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- Friday, February 13, 2015

Photo: Medic squeezes through window to rescue woman

He wiggled through an eight-inch 'wee hopper window' to save an elderly woman who fell and was hypothermic
100-car pileup on South Korean bridge kills 2

7 people in serious condition; thick fog and icy roads at time of pileup
N.J. turnpike pileup kills 1, others injured

2 crashes during a mix of rain and snow involved tractor-trailers, cars and a fully loaded bus
Motorola fights to keep spot in EMS, police and fire communication market

Questions being asked about tactics of donating equipment for testing and high profile events that is leveraged for future sole-source purchasing

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From the Editor

We joined more than 1,000 EMS providers from Minnesota and Wisconsin at the 35th annual Arrowhead EMS conference in Duluth, Minnesota. Although a January visit to Duluth, on the southwest shore of Lake Superior, may not sound appealing to many, attendees enjoyed a full exhibit hall and plentiful continuing education sessions from top EMS educators. Read more here.

EMS1 Exclusives


	Effective EMS response to acute alcohol intoxication Careful assessment is important for EMS since alcohol poisoning kills six people in the U.S. each day; most deaths occur among middle-aged adults	Saving a life with ‘the monkey on my belt’ It never occurred to me that the voice over my radio was anything but annoying to my patients, never mind someone’s salvation
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Vitalboards - The Community Outreach Program That Can Save Lives

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