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For Fort Hood First-Responders, Shooting Scene Was 'Controlled Chaos'
Few were prepared for the grim scene as ambulance after ambulance ferried gunshot victims to the ED. - Flu Fells Emergency Workers in Calgary
- Wisconsin Bill Offers Mandatory Protection for Volunteers
- Successful Prosecutions for Assaults on UK Ambulance Crews Have Doubled
- New Radios Allow UK Paramedics to Work in Hazardous Areas
- Gunman Opens Fire at Orlando Office
- Mother Says 5-Year-Old Given Wrong Drug In Ambulance
- EMS and Fire Cutbacks Worry Reading, Pa., Fire Chief
- But For Heroes, Ft. Hood Bloodbath Could Have Been Worse
- Sedalia Emergency Rooms Flooded With Ice "Victims"
- Chronicles of EMS: New Reality Series Will Portray the Real Side of EMS
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When conducting a post-incident debriefing, ask the members if they had any safety concerns. Encourage an open discussion and allow everyone to express their thoughts. Use this information to improve your team’s state of readiness.
-John E. DiBacco, Fire Captain, City of Norfolk (VA) Department of Fire-Rescue
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In This Month's Issue of EMS Magazine
- Squeeze Me Tighter: EMS and Healthcare Reform
Changes in the healthcare reform bill could harm reimbursement of EMS and ambulance providers.
- Lessons From the Battlefield
- Dealing With Downtime
- Critical Transport Issues
- Over-the-Counter Overdoses
- Free Poster PDFs: ICARE and the E2B Challenge
- Learn more: Do You Care Enough to ICARE?
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- 6th Annual National EMS Systems Survey
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