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CAREERS/PERSONNEL

N.C. County Hiring 12 Paramedics, Adding Quick Response Vehicles 

The county is paying for the new service by using a $500,000 Vidant Health Foundation grant and $200-300,000 in general county funds.

10 Minutes, 2 Lives Saved: Mich. Officer Credited with Saving 2 Women 

Kentucky Paramedic John Mackey Remembered Fondly 

20 Hurt After Tour Bus Crashes in San Francisco's Union Square 

California City Puts Fire Station, Medical Center Together 

Md. Department Looking at Apparatus Accidents 

Helping EMS Responders Cope with Pediatric Fatalities 

Prison, Fine for Pa. Ambulance Company Owner in Medicare Fraud Case 

MEDIA CENTER

Detroit EMT Speaks Out After Stabbing 

Texas Teen's Death Ruled Suicide by Snakebite 

Witness: Fla. Man Jumped in Front of Ambulance 

Cleveland Clinic Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit 

Okla. Fire Department Uses Camp to Encourage Girls to Pursue Firefighting 

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TECHNOLOGY

Only In Dubai: Firefighters Will Get Cutting-Edge Jetpacks 

Dubai recently purchased 20 jetpacks for firefighters to use when fighting fires in skyscrapers.

OPERATIONS

International Observership Program Educates on Trauma Systems Development 

Va. agency works with Pan American Trauma Society to help develop trauma systems overseas

CAREERS/PERSONNEL

John Hinds Receives Posthumous Honorary College of Paramedics Fellowship 

November 13, 2015

Dr. John Hinds practiced as a consultant anesthetist in Craigavon area Hospital, Northern Ireland.

PATIENT CARE

N.Y. EMS Providers Mistakenly Declare Patient Dead 

November 13, 2015

The woman began making noises an hour after being declared dead; police transported her to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Pa. High School to House Public Safety Training Academy for Students 

November 13, 2015

Pittsburgh's next generation of EMS providers and firefighters could come straight out of Westinghouse High School.

CAREERS/PERSONNEL

Wis. Agency Restructuring Staffing to Accommodate Paid EMTs 

November 13, 2015

Evansville is planning to switch the head of the EMS service to a part-time position in its current hiring process, and the savings might be used for paid EMTs.

INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE

Calif. Paramedic Receives Innovation Award for Community Paramedicine Work 

November 13, 2015

Brian Meader and eight other individuals are being recognized for their work in educating and training paramedics as part of a new pilot program for community paramedicine.

PATIENT CARE

North American Rescue C-A-T Tourniquet 

From NORTH AMERICAN RESCUE (NAR)

The C-A-T is a true one-handed tourniquet.

OPERATIONS

Finances Looking up for Ky. Ambulance Board 

November 13, 2015

When the current board took over operations earlier this year, the service was nearly $300,000 in debt.

OPERATIONS

Calif. Family Files Suit in Case Involving Misrouted 9-1-1 Call 

November 13, 2015

A 13-year-old died after collapsing in gym class.

OPERATIONS

Wisc. Railway Association Relieved After No Injuries from Derailment 

November 13, 2015

There were no injuries and so far no signs of environmental damage after a freight train carrying ethanol went off the tracks Saturday.

PATIENT CARE

IPSA Hosts Webinar on 2011 Reno Air Race Crash Response 

Responders to the scene were able to transport 54 injured people from the scene in 62 minutes.

PATIENT CARE

North American Rescue Announces Next Generation of C-A-T Tourniquet 

November 13, 2015

From NORTH AMERICAN RESCUE (NAR)

In 2005 the Combat Application Tourniquet was selected as one of the Army’s top 10 greatest inventions.

PATIENT CARE

Comic Book Creation Educates Kids About Asthma 

A board-certified pediatric allergist, who is also a cartoonist, aims to educate kids about asthma

MEDIA CENTER

Calif. Firehouse Clinic to Open 

The clinic is co-located on the grounds of a fire station.

INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE

First Firehouse Clinic in Calif. Opens 

November 12, 2015

Firefighter paramedics will be next door at the new Fire Station No. 7, though they will not staff the clinic.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program Partners with Fractured FX 

The Fractured FX team experiments with materials to simulate the look and feel of real body tissues

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Boston Children's Hospital SIMPeds Program Teams with Hollywood SFX Company 

November 12, 2015

"This is the nexus of medicine and art, surgery and cinema," says SIMPeds Director Peter Weinstock, MD, PhD, at Boston Children's Hospital.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Thoughts on "People Care" 

Book is designed to teach something not addressed by EMS curricula: how to take care of people.

CAREERS/PERSONNEL

USFA, IAFF, Drexel University Partner to Research Violence Against Responders 

November 12, 2015

In the past several weeks, there have been multiple incidents of violence directed at responders.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Anatomage Table Enhances Education for Community College Students 

The table can render limitless views of the human body in flawless detail.

OPERATIONS

AMR Ventura Receives AAA Award for TB Patient Care Project 

November 12, 2015

The Community Impact AMBY Award recognizes best practices in the ambulance industry.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Explore the Future of Resuscitation Medicine with the Eagles at ECCU 2015 

November 12, 2015

Leading medical directors will discuss the new international emergency cardiovascular care consensus guidelines for adults and children

PT HANDLING/TRANSPORT

Crash Involving Ambulance Sends Three to Hospital 

November 12, 2015

No patient was onboard the ambulance at the time of the crash.

PATIENT CARE

Medical Technology Allows Wash. Woman to Survive 

November 12, 2015

A machine functioned for her heart and lungs after birth.

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