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New Orleans EMS Faces Challenges As Super Bowl Win, Mardi Gras Coincide
The city's EMS crews are used to parties, but the one Sunday night will go down as one of the largest ever. -
W. Va. Won't Send Ambulances Blindly to Chemical Plants
Kanawha County emergency officials will no longer blindly send an ambulance inside a local chemical plant unless plant personnel can tell them why the ambulance was called and describe conditions inside the plant. -
Ohio Woman, 82, Crashes, Spends Night in Submerged SUV
An elderly woman from Belmont County is lucky to be alive after crashing her van into a pond Friday night, at the start of the weekends winter storm. -
'Historic' Snow Strands Countless in Mid-Atlantic
With more snow expected Tuesday, stranded travelers and those struggling with no electricity wondered when they'd escape the icy, gray mess. - N.Y. Crews Revive Cat Following Fire
- Calif. DPW Foreman Rescued From Muddy Sink Hole
- Seven Hurt When Winds Topple Tent at Fla. State Fair
- Man Fractures Skull in Fla. Ladder Fall
- Ohio EMS Officials Need More Funds for Trauma Registry
- 'Miracle' Heart Attack Survivor Gives CPR To Stranger
- Spot the Addict: Prescription Drug Abuse Widespread
Business News
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Biomedical Technology Solutions Explores Green Alternatives with AMR
Goal is to provide safer and environmentally friendly management of medical waste. -
Free PocketCPR iPhone Training App Available for February Heart Month
ZOLL PocketCPR only training app gives real-time feedback on performance. - This Week in EMS: DHS Grant Funds...Open Source Software...Dealing With Low Performers
- Pulling Back the Mil-Spec Curtain
- OnStar: Assisting Emergency Responders Every Step of the Way
- 100th Unit for British Columbia's Ambulance Service is Heading to Vancouver
- Raytheon Deploys Civil Communications Solutions Demonstration
- NAEMT Introduces New Squad Membership Program
- Memphis Signs Contract with Digitech for EMS Billing Services and High-Tech Field Data Collection Solution
Funding News
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Successful Grant-Seeking
EMS can be a good fit for a lot of grant programs, if you take the time to educate and approach granters appropriately. -
Pa. Communities Balk on Support for Ross/West View EMS
This would have been the first time in the ambulance authority's 31-year history that the communities helped fund it. - 'Duck Pluckers' Get Logo on New Illinois Ambulance
- New Orleans Faces 'Devastating' Budget Cuts
- FDNY and NY Blood Center Launch Program to Increase Donations
- House Passes FIRE Act, SAFER Reauthorization
- EMS Expo: Chiefs Call for Creativity in Funding
- Georgia Chief Touts Non-Emergency Transport
- Grant Help for Rural Volunteers
Line of Duty
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New York EMT Dies on Duty
A New York EMT died while on a call on Jan. 3, 2010. -
New York Responder Killed in Vehicle Crash
A Tioga Center firefighter died early this morning while responding to a call. - Arizona Medic Killed in Crash
- Pa. EMS Chief Suffers Heart Attack at Crash Scene, Dies
- N.C. Responder Killed in Ambulance Crash
- Rescuer, Patient Killed in Tenn. Ambulance Crash
- Georgia Responder Collapses, Dies
- Louisiana Paramedic Killed After Being Pinned Between EMS Trailer and Car
- Three Responders Killed in S.C. Medical Helicopter Crash
Homeland Security
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DHS Seeks Input for Homeland Security Review
The Department of Homeland Securitys first official survey of stakeholders will help shape its goals and priorities in coming years. -
HARM Students Drive Training Procedures
The HARM course provides response personnel with a scenario, but the students determine the tempo and plan their response. - It's Not Just Training, It's Preparedness
- Biological Terrorism Threat Greater Than Ever
- Simulation Training Prepares Medics for Urban Combat
- EMS Veteran Nominated to DHS Health Post
- Mission Assistance
- Military Trains with Wisconsin Hospitals in Groundbreaking Disaster Drill
- Hundreds of Soldiers to Drill with Wisconsin Hospitals
