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This Week in EMS: Ride-Along Programs...Lucky Hearts Campaign...Grant Programs
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CFSI Announces Recipients of Excellence in Fire Service-Based EMS Awards
For the first time at CFSI, three fire departments whose members provide EMS to their communities were lauded for their services.
Benefit for Injured Calif. Paramedic Raises $140,000
AMR hosted the benefit for Bryan Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic who was attacked March 31 by two men following the opening day game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. Stow remains hospitalized in a coma.
Calif. Paramedics Come to Rescue of Rescue 25
After rescuing residents for decades and then sitting in disuse for years after it was retired, Campbell's Rescue 25 paramedic vehicle is finally going to see some new action. The 1974 Chevy will receive a complete tune-up and then be used as an educational tool.
EMS Operations
Negative ride-alongs can have long-term implications when it comes to educating the next generation of EMS providers. Make sure you evaluate your ride-along program to ensure it reflects positively on EMS and your agency.
Public Education
Lucky Hearts Campaign Provides More Than Good Fortune
The goal of the Lucky Hearts Campaign is to bring awareness to bystander intervention as it relates to sudden cardiac arrest and the need for public-use AEDs in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Since January 2009, 43 AEDs have been donated and placed throughout the county and 22 more are in the process of being placed.
EMS Grants
Safer Transports for Kids in West Virginia
Through a federal grant, West Virginia's EMS for Children (EMSC) Program has purchased 1,000 Pedi-Mate child restraint systems and distributed them, free, to every licensed EMS agency in West Virginia. Learn how a chance encounter made the program a reality.
EMS Research
A review of 2010 professional literature to see how it can improve patient care, EMS systems and prehospital medicine. This week: Regional systems of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
EMS World Webcasts
Maximizing Resuscitation Success: Building a Program of Quality Care for Victims of Cardiac Arrest
Join Dr. Benjamin Abella for this informative presentation that will discuss the latest science on what matters most in resuscitation care, and will highlight practical approaches to "elevating your game" in cardiac arrest care as an individual provider and as an EMS or hospital-based system. Register now for this free webcast scheduled for April 21.
Technology Today
The AngelMed Guardian's mission is to detect changes in the heart's electrical signal that could indicate a heart attack may be imminent. If it senses a potential heart attack, it vibrates to alert the person to take action.
Featured Video
Dr. Ray Fowler discusses the latest research regarding the management of cervical spine injuries.
Featured EMS World Magazine Article
Shift work can harm sleep, and sleep loss can lead to fatigue and errors-how is that impacting you and your patients?
Continuing Education
Every year, more than 300,000 patients are hospitalized with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and countless more are managed in emergency departments. Understanding the different causes of GI bleeding will help you perform a thorough patient assessment and provide accurate care.
This CE activity is approved by EMS World Magazine, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1.5 CEUs. After reading the article, download the test that accompanies this article or take the CE test online at www.rapidce.com.
Product News
Streamlight Introduces ProTac EMS Light
Streamlight Inc. has introduced the ProTac EMS light, a non-glare light designed for eye pupil and wound examinations. The new light features three modes of increasing intensity.
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National EMS Awards of Excellence
EMS World and NAEMT established the National EMS Awards of Excellence program to recognize outstanding achievement in the EMS profession. The nomination period is now open. Enter now for the chance to win monetary awards and a trip to EMS World Expo 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.
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EMS Job Center
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Reader Poll: EMS Overseas
This week we ask readers: Are you interested in how EMS and prehospital care are delivered in other countries? Click here to let us know your thoughts.
Upcoming Events
Visit our Events Calendar to see what educational opportunities are in your area, plus post your own listings. Here are a selection of EMS upcoming training events:
- May 3-4: NAEMT EMS on the Hill Day, Washington, DC
- May 5-6: Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation 1st Annual Patient Safety Summit, Las Vegas, NV
- May 13-15: Southern Vermont EMS Conference, Dover, VT
- May 18-20: 2011 HSI International Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Other top headlines this week on EMSWorld.com
- Pa. Family Says Woman Died After Medics Dropped Her
- Calif. Paramedic Victim of Dodgers' Fan Attack
- Ontario Medics Wait Hours to Hand Over Patients to ER
- Man Fatally Struck by Ambulance After Calif. Collision
- Four Indiana Responders Hospitalized After Ambulance, Fire Truck Collide s
- FDNY Study Confirms Rise in Cancer After 9/11
- Elderly Texas Fire Victim Thought Dead, Revived
- Texas Dept. Experiments With SUV for Medical Calls
- Synthetic Drugs Send Thousands to EDs
- UK Woman's Brain Starved for O2 Waiting for Ambulance
- N.C. Firefighter Saves Boy Choking on Chicken Nugget
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