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March 5, 2008 Volume 51 |
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Responders recall moments surrounding shooting death of Fla. crewmate |
EMS on the political verge 
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District 10 Fire Chief David Jones did not know the woman kneeling and crying beside a young child at the side of the road was the wife of a fellow firefighter.Fire Rescue EMS Supervisor Rafael Vazquez, 42, who had just finished lunch with his family, was shot and killed Monday by a gunman after returning to the restaurant to exchange a toy ... Full Story Related Resource: Read full coverage of the support efforts for the slain paramedic's friends and family View EMS1 video news coverage of the incident 
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| Breathing Life into ARDS | |
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By Paul Mazurek, EMS1.com Columnist |
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EMS1 is excited to annouce a new addition to our growing columnist team. Paul Mazurek will present a monthly column focusing on a wide range of medical issues impacting air transport. A critical care transport team is called to the intensive care unit of a small community hospital for a 44-year-old, 70 kg female who is post-operative, day two, from an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She was unable to wean from mechanical ventilation following surgery ... Full Column |
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| Health, Fitness & EMS | |
| Alternatives During the Cold and Flu Season | |
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By Jennifer Milus, EMS1.com Contributing Author |
| EMS personnel are constantly exposed to all sorts of germs and ill folks. With the cold and flu season becoming more pervasive, people are getting sick multiple times in one season. While mainstream society touts the latest over-the-counter medications, there are several natural alternatives that are not widely known. I will discuss some of the different ways I and my patients have strengthened our immune systems ... Full Column | |
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| Press Release: EFJ, Inc. Introduces ES Series of Mobile Radios [EFJohnson] Rare Q disease cases sprout in rural Nev. [Fallon, Nev.] Taser needed to subdue Chicago cop in paramedic assault, authorities say [Chicago] Related Video Tip: Relative Positioning for EMS Hazmat agents scour Utah home for ricin [Riverton, Utah] N.C. paramedic recalls being saved by his students [Lincoln County, N.C.]
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| ParamedicTV.com Video: Trauma During Pregnancy — Training Video from 24-7 EMS [24-7 EMS] Response to prison riots were 'finest hours' for Pa. EMT [Camp Hill, Pa.] Okla. woman dead after 3-way collision involving ambulance [Wewoka, Okla.] 40,000 Nev. patients potentially exposed to HIV [Las Vegas] EMS bike team to honor Maine paramedic killed on-duty [Farmington, Maine] Related Article: Collision leads to Maine paramedic's death
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| "There is a point of ignorance in the general public when it comes to mistakes made by EMS. Perhaps it is because we're held in higher regards. Many times I've come up on a scene and I overhear bystanders saying, 'the ambulance is here everything will be ok.' This feeling of 'help is coming,' is obviously good, but it also brings high expectancy. We are NOT expected to make mistakes. Therefore, any mistakes made must be because the ambulance crew, cop or fireman for that matter did not know what they were doing." — nycems305 |
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| Posted in response to: Should mistakes in the field be excused if paramedics did all they could?
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