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November 27, 2007 Volume 25 |
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| EMS role against terrorism raises privacy concerns  |
Busy hospital faces own emergency 
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 Firefighters and EMS personnel in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people's privacy.Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel don't need warrants to access hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings each year ... Full Story Related Resources: OPINION: Homeland security plan for first responders is dubious TALK BACK: Do you feel that EMS should take on the additional role of monitoring terrorism activity?
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| EKG Club Case of the Week | |
| Reperfusion Woes | |
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By EKG Club, EMS1.com Columnist |
| ALS1 is dispatched to a rural medical facility to transport a patient diagnosed with an acute coronary syndrome to the closest cath lab. Upon arrival, you are briefed on the current status of your patient: She is a 64-year-old diabetic, hypertensive, female, who was brought to the facility an hour ago with evidence of a STEMI ... Full Case | |
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Discuss this case Read Case 9: A Two-Week-Long Chest Pain Read more EMS1 original columns |
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| EMS1 Exclusive | |
| Cooperation stressed at national preparedness conference | |
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By Jamie Thompson, EMS1 Staff |
| Emergency services leaders stressed the need for cross-departmental cooperation in dealing with disasters at a national preparedness conference in November. The chiefs of San Francisco's fire and police departments both outlined the importance for all agencies to work closely with each other at the 9th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference in San Francisco ... Full Story | |
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| Press Release: ePro Secure Data Exchange from eCore Software Is Deployed [eCore Software] Detroit EMT kills wife, injures son, then shoots self [Detroit] Calif. fire dept waives EMT requirement to boost hiring [Oakland, Calif.] Related Resource: Read full coverage of EMS shortage concernsNote, rope trigger racial probes at Md. Fire/EMS [Baltimore] Driver killed after crash with Ky. ambulance [Elizabethtown, Ky.] |
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| Registration Promotion: Register for FireGrantsHelp.com and Sign Up to Win a Free 42' LCD TV and 1 of 10 iPods! [FireGrantsHelp.com] Dirty ambulances help spread superbugs, claims UK union [London] Related Resource: Read full coverage of staph infection outbreaksCity's offer: Get paid to become a Honolulu EMT [Honolulu] N.Y. first responders get lesson on autism disorder [Nassau County, N.Y.] 'Stream of ambulances' rush to fatal Ark. bus wreck [Forrest City, Ark.]
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