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October 16, 2007 Volume 14 |
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Nation's largest terrorism drill hits Ore. |
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The bomb's in place. The terrorists are ready. The city waits. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, a lethal cloak of radiation will cover much of downtown Portland. It's all make-believe, of course. But this week the city will be ground zero for the largest counterterrorism exercise in U.S. history. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will be in town to personally oversee the exercise
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Related Resource: Questions unanswered as nation prepares for largest emergency drill TALK BACK: Do terrorism drills really provide added preparation for EMS personnel? |
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| EKG Club Case of the Week | |
| Case 7: But I Feel Fine Now | |
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By EKG Club, EMS1.com Columnist |
| Your patient is a 45-year-old male who reportedly developed retro-sternal chest pain and diaphoresis during the course of the business meeting. You are told that the meeting had become rather heated and was stopped when the others noticed the man turning beet red and sweating profusely. Witnesses indicate that by the time you arrived (four minutes from call to arrival), the patient had told his staff he was fine ... Full Case | |
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| The Second Right Answer | |
| Strategic Planning: Is it for you? | |
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By Mark Bruning, EMS1.com Columnist |
| EMS1 is pleased to announce that Mark Bruning has joined our columnist team. Bruning will present a bi-monthly column focusing on strategic planning techniques for EMS managers and consultants. Do you or your organization have a ''strategic plan'' that helps you to think about where you are today, where you want to be tomorrow and, most importantly, how you might go about getting there? If the answer is no, then you must continue reading ... Full Column |
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| Press Release: IPICD Is Sponsoring the 2nd Annual Sudden Death, Excited Delirium, and In-Custody Death Conference in Las Vegas [IPICD] Medtronic pulls defibrillator wires [Minneapolis, Minn.] '400 chest compressions' procedure touted by Okla. EMS [Oklaholma City, Okla.] Related Resource: Read full coverage on CPR policy advances3 Texas students found after 11-hour rescue effort inside cave [Austin, Texas] 5-minute emergency response protocol evaluated in Mich. [Genesee County, Mich.] |
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| Press Release: STAFFeasy 2.4.11 Offers More Convenience by Integrating with Mobile Application Devices [PDSI] Pentagon 9/11 firefighters, paramedics complain about treatment [Arlington County, Va.] Nev. paramedic arrested again on theft charges [Clark County, Nev.] Related Article: Nev. paramedic thief left apology note, police sayDrug testing still required for Calif. city's first responders [Berkeley, Calif.] Mass. city AMR laying off 35, closing [Pittsfield, Mass.]
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