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• Wis. healthcare simulation center will open in 2020

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  Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Mid-State Technical College partnered to open a simulation center to train healthcare professionals

• Engineers build first responder-exclusive search engine for use during emergencies

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  The tool will be able to give first responders real-time text and visuals from social media, as well as from surveillance cameras and sensors

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• Fla. city to address 911 deficiencies over a year after Parkland shooting

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  911 callers were put on hold and transferred, and the emergency radio system froze due to excessive traffic during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

• Ky. judge orders 911 dispatch center study

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  Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center

• FirstNet Authority releases roadmap for future network

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  FirstNet officials attended individual engagements, workshops and summits with first responders to ensure the roadmap meets responders’ communication needs

• Calif. awarded $11.3M grant to upgrade 911 centers

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  California received the largest award in the country, totaling $11,399,076 to improve its 911 centers

• Study: Ky. county emergency communication system is obsolete

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  The study found some of the system's equipment to send and boost radio signals is no longer being manufactured or supported by manufacturers

• 5 Pa. counties to upgrade tech in EMS units

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  EMS providers will get 90 modems and data plans for units to transmit electrocardiograms from the field

• How can a mechanical CPR device fit into your EMS service?

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  Educate partners and update CPR protocols while considering how to deploy a mechanical CPR device in the field

• Pinnacle EMS Quick Take: Lead EMS by rocking the boat

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  Jay Fitch, PhD, explains the importance of disruption for EMS to innovate and prepare for the rapid change coming to the industry

• NC county EMS adds video-guided intubation tool to ambulances

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  The instrument allows medics to insert a tube into a patient's lungs using a special blade with a camera attached to it.

• Pa. county switches to FirstNet for first responders

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  The county will start using AT&T wireless phone services and will save $360 a month compared to the Verizon rates the county was paying

• Calif. county purchases 2 MOSES systems with state aid

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  Santa Clara is the first county in the state to purchase the technology, which will be available to other areas in the event of a natural disaster

• Fla. text-to-911 emergency service shows promising start in the first year

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  Palm Beach County's 911 planning coordinator estimates that 18 public-safety call-center stations have received about 100 text messages each month

• NC city's newest fire station turns to solar panels for power

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  Durham Fire and EMS Station 17 is the first fire station in the city that can generate its own electricity from the sun

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