indofirstaid.com: JEMS eNews 05-05-05

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Features: Is Your Agency Prepared for a School Shooting? By David S. Becker, MA, EMT-P NREMT Educates EMS Officials on Computerized Testing Special New Delivery: TransCare Donates Ambulance to Grenada New Report Points to Gaps in EMS Terrorism Training NAEMT Web Site Gets an Upgrade Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't More: Mark Your Calendars for EMS Today 2006 Going to school? JEMS Educational Award Programs can help! Subscribe to JEMS Magazine and Win Gear from Eagle Gear! Special Career Opportunity: Paramedics, No nights, No weekends, No call M-F work schedule. Digirad. Click here for more info!     Is Your Agency Prepared for a School Shooting? By By David S. Becker, MA, EMT-P http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0405a.html Recent fatalities at a Minnesota high school on a sovereign Indian reservation remind the EMS community that urban, suburban, rural and tribal agencies all need to be prepared for attacks by students against their classmates and teachers. But how do you prepare to respond to such a tragedy as an MCI and a crime scene? For details click here. NREMT Educates EMS Officials on Computerized Testing http://www.jems.com/insider/e0405.html Last month, the National Registry of EMTs held meetings in three major cities to educate EMS directors and training officers about the move to computer-adaptive testing and listen to their concerns. To read the story on the Insider Web site, click here. Special New Delivery: TransCare Donates Ambulance to Grenada http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0405b.html In response to continuing relief efforts related to Hurricane Ivan, TransCare Ambulance Corp. recently donated an ambulance to the country of Grenada to help the victims of the disaster. For details and photos, click here. New Report Points to Gaps in EMS Terrorism Training http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0405c.html A recent report indicates that emergency responders lack training and equipment to respond to terrorist attacks and chemical or biological disasters. With USA Today covering the report, the public now knows what your agency has known for years: It's all about money. For details, click here. NAEMT Web Site Gets an Upgrade http://www.naemt.org The National Association for EMTs has redesigned its Web site. Along with information about membership and the Annual Meeting and Expo, the site also features recent issues of NAEMT News (as PDFs), an online bookstore and e-mail links to organizational liaisons, such as the American Ambulance Association and the National Association of EMS Educators. Soon to be launched are pages on grants and projects, legislative agenda, EMS careers, the history of EMS, EMS statistics and an events calendar. Check it out for yourself at www.naemt.org. Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't http://www.jems.com/jems/emswords.html Featured this week: Paramediate and Gravity Attack . Click here for the definitions.   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. The Legacy of James O. Page 1936 - 2004 NEW! The Legacy of James O. Page NEW! The Road Less Traveled       To view this eNews online, go to http://www.jems.com/enews/issues/jems092.html For advertising Information, please contact: Cheryl Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-383-3556 For online advertising information, please contact: Dawn Barrett-Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-266-5367 x 6267 For classified advertising information, please contact: Lisa Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 760-518-3198 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. Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Change Email Address ================= "Free Judith......" anggota Dewan AWARI http://jkt1.detikinet.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2005/bulan/04/tgl/05/time/12547/idnews/334965/idkanal/110 Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indofirstaid/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.