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Title: JEMS.com - Volume 170 - July 13, 2006 - Member News

JEMS.com Member News July 13, 2006 Volume 170 To view this newsletter online, go to http://www.jems.com/newsletters/JEMS.com-Member-News-Volume170 Mass. rescuers risk lives in futile effort to save woman Cartoon of the Week Steve Berry is the author of the EMS cartoon book series I'm Not an Ambulance Driver, available at ... www.iamnotanambulancedriver.com In a daring bid to rescue the woman trapped in Monday's tunnel disaster, Fire Lt. William Donovan and EMT Greg MacCurtain risked their lives by crawling through broken chunks of Big Dig concrete and steel to climb into the half-crushed Buick where they found Melina M. Del Valle dead. Meanwhile, the threat of death hung over their heads in the form of a massive slab of concrete that clung precariously to the tunnel roof, said Boston Fire Lt. Jeff Price, who watched the rescue bid unfold. ... Full Story Sponsored by ZOLL Data Systems Find out how EMS organizations can establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to help monitor important business management goals. Learn how to focus KPIs on specific operational and clinical goals related to response times and other quality-improvement measures linked to the delivery of patient care. Keep your finger on the pulse of key data points that show whether your organization is meeting its goals. Download a no cost whitepaper, “Defining KPIs to Maximize Business Performance” The EMS Manager In the Line of Duty, Part 2 By David S. Becker, JEMS.com Columnist If the employee's death is the result of an accident or occurs at the scene of an emergency, the on-duty crews will need to be evaluated to determine if they should be relieved of duty for the remainder of their shift. Depending on the employee, they may not want to leave work. Those who ask to leave work should be given that option. Employees should not ... Full Column Read Part 1 of "In the Line of Duty" Read other JEMS.com original columns Street Science Levalbuterol in Asthma Attacks By Keith Wesley, JEMS.com Columnist Standard racemic albuterol used for the treatment of respiratory distress from asthma and COPD contains equals amounts of the two forms (or isomers) of the albuterol molecule - the S-isomer and the R-isomer. Some data suggests that the S-isomer may actually worsen constriction and cause inflammation, whereas the R-isomer possesses greater ... Full Column Read other JEMS.com original columns From the Pages of JEMS From the Editor: Out of Sight, Out of Mind By A. J. Heightman, JEMS Editor-in-Chief JEMS July 2006 If you're rappelling down the side of a cliff or high-rise on a rope and for some reason the rope frays, you'd probably do whatever you could to remain still and not overtax the fragile threads that remain. Likewise, if you respond to a scene, find a one year old whose thumb is almost completely severed and see that the only things keeping the thumb from ... Full Story Visit the JEMS page on JEMS.com Sponsored by Lighthouse Uniform Co. "The benefits of addressing the public and decision-makers while wearing a dress uniform are obvious. The public respects and engages a professional in dress uniform differently than one dressed in duty wear or business attire. 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Learn more at www.esosolutions.com News and Announcements: Press Release: Big Shears A Big Hit With EMS Personnel Calif. to stockpile bird flu treatment [California] New device gives rescuers access to critical medical data [Portland, Ore.] The Potato Bomber (A day in the life of a Brooklyn EMT) [New York] JEMS.com Welcomes: Featured Deal: Big Shears sponsors Medical Products category Inmarsat sponsors Satellite Communications category Diversified Medical joins JEMS.com as Featured Distributor Nonin sponsors new Pulse Oximeter category No Cost Trial Course from EmCert Case Study: GSW To Chest JEMS.com eNews sent by: Praetorian Group 200 Green Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94117 (888) 765-4231 If you are no longer interested in receiving JEMS.com eNews, please click on the Unsubscribe link below. 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