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• COVID-19 resources from EMS organizations (updating)

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  Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response

• Former EMT tries to convert bag valve masks into ventilators

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  Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Gregory Fischer hopes to create an open-source design that will help address COVID-19-driven ventilator shortages

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  Resuscitation training in practice: saving more lives

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  American Heart Association

  Learn the 8 key factors for successful cardiac resuscitation training

• Detroit to get COVID-19 rapid-testing kits for first responders, healthcare workers

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  The city has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to receive 5,000 kits that can produce results within 15 minutes

• Ore. FD testing 3-wheeled electric emergency vehicle

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  The pilot program with electric vehicle company Arcimoto will test the Rapid Responder, which is designed to quickly reach emergencies

• 6 questions to evaluate your HIPAA risks

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  The Office for Civil Rights has ambulance services on its radar

• The positive evolution of data integration

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  Three bi-directional ways that data integration will positively impact the EMS industry

• HIPAA is another EMS elephant that contributes to EMS leaders’ insomnia

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  The first-ever HIPAA settlement in EMS cost a service $65,000. What can be done to make sure your agency isn’t next?

• Automated CPR devices required for all emergency agencies in Calif. county

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  Orange County officials said the requirement will improve patient outcomes and increase safety for EMS providers

• Donation funds CPR device for Mich. fire department

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  A grant of more than $21,000 will allow the department to purchase a LUCAS device

• Location confusion may have delayed response to pond crash that killed 2 children

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  Officials are investigating whether incorrect data in the county's GIS mapping system slowed down the arrival of first responders

• The 2010s can’t end soon enough for public safety

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  Can police, fire and EMS overcome the challenges we faced in the 2010s to prosper in the 2020s?

• Telestroke: Taking telemedicine mobile to curb stroke damage

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  Century Ambulance reduces brain tissue loss by connecting neurologists to perform NIHSS assessment in the field

• Pa. county first responders say GPS sometimes leads to wrong address

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  One fire chief said the new system gives wrong directions for about one call per month

• 4 ways EMS can respond to shifting patient expectations

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  Don’t let your agency get behind – here are steps you can take to rethink your tech strategy

• Making the most of smartphone apps and features on the job

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  In this episode, our co-hosts discuss ICE, Medical ID and other engaging uses for smartphone apps in EMS

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