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EMS legend Harriet C. Weber - New York <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5543.shtml>
In the local emergency medical services community, the story of how the late Harriet C. Weber became a champion of volunteer medical squads is legendary.
Today's Odd Tale: Beware of ambulances around the gateway to Dhaka Medical College Hospital -- they snatch patients away! <http://www.defrance.org/artman/publish/article_414.shtml>
However incredible it may sound, that's what the Bangladesh Daily Star revealed yesterday in a tell-tale story about the premier government hospital in the capital.
Marbles in a Shoe Box <http://www.prehospitalperspective.net/cgi-bin/csBanner/csBanner.cgi?command=click&g=8&id=9>
When an ambulance crash occurs, the box occupants are like "marbles in a tumbling shoe box." It is said that over 85% of those present in the box of an ambulance during a rollover crash are fatalities.
National
Ambulance authority suspends four Keyser EMS members - West Virginia <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5545.shtml>
The written complaint, which stemmed from a party on August 24, 2003, stated the four EMS members were allegedly under the influence of alcohol during a call.
Oct 20, 2003, 10:30
Crisis management 101 - Washington DC <http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20031019-112023-1872r.htm>
A respectable D.C. lawmaker said the actions of the emergency medicine director had "a racist overtone." A paramedic said, in a letter to the city's fire chief, that the director never asks "where a white patient was transported from."
Oct 20, 2003, 10:05
Competition a showcase of EMS skills - South Carolina <http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031018/NEWS01/110180064>
A North Carolina/South Carolina grudge match of sorts, the 2003 Carolina Competition is being held in Pinehurst, N.C., and four teams of two paramedics from Sumter will match their on-the-fly medical skills against six other teams from across the two states.
Oct 20, 2003, 09:59
HIPAA "Overkill" Should Not Delay EMS Response! <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5535.shtml>
PWW EMS Law "Monthly Tip of the Week"
Oct 20, 2003, 09:33
Volunteer ambulance service is replaced - Kearny, New Jersey <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5534.shtml>
Oct 20, 2003, 09:31
Smallpox Vaccination Plan 'Ceased' <http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-10-15-smallpox_x.htm>
Less than a year after President Bush announced a smallpox vaccination plan to protect Americans in the event of a terrorist attack, a fraction of the expected number of health workers have been immunized and the much ballyhooed program is dead in the water.
Oct 20, 2003, 09:28
Supervisors voice support for ambulance zones - California <http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/2003/10/20/news/news02.txt>
A plan to divide Calaveras County into three zones of ambulance service was tentatively endorsed by county supervisors during a Tuesday afternoon study session
Oct 20, 2003, 09:28
World
Budget cap threatens ambulance service - London,UK <http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/10/20/230888.html>
Prospects of Londoners going hours without any available ambulances next year are real if city council imposes a 2004 budget directive, warns the official in charge of stretching scant ambulance dollars.
Oct 20, 2003, 09:47
Today's Photo <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031018/481/xkp10110181530>
Oct 20, 2003, 09:37
Med techs saved lives in Iraq <http://www.thetowntalk.com/html/37626A86-959B-45A9-9807-AEC97CC950AE.shtml>
She was two houses away when the landmine exploded. She could see three soldiers lying in the street. She had her paramedic bag with her and wanted to go help them, but couldn't.
Richaud isn't a soldier; she's a paramedic and project director of the MedExpress Urgent Care Clinic Iraq, the first clinic of its kind in the warzone.
Oct 20, 2003, 09:08
Obits/Services
Paramedic Rossiter killed in line of duty honoured - Canada <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5540.shtml>
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