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• Mo. 911 Advisory Board takes first steps to replace dispatch system

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  The proposed dispatch system would cost approximately $200,000, which includes equipment and labor costs and would be purchased from Motorola

• Survey report: How are EMS agencies using mobile broadband technology today? (white paper)

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  Learn how your organization can make the most of the broadband technologies available to EMS

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  Quiz: Test your knowledge of the 2019 AHA guidelines for cardiac care

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  Do you know the most current protocols for treating arrhythmia, cardiac arrest and other heart conditions?

• University of Washington develops cardiac arrest monitoring tool for smart speakers

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  The tool can detect agonal breathing 97% of the time and researchers hope to make it into an app

• Remember 2 Things: Expanding your protocols

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  Emergency medical services technology and knowledge changes at a rapid pace, and even departments that work to be ahead of the curve still find themselves struggling to keep up. If, as an EMS provider, you find yourself wanting to expand your agency's protocols to include updated technology or processes, there's a way you should approach the change. In this episode, Steve Whitehead discusses how to get those changes implemented. 

• Meals on Wheels app program expands emergency services initiative nationwide

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  Meals on Wheels America will expand the program to 26 different communities spread across 16 states after starting in San Diego

• New app provides emergency response vehicles with faster, safer paths to incident scenes

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  The app can warn first responders of hazards along routes as well as leverage additional data to allow greater flexibility in timely situations

• New Orleans EMS ambulances equipped with technology to reduce fuel costs, air pollution

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  The technology uses solar energy and panels so that vital onboard equipment on the ambulances can run on battery power

• DoD awards $7.2M to create autonomous trauma system for combat troops

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  The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University will work to develop artificial intelligence technology to better assist wounded troops in the field

• Mont. first responders seek $1M portable radio upgrade

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  Problems with portable communications between firefighters, police and emergency services personnel are getting worse and becoming more frequent

• Why point-of-care ultrasound should be a mainstay in EMS

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  A former firefighter/EMT turned medical student describes the functional components, diagnostic uses and roadblocks of using this imaging technology

• Prehospital ultrasound: Emerging technology for EMS

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  Review the evidence for nine clinical applications for field ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor critically ill patients

• 10 things EMS providers need to know about ECMO

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  Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is becoming an option for critical cardiac care in the prehospital environment thanks to advances in technology

• ESO acquires Dallas-based software firm

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  Austin-based ESO said the purchase of eCore Software extends the breadth of ESO's product portfolio

• Android, Google users must say 'Call 911' instead of asking for an ambulance

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  Ambulance dispatchers have noticed an alarming number of calls coming in from people with medical emergencies

• In healthcare, the future is now; just ask Alexa

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  From drone delivery of AEDs, to Siri and the now HIPAA-compliant Alexa, cutting-edge technology is promising seamless communication for EMS

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