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April 1, 2016 | View as webpage

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Dear EMS1 Subscriber, Welcome to the Star of Strife, the newsletter dedicated to hard-hitting investigative journalism, uncovering the hidden stories shaping the EMS service. In this edition, we take a close look at how one frequent flyer is receiving experience credit toward a paramedic certification and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump announced a plan to use ambulances for mass deportation. Meanwhile, read how one EMT's Big Gulp cup is driving his paramedic partner to contemplate assault on the slow drinker. Also, don't miss our exclusive on how an agency's "Cops Slap Here" sticker is solving a major EMS problem, and one rural EMS agency explains how they braced for the worst while transporting a highly inebriated man. — EMS1 Team

EMS EDUCATION Frequent flyer given 'experience' credit toward paramedic certification Highest utilizer in state history begins medic degree program with a six-credit head start for years of ambulance riding experience. Taxi voucher  EMS EFFICIENCY Trump announces plan to use ambulances for mass deportation Candidate promises to keep families together in ambulances that can never be refused at hospitals or walls. Can't be refused

ROOKIE 101 PROBLEMS Partner unsure how long EMT plans to drink from Big Gulp cup in cab The 72 oz. cup has "just always been there," according to partner. 'This is inhuman'  AMBULANCE IMPROVEMENT Agency's 'Cops Slap Here' sticker solves major EMS problem Fleet manager hailed for solving a worsening problem of inadvertent, misplaced and damaging ambulance slaps. Protection of property

FACETIOUS NEWS Medical director seen for first time since last year's protocol update class US Postal Service, amid budget crunch, to expand into EMS EMT exercises right to open carry at EMS conference EMS chiefs duel on 'Clash of Clans' to resolve service area dispute MORE HOT READS  PATIENT CARE Medics 'relieved' after drunk patient fails to soil self in ambulance The patient's restraint and control got the ambulance back on the road faster, saving money and potentially another person's life. 'It's part of the job'

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