| September 9, 2005 | |
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First Person: From the Heart of a Disaster
"Everyone keeps asking me what the 'worst' thing was that I saw," writes paramedic Meris Watson about her experience assisting in New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Read this moving first person account. | |
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NAEMT Takes Three-Pronged Approach to Help Hurricane Victims
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians has reached out to the EMS community affected by Hurricane Katrina by raising money, offering temporary housing and coordinating volunteer efforts. Please see this article to contribute to a fund specifically to help EMS workers affected by this disaster. | |
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Hurricane Katrina Affects EXPO Attendees
What started out as a routine trip to an annual meeting for EMS providers turned into a nightmarish adventure as about 1,000 conference attendees were unable to leave New Orleans immediately after EMS EXPO and NAEMT's Annual Meeting, which ended on Aug. 27. | |
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Carolinas MED-1 Mobile Hospital Treats Hurricane Victims
Carolinas MED-1, a one-of-a-kind prototype mobile hospital, was dispatched on September 2 to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, to provide on-site medical care for victims of Hurricane Katrina. | |
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Prehospital Spine-Assessment Protocols Effective
It is time for this spinal immobilization madness to come to an end. We have a well-validated system for screening patients for spinal immobilization in the Maine Protocol. EMS took a step backwards with the dumbing down of the EMT curriculum in the 1980s and it has taken almost 20 years to recover. The Maine Protocol is evidence-based, safe and effective, and it should be the standard of care. | |
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Speeding-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities on an Upward Trend
People simply drive too fast for their own good-and the good of others. From the years 2000 to 2002, speeding-related motor vehicle traffic crashes have increased 2 percent, a figure that equals 1,116 fatalities, according to a June 2005 technical report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). | |
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Higher Doses of Naloxone May Be Needed in Mixed Opiate-Alcohol Overdoses
It is possible that the higher dose of naloxone is required to reverse the combined effects of alcohol and heroin. Check out this interesting study from Australian paramedics. | |
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Ambulance Girl Movie on Lifetime This Month
Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates (Misery, About Schmidt) stars in the Lifetime original movie, Ambulance Girl, inspired by the hilarious, candid and heartwarming true story of how a celebrity food writer rescues herself and her marriage by creating a new life as a volunteer EMT. The movie focuses more the journey of self-discovery and relationships, and Bates' character addresses personal issues such as co-dependency and marital fracture as she gets to know EMTs and firefighters at her local firehouse. | |
| 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. | |
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| 1 new posting for Paramedics | |
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