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As 2011 comes to a close, we reflect on the biggest EMS stories and issues of the year. Check out some of the best and most striking images and videos of the year, and don't forget to see if your most unforgettable call made it onto our list of Facebook fans' calls of the year!
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Video is playing an increasingly important role in public safety. From capturing close call incidents to recording remarkable rescues, responders are being put in the spotlight more than ever before. And let's not forget the EMS oddities that are being caught on camera, too. Check out some of the highlights.
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By Art Hsieh
Is it me, or do the years seem to be getting shorter? It feels like we move from one headline story to the next, hardly pausing to consider the impact of such events to our current or future situation.
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By Mike McEvoy
What a year 2011 turned out to be. Many disaster drills were preempted by actual disasters, quite often achieving epic magnitudes: earthquakes, a tsunami, floods, a nuclear meltdown — all requiring herculean mitigation efforts.
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By Tom Bouthillet
More and more systems are collecting data and optimizing their approach to sudden cardiac arrest through public education, public access AED programs, minimally interrupted chest compressions, controlled ventilations, therapeutic hypothermia, and early recognition of STEMI.
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Jim Upchurch
Is there an Occupy EMS movement? Yep and it has existed ever since early humans took possession of the care provided to their ill or injured in the field. Full Story
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