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May 4, 2005         Features: Brewing National Debate: Move EMS from DOT to DHS? Hazmat as a Mechanism of Injury By Kristina Kreutzer, PhD, NREMT-B Download the ARF Featured in May JEMS Laerdal Recalls Adapter Cable for Certain Defibrillators Calling All Managers: Sign Up for the Salary Survey & be entered to win a $100 Target Gift Certificate Paramedic Students Protest Community College Toronto EMS Paramedics Aid in Tsunami Relief EMS Tip of the Week: A Slick NP Airway Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't More: Mark Your Calendars for EMS Today 2006 Just Announced! EMS Educational Sessions at FireRescue Magazine Conference & Expo Free Issues of JEMS at FIRE EXPO! Subscribe to JEMS and enter to win a Digital Camera Announcements: Medtec Ambulances Available for First Time on Virginia State Contract Houston Fire Department Extends PPE Contract with Lion Apparel Seattle Fire Department Awards PPE Contract to Lion Apparel and SeaWestern Fire Equipment Awards Programs: Going to school? JEMS Educational Award Programs can help! Special Career Opportunity: Paramedics...time to make some sweeping career moves!! $3,000 - $5,000 relocation bonus...click here for details.     Brewing National Debate: Move EMS from DOT to DHS? http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0503a.html A Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) task force urges the reallocation of EMS from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), placing the profession alongside its fire service and law enforcement counterparts. Along with the advised creation of a U.S. EMS Administration, the task force maintains that this shift would establish a more integrated and organized voice for EMS and other first responders. For details and to download the HSPI report and press release, click here. Hazmat as a Mechanism of Injury By Kristina Kreutzer, PhD, NREMT-B http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0503b.html Because chemicals have a variety of effects on people, the exact mechanism of action of a given substance may not be completely understood for an injury caused by hazardous materials. However, prehospital providers can follow the DOT hazardous materials classifications to predict probable patterns of injury and to allow for a more thorough patient assessment and treatment. For details, click here. Download the ARF Featured in May JEMS http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/pdf/arf.pdf The May issue of JEMS includes the feature article, "True to Form,� by David W. Ross, DO, FACEP, Dale Kuykendall, NREMT-P, Loy A. Osburn, NREMT-P, and Mark B. Homan, BS, NREMT-P. The article describes how American Medical Response (AMR), Colorado Springs, Colo., valued formal input from receiving physicians regarding patients intubated in the field as an important piece of the quality-assurance puzzle. One of the authors (Homan) devised the Airway Report Form (ARF) that is described in the article and now available for download. The ARF improved prehospital airway care and hospital communications for AMR in Colorado Springs, and it can enhance the relationship between your crews and agency medical director, as well between your agency and receiving physicians. To download a PDF version of the ARF, click here. Laerdal Recalls Adapter Cable for Certain Defibrillators http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0503c.html Laerdal Medical Corp. announced last week a voluntarily recall of all lots of CM 100-Heartstart Adapter Cable, Cat. No. 920650. The company advises discontinued use of the adapter cable due to possible breakage of wires within it that may prevent delivery of defibrillation shocks. For details, click here. Calling All Managers: Sign Up for the Salary Survey & be entered to win a $100 Target Gift Certificate http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/ss2005.html If you’re an EMS manager or a director of a paid or combination EMS organization and you’re interested in participating in the JEMS EMS Salary and Workforce Survey, here’s your early-bird ticket! As we migrate from a paper-based survey to a Web-based one, we need your contact information to build our database. For details, click here. Paramedic Students Protest Community College http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0503d.html Amid word that favorite instructors weren’t returning and that the paramedic program was ending, an inadvertent omission of a paramedic class from the summer course listing incited students to protest at Rockland Community College (RCC), Rockland County, N.Y. The protest led the college president to apologize for the confusion. For details, click here. Toronto EMS Paramedics Aid in Tsunami Relief http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0503e.html Last week, two Toronto EMS paramedics headed back to Sri Lanka to train medics working with landmine clearance teams in trauma management. For details, click here. EMS Tip of the Week: A Slick NP Airway http://www.jems.com/jems/emstips.html This week's EMS Tip, provided by reader Matt Mireles, EMT-P, is a slick trick to getting that nasopharyngeal airway to slide right in. Click here for the tip. Click here for the tip. Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't http://www.jems.com/jems/emswords.html Featured this week: EMT-PA and Percussive Maintenance. Click here for the definitions.   For EMS Today 2005 Highlights and Photos, click here! November 9-13, 2005 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada JUST ANNOUNCED! Don't miss these exciting educational sessions specifically designed for EMS providers in the fire service: The Eyes Have It Speaker: Bryan Bledsoe, DO, FACEP Medical Director Development: An Administrator’s Approach Speaker: Gregg Lord, BA, NREMT-P Also, be sure to visit the EMS pavilion in the exhibit hall for all of the latest and greatest EMS products and services! For more information please click here. JEMS wants to help you achieve your dreams! 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. Attending Fire Expo in Harrisburg, PA? Visit Jems Communications in Booth #507 for FREE issues of the latest JEMS!     To view this eNews online, go to http://www.jems.com/enews/issues/jems096.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. 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