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DC Metro crash highlights triage importance

Deadliest accident in history of DC Metro train system caused front train car to 'collapse like an accordion' ...Full Story

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• DC Metro confirms earlier reports of 9 dead
• Slideshow: DC Metro Crash
• Video: Mayor Updates Death Toll in D.C. Metro Crash

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Top EMS News for Saturday, July 4, 2009

• Fireworks explosion on NC island injures several
• Texas first responders struggle in communciations
• SC dispatcher thanked for saving life
• Safety education starts early for Ohio students
• Ariz. tourist revived following cardiac arrest
• Error fixed in NM 911 system
• CDC: U.S. may need 600 million swine flu vaccine doses
• Staten island ferry crash injures 15
• Pa. responders endorse spending for communication systems
• La. town uses social networking in emergency response

EMS News and Announcements

• Praetorian Group Wins Big at WPA’s 2009 Maggie Awards
• New Edition of Book Dedicated to RSI
• NAEMT Celebrates National EMS Week
• Panasonic Toughbook U1 Receives Frost & Sullivan 2009 Global Market Engineering Award for Product Innovation

Line-Of-Duty Deaths

• Dale Long - 06/16/2009 - [Bennington, Vermont]
• Debra Cole - 06/12/2009 - [Portland, Maine]
• Christopher Meadows - 05/26/2009 - [San Luis Obispo, California]

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