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EMS Digest: Cherokee Nation EMS
Nestled in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma amongst the foothills of the Ozark Mountains is the first emergency medical service in the state to achieve accreditation from CAAS. Learn more about this paramedic level service to 44,000 Native American and non-Native American peoples. | |
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State of Georgia Considers Licensing Convicted Felons in EMS
The Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services has proposed a pilot program to grant restricted EMS licenses to certain convicted felons who complete an approved EMS education and examination course. Restricted licenses would enable convicted felons to work in communities on licensed first responder vehicles. | |
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National Registry to Use Computer-Based Testing in 2007
The National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) has announced plans to transition its current pencil-and-paper exams to a computer-based testing system by January 1, 2007. Find out what this change will mean for you. | |
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Paramedic Response Time: Does It Affect Patient Survival?
Like many things in EMS, we have set standards (such as the 8-minute response time) without any significant scientific evidence to back it. Denver's Peter Pons, MD, and other researchers published a highly controversial piece in the July 2005 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine that found that only in response times of 4 minutes or less was there a benefit to patient survival. | |
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Preparing for the 2005-2006 Flu Season
It's not too early to think about the coming flu season. The FDA and World Health Organization have given their recommendations for the 2005-2006 flu vaccine and the best time to get vaccinated is between September and November. Here is a comprehensive Q&A from Moore Medical Corporation about this year's vaccine that explains how the vaccine works, who should be vaccinated and when. | |
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Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation During EMS Transport?
Imagine having a noninvasive, inexpensive way to treat low back pain in the field and during transport. A recent study found that paramedics were effective in rapidly reducing low back pain during emergency transport by using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). | |
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Merginet Editorial: We Need to Emphasize EMS Driver Training
Motor vehicle crashes pose a greater risk of death to EMS responders than exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Yet, EMS agencies often spend more effort and resources on protecting from pathogens than crashes. Prudent risk managers need to take drivers' training and crash prevention at least as seriously as they have bloodborne pathogen risks. | |
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EMS Providers Among Jeep Heroes Contest Finalists
Five EMS providers are among the finalists in this year's "Jeep® Heroes Nomination Program." The nationwide program honors military, police, fire and EMS personnel who deliver exemplary, unique and heroic service to improve the quality of life in cities and towns across America. | |
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Mellon CIO Retires to Become Paramedic
A Pittsburgh area financial executive is reported to be leaving his six-figure career to become a paramedic. Mellon Financial Vice Chairman and Chief Information Officer Allan P. Woods has announced his retirement effective September 1. He plans to begin training as a volunteer EMT and eventually become a paramedic. | |
| Special Announcement: Moore Medical has added a dynamic Discussion Forum to MERGINET that creates a real-time, virtual community for discussions about EMS-related topics. The MERGINET community allows users to correspond directly with one another in real time. Simply post a question or comment, and you will be notified by e-mail as soon as someone posts a reply. Log onto the system and read discussion threads at any time, or use the Forum to generate meaningful discussions with colleagues with similar interests around the world. There are no moderators, no time lag and no geographic boundaries to limit discussion. We invite you to post your thoughts about scope of practice, clinical issues and other topics of interest to you. | |
| EMS Fast Fact Here's another reason EMS crews are busy on weekends and nights. More speeding-related fatal crashes occur from 6 pm Friday to 5:59 am Monday than on weekdays. Saturdays have the highest proportion of such fatalities. The highest proportion of speeding-related fatalities continue to occur from midnight to 3 am, followed by 9 pm to midnight, 6 to 9 pm, and 3 to 6 pm. The morning hours of 9 to noon continue to show the lowest proportion of such fatalities.-NHTSA | |
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