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Sunday, February 28 at 8:00am
EMSResponder.com YEAR IN REVIEW: All Change for Some Systems--As cities and other local jurisdictions struggled to cope with financial woes, EMS often paid the price. The most notable casualty was Kansas City's MAST system, which was turned over to the city's fire department. Consolidations were floated in a number of areas, but fire e...xpansion into EMS also drew pushback in places like Boise, ID, and Pinellas Co., FL.
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Four emergency responders and a relative of the victim were exposed to the hydrogen cyanide a 59-year-old man used to kill himself.
EMSResponder.com YEAR IN REVIEW: When President Barack Obama signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act into law late this year, it restored first responder infectious disease exposure notification requirements deleted from the Ryan White CARE Act. This has been a key focus of Advocates for EMS.
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A Douglas County paramedic ejected during an ambulance wreck on Saturday night (Dec. 26), has succumbed to his injuries.
EMSResponder.com YEAR IN REVIEW: Resuscitation research continued to advance. Quality CPR was recognized as more important than ever, and tools flourished to help rescuers provide good compression rate and depth, and minimize interruptions. The AHA launched a "hands-only CPR" campaign for the public. Therapies like prehospital cooling ...and practices like diverts to cath labs became more prevalent.
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EMSResponder.com YEAR IN REVIEW: The Economy--A National EMS Management Association/Best Practices in Emergency Services survey reported in February found 66% of fire/EMS managers saying that, as a result of budget cuts, the public would notice a decrease in nonessential emergency response services in 2009. Ominously, there's concern t...hat 2010 could be worse in this regard than 2009.
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EMSResponder.com YEAR IN REVIEW: H1N1--It may turn out that the great flu pandemic of 2009 isn't as deadly and consuming as we'd feared--U.S. activity was in decline by early December, with the number of states reporting widespread activity down to 14, and ILI visits to doctors on the downswing--but it nonetheless had an enormous impac...t on the entire American healthcare system, and most certainly EMS
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This is the time of year when families and togetherness are stressed, but for many it can be the most trying time of the year.
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Staying healthy and pain-free doesn't have to be hard--here are two easy ways to help achieve it.
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Overwhelmed NHS workers have set up an emergency tent for boozed-up bankers in the heart of London's financial district. The booze bus starts its busiest night of the festive season at 7 pm from its Waterloo base.It patrols the streets looking for anyone who might be in trouble. The Transit-sized bu...
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The lawyer for two New York City emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman says his clients are being vilified by a rush to judgment.
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Ronald D. Stewart, MD, founding medical director of the Los Angeles County paramedic program, discusses how his interest in EMS evolved after meeting two paramedics in a crowded ED in the 1970s.
EMSResponder.com EMSResponder.com, CentreLearn Solutions and Emergency Preparedness Systems jointly announced the launch of the RapidCE.com Helping Heroes program, which offers certified first responders, EMTs and paramedics affected by the recession free continuing education to maintain their professional license or certification during their layoff or furlough.
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A frustrated Boston woman called 911 to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games.
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After careful staff review and input from those smart, helpful folks on EMS Magazine's advisory board, we present EMSResponder's most important EMS stories of 2009.
