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May 4, 2005
 
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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!

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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.

 

EMS Today 2006

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FireRescue Magazine Conference and Expo
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.

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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.
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