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EMS Digest: Huron Valley Ambulance
With an innovative approach to outreach, community-owned Huron Valley Ambulance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a model of EMS excellence. Its simple mission honestly acknowledges the need to be financially stable and promotes employee growth. | |
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British Paramedic Promotes ICE Cell Phone Plan
A British paramedic is promoting a plan to help rescuers identify contact persons for injured patients in emergency situations. His idea is gaining support on both sides of the Atlantic in the wake of the London mass transit bombings. | |
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CISD/CISM Not Recommended for Public Safety Personnel after London Bombings
As the London bombing scenes were managed, concern was expressed about the well-being of ambulance and other public safety personnel. However, before teams of debriefers and "crisis counselors" could descend on London, the Senior Manager for Disaster Preparedness with the London Strategic Health Authority issued a directive that stated, "Immediate treatment is NOT recommended…" | |
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Merginet Editorial: Improved Funding and Understanding Starts in the Streets
While working and waiting for the emergence of a consolidated federal agency to funnel resources down to field providers we need to remember that EMS starts in the streets one patient at a time. Rather than just waiting for funding to trickle down through a federal funnel let's turn that funnel around as means of being heard. | |
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Access to Trauma Centers: Reality and Perceptions
Most of the U.S. population can reach a level I or II trauma center by ambulance or helicopter within 60 minutes. However 46.7 million Americans, living mostly in rural areas, do not have one-hour access to level I/II centers, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. | |
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Certified Athletic Trainers: An Untapped Resource for EMS Providers?
Certified athletic trainers often have a solid base of EMS training and according to a recent study do well in handling most emergencies. EMS managers may find trainers to be an important community resource. | |
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Jeffrey Runge to Leave NHTSA for DHS Post
Jeffrey W. Runge, MD, will leave his post as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in mid-August to become the Department of Homeland Security's new chief medical officer. | |
| EMS Quote: Within minutes of the explosion that tore through a London subway car Steve Jones, a paramedic, arrived at the scene with firefighters. What he saw was the aftermath of unimaginable savagery. One body had been decapitated and others were missing limbs. It was hot and dark: the sickening stench of burning flesh filled the tunnel. Quietly, Jones tended those he could help. "We had to move dead bodies off live people, piling up the corpses. It wasn't very dignified, but we had to reach the injured," Jones told reporters. -London Sunday Telegraph, July 10, 2005 | |
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Paramedics for Children Seeks Ambulance Donations
Paramedics for Children has begun its annual donation drive for ambulances and other related EMS gear, which will be gathered at the group's offices in North Carolina and then shipped to Central America to assist local communities in organizing and operating their own volunteer rescue squads. | |
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Special Offer on S.P.U.R. Disposable Resuscitators from Moore Medical | |
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