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Maine Ambulance Service Sees Dramatic Rise in Heroin Overdoses Fri, Apr 8, 2016

Dozens Injured in Costa Rica Train Collision Fri, Apr 8, 2016

Shooting at Texas Air Force Base is Murder-Suicide, Officials Say Fri, Apr 8, 2016

Diabetes Increases Four-Fold Worldwide Thu, Apr 7, 2016

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	PAINAD Scale Offers Alternative to Assessing Pain in... The visual tools EMS is most accustomed to when assessing pain are unreliable when examining pati...
Texas Response Agencies Implement Stop the Bleed Ini... The school district purchased and deployed over 600 combat application tourniquets (CATs) as an i...
	TEMS Readiness Goes Beyond Active Shooter Response Mastery of care under fire, bleeding control and rapid extrication techniques are a cornerstone o...
	Tourniquets in Field Management of Active Bleeding The control of active bleeding ranks with other immediate threats to life. It's a critical action...

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WEBCASTS

How Prehospital Stroke Care is Changing Recent studies have shown a direct benefit to patients suffering from large vessel strokes in receiving some form of interventional procedure. How can EMS reliably predict and identify those patien... Speakers Dr. Eric Cortez

Adding Value to your EMS Supply Management System In order to effectively deliver safe and efficient patient care, frontline first response and ambulance, and flight crews need a reliable supply and logistic program.  Not all EMS operations a... Speakers Chief Michael Baker

Expanding the Use of Simulation in EMS The use of simulation in education has been linked to improved knowledge retention rates, improvements in quality and patient safety, and even employee satisfaction.  After all simulation is s... Speakers Amar P. Patel, DHSc, MS, NRP

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	Several Students Injured in Maryland Bus Crash Thu, Apr 7, 2016 Bus struck a telephone pole and rolled over in Hereford County.

      

	Several Students Injured in Maryland Bus Crash Thu, Apr 7, 2016
	Five Dead, 13 Injured in Rio de Janeiro Explosion Wed, Apr 6, 2016
	Bees Sting Over a Dozen at Phoenix Mosque Tue, Apr 5, 2016
	Washington Ambulance Struck During Response Tue, Apr 5, 2016
	Ceremony Honors Fallen Medical Helicopter Crew Mon, Apr 4, 2016
	Mass Water Rescue in San Diego Thu, Mar 31, 2016

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	The “FirstNet-Ready” Mobile Office: Top Considerations for Connecting First Responders First-response mobile workforces face the most demanding and often dangerous work environments, performing jobs that are critical to our infrastructure—protecting public safety,...
	Top 5 Reasons Paramedics need an In-Vehicle Gateway Technology in the ambulance is advancing every day.  EKGs and patient care records, dispatch, telemedicine and tracking technologies enable medics to safely treat patients,...

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Innovation & Advancement in EMS Physio-Control and JEMS identify some of the best innovators in the EMS industry and alert the EMS community to their achievements to help providers and patients in the future.

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COLUMNISTS

	Coping with Emotional Triage in your Line of Duty Steve Berry EMS needs consolation too, even if it comes at the hands of other survivors.
	Hands On EMS Product Reviews April 2016 Fran Hildwine, BS, NREMT-P Check out the latest products reviewed in JEMS.
	How Fire & EMS Make an Unlikely Union Neal Richmond, MD The unlikely marriage of Fire and EMS weaves the two fields together more than you think.
	Study Debunks Defibrillation Myths in Movies Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP Research shows motion pictures aren’t depicting realistic cardiac arrest resuscitation.
	Shedding Light on Patient-Initiated Violence Against... David Page, MS, NRP Mixed methods study considers gender and occupational factors of patient-initiated violence again...

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	Sightseeing Helicopter Crashes in Great Smoky M... Apr 5, 2016
	Several Killed, Trapped in Overpass Collapse in...
	Belgium’s King, Queen Visit First Responders
	Terror in Belgium: Inside Brussels Airport
	Photos: Terror Attack in Brussels

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FYI: Interagency Board Releases Training Trigger for Administration of Naloxone (Narcan) the Interagency Board (IAB) supports the consideration by all states and local jurisdictions to make naloxone available for use by law enforcement.
	Why Travel History on All Patients is a Must Patient assessment sheets should be revamped on a national basis to make sure travel history is a standard part of assessment for all patients.
	Community Paramedicine: Boon or Bane for EMS? We must first fix the inherent problem with EMS before we assume more responsibilities.

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