EMS 1 Newsletter- Plane Incidents

March 6, 2015 | View as webpage

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Dear EMS1 Subscriber, In this week's news, we look at two plane crashes. One involves an airliner on a snowy runway, and the other occurred when actor Harrison Ford made an emergency landing. Dispatchers are the first contact for an emergency call, and an artists depicts that stress with a drawing of a powerful scene. And our Inside EMS Podcast explores how emotions impact the way we handle violent patients. — From Cate Lecuyer, EMS1 Editor

TOP NEWS Airliner skids off snowy NY runway, injures 6 Multiple ambulance fire in Houston parking lot Harrison Ford to make full recovery after plane crash Medic gets life sentence for sexual assault: He was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance during a transport Calif. medic delivers his own daughter: He had delivered six infants in his 11 years as a medic, and never expected the seventh to be his own child Minn. man dies, grandson injured after 4-wheeler goes through ice: A toddler is in critical condition after the ATV was recovered from 18 feet of water  Records show San Francisco EMS response times still too slow Roadside safety training video wins award Md. ambulance slides on ice; hits 2 pedestrians Off-duty EMT pulls man from apartment building on fire Calif. ambulance company loses interfacility transport permit How Freedom House Ambulance became a national EMS model

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EMS TODAY QUICK TAKE Improving psychological response to pediatric resuscitation By Scott Kier, EMS1 Contributor Prepare ahead of time to eliminate 'slow' responses that require greater thought from your care of critically ill children. Change your mental approach  EMERGENCY RESPONSE PORTRAITS Artist captures dispatcher's stress in digital rendering By Daniel Sundahl, EMS1 Columnist As a street medic I never get to hear the original 911 call, but dispatchers deserve recognition for the stress of the job.  See full image

HERO OF THE WEEK Man dies shoveling roof, responders finish job By EMS1 Staff After cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, responders returned to the patient's home to finish shoveling off his roof A caring community  INSIDE EMS PODCAST Don't let emotions cloud response to a violent patient By Inside EMS Guest Kip Tietsort explores the importance of training EMS providers to use critical thinking skills to handle a violent patient situation. Listen to the podcast

EMS PRODUCTS 3 innovative products showcased at EMS Today A simple airway device, a mass trauma management and triage tool, and an all-in-one portable assessment and diagnostic patient monitor captured our attention at EMS Today. Top picks  NOW ON PARAMEDICTV Remember 2 Things: Tips for handling geriatric patients Skydiver suffering seizure rescued mid-air