Title: JEMS.com - Volume 149 - April 27, 2006 - Member News
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April 27, 2006
Volume 149

Senate panel wants FEMA scrapped

Cartoon of the Week
The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be dismantled and restructured to deal with the problems exposed by its response to Hurricane Katrina, Senate investigators have determined after a seven-month inquiry.

"We have concluded that FEMA is in shambles and beyond repair and that it should be abolished," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Wednesday ... Full Story

Read the News Report on JEMS.com
Steve Berry is the author of the EMS cartoon book series I'm Not an Ambulance Driver, available at ... www.iamnotanambulancedriver.com

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Case in Point
Declined but Not Documented
At 2030 HRS, an ambulance and crew were stationed at a suburban fire station. A state trooper arrived at the fire station with a 72-year-old male in the squad car. The officer had stopped the elderly gentleman earlier on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. In fact, the driver was observed to have been swerving and had sideswiped another vehicle. Prior to arrival ... Full Column

From the Pages of JEMS
EMS Mythbusters: Can't Get No Satisfaction?
Picture this, if you dare: It's 0600 HRS, the middle of winter, and dark and stormy. Six inches of snow are forecast, and you're driving in four inches already. On reporting for your shift, you look at the roster, and guess what name you see? We'll just call him Oscar, you know, as in "the Grouch."

Myth #4: It's not possible to have job satisfaction and work in ... Full Story

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News and Announcements:
Press Release:
CHIEF Grants Announces Tremendous Success in Securing Funding for rescue/EMS services across the Country in 2005

Trial starting in Kan. paramedic's death
[Kansas]

Alaska prepares for pandemic flu
[Alaska]

Emergency vehicles go high-technology in New Mexico
[New Mexico]

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News and Announcements:
Press Release:
Globalstar Announces Ten Thousand Satellite Modems for Disaster Recovery Organizations

Pa. student's project renovates ambulance
[Pennsylvania]

New ambulance service in Celina, Texas, will cut response times
[Celina, Texas]

Medical helicopter back in central California communities
[California]

Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't
ABC
Ambulate Before Carry

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