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<title>Medevac pilot dodges military jets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Bruyn Jones The Roanoke Times ROANOKE, Va. &mdash; A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington. A pilot and three crew members were on board the Carilion Clinic craft. They were returning after dropping off a patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:42:37 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Disaster drill puts Texas crews on alert</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Michelle Villarreal Corpus Christi Caller-Times CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &mdash; A Category 5 hurricane is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico and it&#39;s headed straight for Corpus Christi. The hurricane will make landfall in five days, and military personnel have been ordered to transport patients by plane from the hospital to Dallas. That&#39;s the scenario military, fire and law enforcement officials ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:37:25 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Sanctions sought in fatal air medical crash in Ariz.</title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/air-medical-transport/articles/1284025-Sanctions-sought-in-fatal-air-medical-crash-in-Ariz/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By EMS1 Staff PHOENIX &mdash; Sanctions are being sought against a Colo.-based company in the wake of an air medical crash that killed the helicopter&#39;s three person crew. Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, told The Associated Press that the agency wants to lodge a $50,625 fine against Air Methods, which is the parent company of LifeNet Arizona and the helicopter&#39;s ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 15:29:38 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ambulance crushes UK mechanic</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Western Daily Press BRISTOL, U.K. &mdash; An investigation has been launched after a 22-year-old mechanic was crushed by an ambulance. The man, who has not been named, received "severe" injuries to his torso and pelvis which have been described by Great Western Ambulance Service as life threatening. He was injured by the vehicle at City West Commercials in the Bedminster area of Bristol at around ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 16:36:24 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>UK medevac to tweet from skies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Warrington Guardian WARRINGTON, UK &mdash; There will be tweets from the sky this Friday as the North West Air Ambulance give a minute-by-minute blow on its work on Twitter. The charity will use the social network site for it's tweet day with paramedics, pilots and staff from the charity's head office tweeting their every movement through the charity's @NWAirAmbulance Twitter feed as they attend ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 21:51:29 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Stroke: Time is brain in delivering EMS care</title>
<author><![CDATA[DeWayne Miller]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/columnists/dewayne-miller/articles/1259279-Stroke-Time-is-brain-in-delivering-EMS-care/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and one of the leading causes of long-term disability. Stroke refers to the acute neurological impairment that follows an interruption in blood supply to a specific region of the brain.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:27:53 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>New approaches for treating pneumonia</title>
<author><![CDATA[DeWayne Miller]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/columnists/dewayne-miller/articles/1241922-New-approaches-for-treating-pneumonia/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Pneumonia is listed among the top 10 most common causes of death in the United States. It is listed as the seventh leading cause of death in adults &gt; 65 years of age6. The annual incidence is as high as 4 million cases, resulting in 500, 000 to 1 million hospitalizations per year1,2. Because of the increased complexity of pathogens and the environment in which the patient was exposed to them, a revised ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:10:35 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Treatment tips for Prinzmetal's variant angina</title>
<author><![CDATA[DeWayne Miller]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/columnists/dewayne-miller/articles/1221642-Treatment-tips-for-Prinzmetals-variant-angina/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[PVA attacks can precipitate cardiac rhythm disturbances such as AV blocks, asystole, or ventricular tachyarrhythmias.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:37:04 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Anaphylaxis foundations for EMS</title>
<author><![CDATA[DeWayne Miller]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/columnists/dewayne-miller/articles/1174749-Anaphylaxis-foundations-for-EMS/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency. It lies at the end of the spectrum of allergic reactions, and in the emergency department it is a diagnosis made on clinical assessment findings. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:57:05 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state</title>
<author><![CDATA[DeWayne Miller]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/columnists/dewayne-miller/articles/1130312-Hyperosmolar-hyperglycemic-state/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are two of the most serious metabolic complications of diabetes.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:01:28 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Accessing Patients on Trails </title>
<author><![CDATA[Greg Friese]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[Saturday is National Trails Day. Here are some tips to access and extricate patients from the trails in your community.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:33:18 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>New Airshow to Link Air Medical and Air Rescue Industries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BRITOL, UK &mdash; Voyageur Publishing and Events Ltd is launching a new international airshow, Waypoint AirMed &amp; Rescue 2009. Taking place 21&ndash;22 May 2009 at Oxford Airport, UK, the event will bring together the global aeromedical and air rescue industries in a unique way. Waypoint AirMed &amp; Rescue 2009 will cater to members of all sectors of the global air medicine and air rescue community ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:22:23 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Republican Leaders Call for Hearing on Air Ambulance Flight Safety</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. &mdash; Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican leaders are requesting the Committee conduct a hearing into air ambulance flight safety when Congress returns for business next year. A September 28th crash of an emergency air medical flight near Washington, D.C. brought the number of such accidents in the past year to 15 (eight of the accidents have involved fatalities).&quot;Air ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:02:11 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. Acquires Southwest Helicopters, Inc.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Boca Raton, Florida — Brockway Moran &amp; Partners, Inc. (Brockway Moran) and Meridian Venture Partners (Meridian) through their investment in Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. (Air Medical Group Holdings), announced today that they have acquired Southwest Helicopters, Inc., a provider of emergency air medical transportation and other services. Southwest Helicopters, Inc., based in Tucson, Arizona ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:21:38 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Vanderbilt LifeFlight Receives National Accreditation </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vanderbilt is the first program in Tennessee to meet national accreditation standards NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight air ambulance program has become the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). After an extensive accreditation process, Vanderbilt LifeFlight received its accreditation ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:01:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Rescue helicopter falls apart on landing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The crew escapes with minor injuries when a rescue helicopter disintegrates upon landing in Para, northern Brazil. The helicopter shakes as it lands before the front falls off and the tail breaks in two. It may have experienced ground resonance, similar to what happens in a washing machine when clothes are concentrated at one point during a spin cycle  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:41:40 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Duke Life Flight Reaccredited</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Annually, Duke Life Flight receives more than 1,500 requests for air transport, and more than 2,500 for ground. And although Life Flight may be most closely associated with major accident scenes, emergency transport is only part of the mission. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:59:01 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Helicopter Rescue of Car Crash Victim</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Video clip (BBC) of real life medical helicopter rescue of man after a potentially fatal car accident.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:57:13 UTC</pubDate>

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