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<title>4 hurt in Maine bus crash</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/patient-handling/articles/1232220-4-hurt-in-Maine-bus-crash/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Kennebec Journal By David RobinsonFARMINGTON &mdash; Four middle and high school students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the bus they were on Tuesday afternoon collided with a tractor-trailer on a slick stretch of U.S. Route 2. There were 14 students from Mt. Blue Regional School District 9 on the bus when it was hit around 2:50 p.m. at the intersection of High Street and Farmington ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:04:57 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>2 firefighters arrested in Ga. ambulance drug probe</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/ems-management/articles/1232221-2-firefighters-arrested-in-Ga-ambulance-drug-probe/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[During a routine inspection of ambulances Sunday, officials found vials missing from one of the vehicles]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:00:02 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/communications-dispatch/articles/1232209-Wrong-number-call-helps-Ohio-woman-having-stroke/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Associated PressCUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio &mdash; A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.Loretta Smith, of Cuyahoga Falls near Akron, felt her right side go numb and fell to the floor at her home last weekend.The 70-year-old Smith said she was able to grab the phone with her left hand and thought she was calling her son. Instead, she was ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:42:29 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>GPS harnessed for emergencies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Spokesman Review By Mike Prager SPOKANE, Wash. &mdash; Mike Shannon of the Spokane County 911 emergency system was working on a north Spokane street on Thursday, collecting geo-positioning data for the homes there. His work is part of an ongoing upgrade of the 911 communications system. A suspicious resident stepped out onto his front porch and jokingly asked, &quot;Do I have to call 911"&quot; &quot;I ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:26:43 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Sen. questions more funding for 9/11 museum</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/ems-heroes/articles/1232202-Sen-questions-more-funding-for-9-11-museum/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill would authorize $200 million over the next 10 years for the museum and memorial]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:21:42 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Driver extricated from car following Calif. collision</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/patient-handling/articles/1232193-Driver-extricated-from-car-following-Calif-collision/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Times-StandardEUREKA, Calif. &mdash; The Humboldt Bay Fire Department extricated a woman from her Ford pickup truck on Thursday afternoon after a traffic accident at Sixth and I streets left her trapped in the overturned vehicle. A Eureka Police Department press release said witnesses reported that Tara Dewey of Eureka was traveling northbound on I Street at about 2:15 p.m. when a black Honda Civic ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:07:50 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>EMS leaders propose changing number of paramedics on Austin ambulances</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/careers/articles/1231807-EMS-leaders-propose-changing-number-of-paramedics-on-Austin-ambulances/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Group is proposing to do away with 1 of 2 paramedics currently on ambulances, adding basic EMT]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:37:26 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Sizing up staffing models on ambulances</title>
<author>Art Hsieh</author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/ems-management/articles/1231737-Sizing-up-staffing-models-on-ambulances/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Austin EMS system has had a solid reputation as an excellent service provider. Yet it, too, is not immune to the pressures of change and responding to the various challenges that face all systems. While I don't know the exact statistic, it seems that many EMS providers have converted their &quot;dual paramedic&quot; ambulance configuration to a &quot;1+1&quot; staffing model. There have been several ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:30:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Video: NY Giants fans turn ambulance into tailgating 'fanbulance'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Dustin Racioppi The Daily RecordPOINT PLEASANT, N.J. &mdash; In its previous life, the Big Blue Rig was not actually blue but white with orange trim, a Creamsicle-colored box on wheels filled with IV bags, defibrillators, two stretchers and, if out on an emergency call, any number of volunteers of the Point Pleasant Boro First Aid Squad.When its days of service to the borough were numbered and town ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:43:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Man tried to save life while medics &quot;hung back,&quot; Toronto inquest told</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Star TORONTO &mdash; A Toronto man who fought for 35 minutes to save the life of a dying stranger said he never feared for his personal safety, even though an ambulance crew refused to attend the scene because of security concerns.In a soft flat voice, Jesus Manuel Rodriguez told a coroner's inquest Tuesday into the death of James Hearst that he and two others made a futile attempt to revive ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:43:39 UTC</pubDate>

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