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The vehicle contains IVs, first-aid gear and metal triage tables.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 17 at 7:11pm
Fed up with an unreliable air ambulance industry, a top Indian hospital may turn to drones to carry its organs for transplant.http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115982
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September 17 at 4:00pm
Gary Smallwood was acting belligerent. But because it was a medical call, police didn't search him. Then he allegedly stabbed two nurses at the hospital. http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115690
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  • Krystal Lavoie They should have searched this person regardless of it being a medical call. The patient was obviously also disorderly, ("disorderly conduct" an arrestable offense and warrants a search.) 

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  • Al Elkins As a Knoxville TN EMS worker, I can say that our law endorsement usually does a pretty good job of making sure we are safe. That being said, there is always room for improvement. Glad this incident wasn't worse, and hopeful everyone will learn from it.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 17 at 2:19pm
With religious accommodation in the news comes this story: The EEOC says the North Memorial Health Care System rescinded a job offer to nurse Emily Sure-Ondara after she asked for her faith's sabbath day off. Is there space in your system for religion-based requests like this? Should there be? http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115699
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 17 at 11:15am
We haven't shared a photo of K9 Ricky for a few days, so here's an update: He continued his K9 Maritime Acclamation Training at the San Francisco ferry terminal this week. The goal of the exercise was to expose Ricky to the various ferry terminals he will be working at in the Bay Area. Photo fromU.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105.
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September 17 at 9:48am
Officials say Tulsa firefighters stopped a suspect from stabbing an EMSA paramedic.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 16 at 7:21pm
The first Dubai International Ambulance Conference will take place from March 21–23, 2016. At least 300 lecturers from various international EMS entities are expected to participate. (Photo: Imre Solt)http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115538
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 16 at 4:30pm
On a wintry January day in 2014, an Allina Health Emergency Medical Services ambulance collided with an SUV in Buffalo, Minn. The driver of the SUV was killed and the ambulance crew critically injured. As the victims recovered, Allina decided its crew could be better protected, and they quickly got to work figuring out a new ambulance design.
Allina Health EMS Rolls Out New Ambulance Design After Fatal Crash
New technologies will make ambulances safer
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 16 at 3:00pm
An employee of a Pennsylvania ambulance service says more than a half dozen members have yet to receive their last two weeks pay, prompting some to quit, others to stop showing up and ambulance service on Saturday to be cut entirely. http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115354
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 16 at 1:21pm
Someone's in trouble after racy photos taken in an Atlanta firehouse were used to advertise escort services on Backpage.http://www.emsworld.com/news/12115402
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 16 at 11:56am
Early this summer, a resident at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in rural Louisiana had a leg wound that wouldn’t heal. The staff and specialists in the region were flummoxed, so nursing head Karey Thigpen turned to a social network created by Toronto startup Figure 1 Inc.
Like Instagram for doctors, Figure 1 app now has 500,000 users
Figure 1 Inc. ‘unites the collective intelligence of the medical community’
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
September 15 at 8:15pm
Christian Burton confessed to being the trigger man who shot Santa Clara County paramedic Quinn Boyer in 2013. That wasn't enough to convict him.http://www.emsworld.com/news/12114671
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September 15 at 7:00pmEdited
Get a sneak peek of the Official ‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ Show Guide, posted here: http://emsworldexpo.com/
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September 15 at 6:30pm
The caretaker of 72-year-old MS patient Barbara McWilliams, who died when California's Valley fire overtook her remote home, says the officials she begged for help could have done more.http://www.emsworld.com/news/12114669
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