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N.C. Fireworks Explosion Kills 2, Injures 3
The response to the July 4th explosion posed challenges on isolated Ocracoke Island. - One Killed in Indiana Ambulance-Involved Crash
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- Snake Expert Shares Tips with Virginia First Responders
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- This Week in EMS: Ambulance Safety
- Public Suicides Demonstrate National Trend
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Check out these essential steps EMS agencies should take to lower the rates of sudden cardiac death in their communities.
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This month's CE article focuses on the types of headaches that may produce or carry associated symptoms that mimic a stroke or other potential diagnosis.
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Here are six areas where interagency conflict can arise in public safety, and how to avoid it.
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In the wake of recent crashes, everybody wants to improve the safety of helicopter EMS - here's some of what they're trying.
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In This Month's Issue of EMS Magazine
- A Tactical Approach To Scene Safety
Applying safety awareness to every call can improve your odds against violent patients.
- STEMI Care: Evolution of a Benchmark
- Stable or Unstable?
- Professional Development: Part 5 - Performance Evaluation
- Just A Headache?
- Free Poster PDFs: ICARE and the E2B Challenge
- Learn more: Do You Care Enough to ICARE?
- Salary Survey Results
- 6th Annual National EMS Systems Survey
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EMS On The Hill
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.3 No.2
There were lots of notable aspects to the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law in February, but here's a big one: EMS is in line to receive some of its funds. - EMS on the Hill, Vol.3 No.1
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.2 No.4
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.2 No.3
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.2 No.2
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.2 No.1
- EMS on the Hill, Vol.1 No.1
- E-Inquiry - Classifieds
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