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Happy EMS Week!
May 15 - 21, 2005
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To all the devoted and selfless EMS personnel, we celebrate your commitment to providing superior prehospital care. Click here and see what the rest of the EMS community is doing to honor their own and promote health and safety in their service areas. For details, click here.

EMS Baloney Detection Kit
By Bryan Bledsoe, DO, FACEP
http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0517b.html
We're always looking for the next big thing in EMS devices and equipment. And no one denies the value of pulse oximetry, AEDs and numerous other life-saving technology. But what separates the "science from the pseudoscience," as contributor Bryan Bledsoe puts it? His solution: The EMS Baloney Detection Kit. To read his commentary, click here.

Terrorism Preparedness Grants to be Based on Risk
http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0517c.html
The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved one of the main recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, calling for homeland security funds to be allocated on the basis of risk. For details, click here.

Recall:
MRL Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of AED20

http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0517d.html
MRL Inc., a Welch Allyn Company, recently announced a voluntary worldwide recall of its AED20 AEDs due to reported incidents of a displayed “Defib Comm” error message and failure of devices to analyze patients’ ECGs and deliver the appropriate therapy. For details, click here.

New VP at Demers
By Ann-Marie Lindstrom
http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0517e.html
Demers Ambulances of Quebec, Canada, recently appointed Ben Lafortune as vice president of sales and marketing. For details, click here.

New Delivery:
EMSA Gets an Overhaul

http://www.jems.com/jems/exclus05/e0517f.html
Midway through the year, Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) in Oklahoma is ringing in the new—ambulances, that is. It recently showed the first of its redesigned fleet. For details and a picture of the new rig, click here.

Featured EMS Tip: Mark a Pedal Pulse
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This week's EMS Tip, provided by reader Brad Robinson, EMT-I,  is right on target for helping you assess pedal pulses. Click here for the tip.

Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't
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Featured this week: Infarctfurgnugen and Adminisphere. Click here for the definitions.

Awards Programs

JEMS Grant

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.
Does your organization offer a special grant or scholarship for EMS personnel? JEMS would like to know about it! Click here to submit your information.
Conferences

 

EMS Today 2006

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FireRescue Magazine Conference and Expo
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November 9-13, 2005
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada

New Sessions Announced! Don't miss these exciting educational sessions specifically designed for EMS providers in the fire service:

The Medicine of Emergency Communications
Speaker: Ed Racht, MD
EMS Financing for the Future of Fire Based Systems
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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