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Referee Collapses; EMTs Not Equipped? - Alabama <http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=1490073&nav=1VPtIdbZ>
A high school football referee is recovering after suffering a heart attack during a game Friday night. Now, school officials are concerned about the medical service provided by the ambulance company hired to be there.
Oct 21, 2003, 09:40
A good neighbor and good partner - Arizona <http://www.defrance.org/artman/publish/article_420.shtml>
An EMS manager who is universally liked and respected by his colleagues, employees and community partners, well, is rare.
Oct 21, 2003, 07:05
Phoenix paramedic, son hurt in Mesa plane crash - Arizona <http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1021falconcrash.html>
After the crash, the passengers had to be removed from the craft by firefighters. Paramedic Scott Crosby, 50, and Connor Crosby, 31, were flown to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital with severe face and back injuries.
Oct 21, 2003, 06:20
Anatomy of a $133,000 Ambulance - New York <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/21/nyregion/21AMBU.html?ex=1067400000&en=9f2800d724650aa7&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
At $65 million, the department's new contract to replace its front-line fleet over five years is the largest and most costly municipal ambulance purchase in United States history
Oct 21, 2003, 03:00
Fire tax election is an unusual one - Alabama <http://www.sandmountainreporter.com/story.lasso?wcd=4194>
The money generated from the tax, if it passes, will go to the volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, EMS and city fire departments
Oct 21, 2003, 02:53
City may back $2.9M in bonds for EMS - New Britain, Connecticut <http://www.newbritainherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10350857&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10110&rfi=6>
The Common Council will decide Wednesday whether to back $2.9 million in bonds for new equipment and a new home for New Britain EMS.
Oct 21, 2003, 02:50
Fire department investigating 90-minute gap in rescue effort - Ilinois <http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-fireynow21.html>
Chicago Fire Commissioner James Joyce on Monday defended the search and another one at the Cook County Administration Building
Oct 21, 2003, 02:47
EMT needs help - Donalsonville, Georgia <http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_5551.shtml>
Jones' career as an EMT has led many people to donate to the family, even their son, Josh, has new toys.
Oct 21, 2003, 02:43
Fast delivery by paramedic Lyn Moraghan - Massachusetts <http://www.defrance.org/artman/publish/article_416.shtml>
Paramedics were ready to make a dash for the hospital, but the new baby beat them to the finish line.
Oct 21, 2003, 02:27
Firefighter pleads guilty in wildfire case - Arizona <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B605844.htm>
A contract firefighter pleaded guilty on Monday to igniting what became the largest wildfire in Arizona history, a wind-swept inferno that charred nearly a half-million acres and claimed more than 400 homes last year.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:56
Firefighter Charged With Poisoning Wife - Houston, Texas <http://www.click2houston.com/news/2564157/detail.html>
Police have arrested a firefighter for allegedly plotting to kill his wife with what he thought was an untraceable poison he bought from an undercover officer posing as a microbiologist for $5,000.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:53
Community Salutes Cayuga's Finest, Bravest - New York <http://www.cornellsun.com/articles/9613/>
They respond to nearly 500 calls every year, half of which are EMS calls.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:52
Questions follow Saturday fire - North Carolina <http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2003/10/21/news/news01.txt>
Washington's City Council made it clear Monday it plans to look closely at the manpower needs of the city's Fire-Rescue-EMS Department in the wake of a fire's
Oct 21, 2003, 01:51
DPS trooper, fire department encounter unusual incidents - Texas <http://www.waxahachiedailylight.com/WAXAHACHIEDAILYLIGHT/sites/WAXAHACHIEDAILYLIGHT/0883edition/myarticles875145.asp?P=875145&S=420&PubID=14457>
A nervous automobile accident victim plays possum. A mysterious ticking noise worries a city employee.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:40
Weston will deal with city - Wisconsin <http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/284216300927746.shtml>
Vilas Machmueller that tied a joint purchase of an aerial truck to a promise to merge the two fire and ambulance departments by 2008.
Several Weston Board members said they were unhappy with Wausau's attempt to tie the purchase to consolidation.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:39
Quicker trauma scan <http://www.defrance.org/artman/publish/article_419.shtml>
Researchers from the University of Maryland Medical Center have recently acquired a new, state-of-the-art digital imaging system, called the Statscan system, which can take images of the entire body in about 13 seconds.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:33
Coin marks Campbellsport Fire Departments 100th year - Wisconsin <http://www.wisinfo.com/thereporter/news/archive/local_12813759.shtml>
The coin has a rendition of the fire departments logo on one side, and a depiction of a horse-drawn antique fire apparatus along with the words, Running With The Best and the years 1904-2004, on the other.
Oct 21, 2003, 01:04
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
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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>
Features
EMS TO TAKE OVER FIRE DEPARTMENT.. well, maybe not... <http://www.defrance.org/artman/publish/article_421.shtml>
a Stephen Crosby submission made to the news site.. while amusing, it is not true as far as we can determine
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.
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