Some chiefs believe merging departments and increasing MABAS might be necessary if departments can’t raise funds via taxes
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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Reality training: Administering pediatric medication
Use this hands-on training exercise to improve equipment familiarity, reinforce medication cross-check processes and increase provider confidence to treat sick kids
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Lightning strike injures paramedic, EMT
The two Kentucky EMS providers were loading a motor vehicle collision patient into the ambulance when the rig was struck by lightning
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Impaired driver plows into crash scene, injures medics
Two Acadian Ambulance EMTs and two bystanders were struck while tending to an accident victim
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Medics treat 10 white nationalist protesters stabbed during protest
Nine men and one woman the Traditionalist Worker Party and counter protesters were treated for stab wounds, cuts, scrapes and bruises
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What do we know about traumatic stress in EMS?
There is a significant correlation between operational stress, organizational stress, critical incident stress, alcohol use and post-traumatic stress
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Disability bill would extend coverage for Philly paramedics, EMTs
The Heart and Lung Act compels employers of public-safety workers to grant full pay and health coverage during time off for an on-the-job injury
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Ore. fire dept. responds to teen with javelin in eye
A track meet competitor tripped and was stabbed in the eye by a javelin; someone removed it before firefighters arrived
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23 dead in W.Va. floods; search and rescue continues
National Guardsmen are assisting in eight counties, helping local crews with swift water rescues, search and extraction efforts and health and welfare checks. (AP Image)
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Inside EMS Podcast: News topics of the week
Download this podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or via RSS feed In this week's Inside EMS Podcast, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson review this week's top news, including a crash that disintegrated an ambulance, a new bill giving LODD benefits to EMS personnel and how a good Samaritan was charged $140 for helping crash victims. Come and join the discussion.
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