indofirstaid.com: Jems eNews 03-01-05

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Features: Is a Criminal Background Insurmountable? By David S. Becker, MA, EMT-P Texas Ambulance Hijacked EMS Tips Drill Nearly Turns Deadly Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't More: Register Early for the 23rd Annual EMS Today Conference & Exposition! Going to school? JEMS Educational Award Programs can help! Special Career Opportunity: Assistant/Associate Professor, Emergency Medical Care Western Carolina University. Click here for more info!     Is a Criminal Background Insurmountable? By David S. Becker, MA, EMT-P http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0301a.html Suppose a job applicant discloses that they have a criminal record. Do you immediately eliminate them as a candidate for an open position within your agency, or is there an alternative? And what if you’re the applicant with the criminal record? Contributor David S. Becker discusses options for dealing with complicated background checks. For details, click here. Texas Ambulance Hijacked http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0301b.html A Galveston, Texas, ambulance was hijacked on Feb. 8, while the crew was transporting a woman suffering chest pains. The hijacker, who had flagged down the vehicle and claimed that someone was trying to shoot him, only traveled a few blocks before being stopped by local law enforcement. The man is being held in jail under $300,000 in bonds and faces up to more than 200 years in prison and $30,000 in fines. For details, click here. EMS Tips http://www.jems.com/jems/emstips.html JEMS eNews is launching a new running feature: EMS Tips. Experts from across the country share their best tricks and tactics to help you provide quality patient care as an exceptional (and safe) EMS provider. Our first tip, Caught without your calipers?, is provided by Kathy Schrank, MD, FACEP. Click here for the tip. Drill Nearly Turns Deadly http://www.jems.com/homelandfirstresponse/exclus05/e0301a.html During a recent “force-on-force” drill at the government’s Oak Ridge, Tenn., plant that stores the nation’s enriched uranium, armed security guards endangered other guards who were conducting a simultaneous but unannounced drill using laser-tag equipment. To read this story on the HFR Web site, click here. Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't http://www.jems.com/jems/emswords.html Featured this week: Vitamin D and Bag-O-Meds. Click here for the definitions.   The Legacy of James O. Page 1936 - 2004 NEW! The Legacy of James O. Page NEW! The Road Less Traveled     It's Not Too Late To Register! Come enjoy the same high quality speakers and cutting edge material you expect from EMS Today, as well as: - The thrilling JEMS Games competition, where teams from all over the world compete to see who can provide the best quality clinical care! Founding sponsor, Laerdal. - A massive exhibit hall full of new products, encouraging you to discover ways to provide better care for your patients, and protect your personnel. - The chance to interact with highly-motivated colleagues from around the world - Over 80 sessions! EMS Today is not like any other conference you've attended before! Don't Wait! Register NOW! Click here to register! __________________________________________________________   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/jems087.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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