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• Oregon medical malpractice limit upheld
• Ark. lacks statewide system for trauma patients

• Houston H.S. chemical spill sends students, teachers to hospital
• Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness

• Relief falls far short in Myanmar, aid organizers say
• Baltimore looks to cut call frequency, cost of dispatch system
• Fla. tech institute trains first responders for the worst
• EMT program lets Pa. teens jump-start their careers
• Ambulance, truck, car in chain-reaction crash in Mich.
• Miss. paramedic wins national award

• Innovative N.Y. plan will buy time for organ recovery
• Calif. county drops 911-fee plan after court ruling
• Editorial: Measure to regulate EMTs is overdue
• Duplicate street names confuse Mich. ambulance crew
• Calif. judge tosses out ex-paramedic's lawsuit
• Ky. decontamination drill largest-ever for the area

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Since about 1987, my position on the age-old debate about Fire versus Private or Third-Service EMS has...