Title: JEMS.com - Volume 152 - May 9, 2006 - Member News
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May 9, 2006
Volume 152

Hypertonic saline study sought on trauma victims in Oregon Australian miners rescued after two weeks


Medics tend to two Australian miners that were trapped in a gold mine for two weeks on Tuesday. Todd Russell and Brant Webb were trapped after a rock fall that killed a third miner. Full Story (AP Photo/ Ian Waldie)
For the second time in two years, Portland-area doctors want to study a medical treatment on trauma victims too sick to agree to the experiment.

The trial would compare the normal saline solution emergency medical crews give badly injured patients with two solutions that contain more sodium. Blood is too perishable for ambulances to carry. So medics at trauma scenes give saline to people who have lost blood, helping push fluid and oxygen to organs until patients reach a ... Full Story

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Memphis Fire EMS Celebrates 40 Years of Service
Like most large cities in 1966, Memphis relied on funeral homes to provide vehicles for care and transport to hospitals. Feuding funeral homes listened to the police radio, raced to the scene and sometimes ended up in a physical altercation over the patient. The Memphis City Council decided to look for a better solution to ensure organized emergency transport to all its citizens. The Memphis Fire Department (MFD) had been providing ... Full Story

Content: Critical
National Safe Kids Week
It's National Safe Kids Week, and EMS providers, as the frontline of health care, can have a significant impact on safety in their communities. For planning ideas, check out the announcement from Safe Kids USA. For inspiration, read about award-winning injury prevention programs in November 2004 JEMS ... Full Story

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News and Announcements:
Press Release:
Medtronic Announces its AED Program Implementation Guide for Schools

Oklahoma's Emergency Medical Services Authority battered with costs
[Oklahoma]

Aerial-imaging becoming indispensable tool for public safety
[Rochester, N.Y.]

Israeli ambulance fleet refused membership to Red Cross over symbol
[Boca Raton, Fla.]

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News and Announcements:
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Call confusion kept nearby EMT from stricken woman in S.C.
[Walterboro, S.C.]

Fla. physician charged with assaulting emergency workers at wreck
[New Port Richey, Fla.]

20 locations in Greensburg, Pa., to get AEDs
[Greensburg, Pa.]

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