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FDA Safety Advisory for Automatic External Defibrillators - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued the following medical device safety alert: Cardiac Science Corp. Powerheart and CardioVive Automated External Defibrillators: Initial Communication Audience:... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 21, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Paramedics Extricate 800lb. Man from Recliner; Patient Dies of Cardiac Arrest Enroute to Hospital - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. — When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 21, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Driver Found Guilty of Murder of Delaware Emergency Medical Responder - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Paraplegic Joseph Taye was found guilty today of first-degree murder for running into Michelle Smith of the Delaware City Fire Company on Dec. 20 2008 as Smith tended to an injured man lying on the side... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 21, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Explosion at Virginia National Guard Base Injures 14 - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BLACKSTONE, Va. - A pyrotechnic device used in training exercises exploded at Fort Pickett, sending 14 Virginia National Guard soldiers to hospitals, most as a precautionary measure. Maj. Cotton Puryear... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 20, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Ohio Fire Department Wants to Transport MVA Patients to Gain Revenue - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LIMA -- The Fire Department wants a piece of the emergency ambulance response business. Fire Chief Mark Heffner presented his proposal to City Council's Safety Services Committee on Tuesday, saying his... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 20, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

L.A. County Paramedics Begin Using Stroke Centers - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients will be routed to one of 10 hospitals that have a specialized stroke neurologist available at all times. Officials hope the new policy will save lives. Paramedics on Monday began transporting... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 20, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Tampa Paramedics at Right Place, Right Time - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TAMPA — In three minutes Saturday, Drake Williams went through a whole lifetime's worth of luck — both good and bad. The bad: having a rare heart condition that causes "sudden cardiac death." The good:... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 19, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Study: CT Scan Rules Out Heart Attacks Faster - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests. About 6 million... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 19, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Tour Bus Crashes off Minnesota Interstate - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JEFF BAENEN Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Minn. — A tour bus returning from a casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21,... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 19, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

VCU Medical Center and Richmond Ambulance Authority Partner in Unique Effort - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 16, 2009) – Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Richmond Ambulance Authority have improved resuscitation and survival rates dramatically for cardiac arrest patients... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 18, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

New York Fire Department Seeks to Drop EMS Responses - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Last year, Circleville firefighters responded to 176 medical emergency calls in its district — one-third of the total calls it handled. Now, they're looking to cut those numbers significantly. The... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 18, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Officials Probe SC Wall Collapse - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Officials are trying to determine what caused a South Carolina stadium wall to collapse during a high school football game, sending at least 11 students to the hospital with minor... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 18, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Study: Injured Uninsured More Likely to Die in ER - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHICAGO – Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance,... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 18, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Officials Reconsider Returning Traditional Bonfire Structure to Campus Grounds - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - As the 10th anniversary of the deadly bonfire collapse approaches this week, the former president of Texas A&M University says only her successor can decide whether the tradition... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 17, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

3 Dead in Calif. Medevac Crash - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Investigators said the pilot of a medical helicopter issued a mayday moments before the aircraft crashed into a hilly area north of Reno near the Nevada-California state line early Saturday. All... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 17, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

NC County EMS Department Spreads Resources among Fire Dept. Locations - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LENOIR, N.C. - In an effort to reduce response times and expand provided services, Caldwell County Emergency Medical Services and local fire departments are joining forces. In several communities across... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 17, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Denver Paramedic Sentenced to 12 Years for Patient Assault - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DENVER - A former Denver paramedic charged with assaulting a patient in his ambulance has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Prosecutors said 31-1-year-old Alan Miller was 1 of the paramedics who responded... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 17, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Response by Soldiers and Emergency Responders Deemed Flawless - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Andrew Evans Sentinel Staff FORT HOOD, Texas - Emergency response leaders here say many lives were saved by the courageous acts of those who helped the wounded following the horrific shooting attack... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 14, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

St. Louis Nurse Campaigns for Ambulance Upgrades - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Outfitting St. Louis ambulances with machines that save precious minutes for heart attack patients would be one of Helen Sandkuhl's biggest accomplishments in her 36-year-career as an emergency room nurse... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 14, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Call for Sick Child Develops into Multi-Patient CO Response - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
RIVERDALE, Md. - Prince George’s County Firefighters and Paramedics were summoned to a church to tend to a sick child and encountered that and many more. At about 6:30 PM, Saturday, November 7, 2009, a... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Legislature Orders Striking British Columbia Paramedics Back to Work - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After nearly 13 hours, Bill 21 passed early Saturday morning, forcing a new contract on ambulance paramedics, who have been on strike since April. Union leaders representing B.C.'s paramedics called it... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Respiratory Problems Strike 30 at North Carolina McDonald’s - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
KNIGHTDALE - Veteran firefighter Goley Boggs was eating his Egg McMuffin Sunday morning, talking to friends, when something in the air caused him to choke and cough. "Everybody in here started coughing... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

'Howler' Siren Cuts EMSA Ambulance Wrecks in Half - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TULSA, OK - The sound of EMSA's howler sirens is having a big impact on safety in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. EMSA started installing them last November. Since then, the number of ambulance wrecks has been... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Massachusetts Towns Move Forward with Regional Paramedic Service - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bedford, Mass. - Since 1982, Emerson Hospital has provided advanced life support (ALS) service to Lincoln and 12 other area communities. But with the hospital phasing out the program in the next year due... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

LifeLine Reaches 5 Year Anniversary in Indiana County - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A pilot, a paramedic and a nurse walked across the roof of Howard Regional Health System and climbed into a helicopter with a red, white and blue LIFELINE banner painted on the side. Jessica Furrey, the... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 12, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

FDA to Review Some External Biphasic Defibrillators Energy Levels - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
FDA notified healthcare professionals that it is investigating energy levels in external biphasic defibrillators with shocks of less than or equal to 200 Joules (J). FDA received reports of 14 events since... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 12, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Orthodox Jewish Medics Say Beard Ban Discriminates - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PIKESVILLE, Md. - Three paramedics filed a complaint against Pikesville'svolunteer fire company, saying they are victims of discrimination based on their Orthodox Jewish beliefs. Watch the Video Suzanne... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 12, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

New Hampshire EMS Service Covers Two States, 10 Towns, Full-Time - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chief Harry Brown goes everywhere with a packet of maps. There's the map that shows the 911 addresses assigned along every snowmobile trail in the North Country. There's the map that shows where bags of... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 11, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Research Challenges Belief that Quick Response Increases Patient's Chances - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 2002, emergency medicine specialists at the Denver Health Medical Center wanted to find out how much response times affected the survival of the major trauma patients they treated - often the victims... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 11, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Paramedics Reunite with Man Treated with Cutting-edge Care - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rick Parker's existence is baffling. He credits part of it to a miracle and the other part to state-of-the-art treatment given to him by McDowell County Emergency Services (EMS) paramedics. On the night... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 11, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

One Dead, Five Injured in Florida Office Shooting - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. - A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 10, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Florida EMS Captain Dies While On-Duty - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
EUSTIS -- A long-time emergency medical services official died on duty early Friday morning. Capt. David Deland, 45, district chief for Lake-Sumter Emergency Medical Services, had worked a number of calls... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 10, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Vancouver Leads Canadian Cities in Bystander CPR - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bystanders, If your heart has stopped, you're unconscious, and you need CPR from a stranger, you're better off in Vancouver. That's because, in Toronto, fewer than one in three bystanders who see you struggling... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 10, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

NHLBI Stops Enrollment in Study on Resuscitation Methods for Cardiac Arrest - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NHLBI Stops Enrollment in Study on Resuscitation Methods for Cardiac Arrest Different CPR Durations Found Equally Successful; CPR Device Does Not Add Benefit Enrollment has ended early in a large, multicenter... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 10, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Army Post Shooting Rampage Leaves 13 Dead, 30 Hurt - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers FORT HOOD, Texas - Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 7, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Striking Canadian Paramedics Disrupt Olympic Security Exercise - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
VANCOUVER - Striking paramedics disrupted a training exercise in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics for about four hours yesterday, erecting picket lines that unionized fire fighters and police refused... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 7, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Flu Fells Emergency Workers in Calgary - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Flu is partly to blame for a higher-than-average number of Calgary police, firefighters and air ambulance staff calling in sick. About nine per cent of police officers are off sick, up from the usual... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 7, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Arizona Medical Helicopter Crashes During Training; Two Injured - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona's San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard are seriously injured. There were no patients... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 6, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

WHO Says Swine Flu is Top Flu Strain Worldwide - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LONDON - The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide. In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 percent of the flu viruses... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 6, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Michigan Man Denied Ride, Steals Ambulance - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities said a 31-year-old Detroit man who was stranded at a southeast Michigan hospital face charges after he stole an ambulance. Police said the man stole the ambulance... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 6, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Court Allows First Responder Training in Vacant Indianapolis High-Rise - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DEBY KNOX WISH Reprinted with Permission INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - One of the biggest eyesores of the Indianapolis skyline got a once over Tuesday. The Keystone Towers, an abandoned apartment complex profiled... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 5, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Temple Terrace Paramedics Receive Ultrasound Body Scanners - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TEMPLE TERRACE - To Fire Chief Keith Chapman, their value was obvious. Having experienced first-hand the life-saving potential of ultrasound machines when he worked several years ago in Tampa General... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 5, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

IAFF, IAFC Show Support for Fire-based EMS - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Washington DC - The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) today reaffirmed their support for fire service-based emergency medical service... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 5, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Amarillo IAFF Local Pitches City-owned Ambulance Service - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The president of the Amarillo firefighters union plans to make a public pitch for the city to run its own ambulance service at today's Amarillo City Commission meeting. The Amarillo Fire Department could... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 4, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Insect Fogger Kills Infant, Injures Others in South Carolina - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy, and his 2-year-old brother was critically injured by the fumes, authorities... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 4, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Flu Protections Added to Contract Keep California Nurses from Striking - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LOS ANGELES—A California nurses' union won't strike, saying swine flu protections have been written into new contracts with the state's largest hospital system. The California Nurses Association had threatened... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 4, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Independent Group to Monitor H1N1 Shot Safety - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON — Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented program to watch for possible side... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 4, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Investigation Begins in Coast Guard, Marine Corps Aviation Collision - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell Monday... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 3, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Mercy Flight Files Suit Over Priority Response to Medevac Calls - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Syracuse, NY - Three rescue helicopters that serve Central New York are embroiled in an air war. Mercy Flight Central, a private service with a helicopter on standby in Marcellus, claims Onondaga County’s... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 3, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Collier County Medical Director Pulls ALS Certification from All East Naples Firefighters - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NAPLES — Collier County Medical Director Robert Tober has pulled advance life support certification for all East Naples firefighter-paramedics because he says they have failed to meet agreed-upon training... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 3, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news