500 Sign on Bonus, New Jersey. Click here for more info.     An Extraordinary Tribute for an Extraordinary Man The recently published Legacy of James O. Page  features tributes from such well-known fire/EMS names as North Carolina State EMS Director William Atkinson, PhD, MPH, EMT-P, and Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini, and also includes words from his students and followers. The heartfelt tributes confirm that his legacy lives on in those he humbly called colleagues, in those he proudly called friends. To download the entire tribute, visit www.jems.com/James_Page/legacy.html. Designing an Effective Orientation Program http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0215a.html An effective orientation program is necessary for an agency to train and retain competent providers who work together as a team. Learn how to develop a program that both satisfies the agency’s requirements and provides practical and interesting sessions for new hires. For details, click here. CDC Updates, February 2005 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention frequently updates its Web resources so that you as a health-care provider stay in the know. Recent updates include a weekly report of late-season flu activity, which details the increase in U.S. cases Jan. 16–22 (at 15.8% of testing specimens) and the number of patient visits related to flu-like illnesses as above the national baseline. For more details about flu activity, including weekly U.S. flu reports, activity maps and international flu surveillance, visit www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/. The CDC has also updated its pages with a new resource for tsunami survivors who are at increased risk of contracting one of four closely related viruses that cause mosquito-borne diseases, which result in more than 100 million cases worldwide each year. The new document defines the difference between dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever and provides directives on treatment and prevention. For details, visit www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/pdf/dengueqa.pdf. Also available are updated pages on anthrax, at www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/faq/  and avian flu for travellers to Asia, particularly Vietnam, at www.cdc.gov/travel/other/avian_flu_vietnam_2005_travelers.htm. New Deliveries http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0215b.html Check out these great New Deliveries, including units from Arlington County Fire Department, Union County EMS and Norfolk Fire Department. For specs and images, click here. CAAS Reaccredits Five Agencies http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0215c.html The Commission on Accreditation of AmbulanceServices(CAAS) recently issued reaccreditation to five agencies. For details, click here. Randolph Mantooth, Star of Emergency! TV Series, to appear in Philadelphia, March 19-21, 2005 http://www.jems.com/emstoday/email/emstoday_randy_mantooth.html Randolph Mantooth, famous for his role as paramedic/firefighter Johnny Gage on the 70s hit TV series Emergency! will appear at the EMS Today Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia on March 19-21, 2005. Click here for more information. Celebrity appearance subject to change. CNBC Report on Cooling Devices for Stroke Therapy Mark your calendar (or set your TiVo) for tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 16. Fast Forward: Medical Technology, a CNBC-TV special report on promising new technologies in the treatment of stroke, will feature Medivance's Arctic Sun 2000 Temperature Management System. Clinical trials are determining the role of hypothermia that is induced with the non-invasive cooling device to improve clinical outcomes of stroke patients. Research is also under way to determine if cooling victims of cardiac arrest, heart attack, brain injury, neurogenic fever and surgery results in improved outcomes. The segment will air on the following CNBC shows: Power Lunch at 12:30–12:45 p.m. EST and Closing Bell at 4:40–5:00 p.m. EST. If you miss the CNBC report, you can watch it at your convenience at www.medivance.com/. Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't http://www.jems.com/jems/emswords.html Featured this week: Paragod. Click here for the definitions.     EMS Today is not like any other conference you've attended before! Don't Wait! Register Early! Click here for more information. __________________________________________________________   JEMS wants to help you achieve your dreams! Did you know JEMS sponsors two award programs? The JEMS EMS Research Grant awards $1500 to an individual or agency for the completion of a research project that studies the impact on care that results from having two paramedics on each ALS call vs. the use of only one paramedic. For more project specifications and submission deadlines, please click here. The JEMS/Elsevier Nursing Scholarship provides one scholarship to prehospital personnel (EMT or EMT-Paramedic) who want to pursue a nursing degree. The winner will receive $5,000 to pursue a nursing degree, as well as a one year ENA membership. For more information about the 2005 scholarship, please visit www.ena.org/foundation/grants or call the Foundation at: 800-900-9659 ext. 4100.       To view this eNews online, go to http://www.jems.com/enews/issues/jems085.html For advertising Information, please contact: Cheryl Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-383-3556 For website advertising information, please contact: Dawn Barrett-Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-266-5367 x 6267 If you enjoyed this eNews, don't forget to forward it to friends and coworkers! eNews sent by: Jems Communications 525 B Street, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 (800) 266-5367 If you are no longer interested in receiving eNews, please click on the link below. DO NOT REPLY to this email. © Elsevier Inc. 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