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This Week in EMS: EMS at Firehouse World
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Responders at Firehouse World Urged to Practice, Perfect
"Predict, practice, perfect and practice again." That's the message L.A. County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman stressed to the thousands of responders attending the Firehouse World expo in San Diego, California.
This year's conference included - for the first time ever - a full "EMS at Firehouse World" component, bringing the high-level education of EMS EXPO to this joint fire/EMS conference.
Also see our expo spotlight on treating and transporting obese patients.
Medics Describe Horror of Chimp Attack
In a strange and terrible incident this week in Stamford, Connecticut, a pet chimpanzee violently attacked a visitor to his owner's home, leaving the woman horribly disfigured and near death.
As responders tended to the faceless victim, they worried about the rampaging animal returning to the scene. Police officers were forced to shoot the chimp and found him dead in his home after he retreated.
3 Injured in Florida Ambulance Rollover Crash
An ambulance transporting an elderly woman rolled over after a pick-up truck slammed into its side Wednesday night.
"The driver of the ambulance was trapped and suffered injuries," reported Miami Fire Rescue. An EMS provider in the back of the ambulance was also injured and rushed to the hospital. The patient, who had been leaving Jackson Memorial Hospital, was also returned to the hospital but did not suffer serious injuries.
Industry News
CDC Releases Preparedness Resources for Healthcare Facilities
This new webpage provides all-hazards resources intended for individuals at healthcare facilities tasked with ensuring that their facility is as prepared as possible for an emergency. The healthcare facilities targeted by this page include hospitals, long-term acute and chronic care facilities, outpatient clinics and urgent care facilities, physicians' offices, and pediatric offices and hospitals.
Education Feature:
Mobile Training Teams Take Preparedness on the Road
The Center for Domestic Preparedness, featured in last week's newsletter, is not only available to on-site students. It goes beyond the classroom with Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) to prepare responders in their own hometowns for potential threats, whether accidental or manmade.
The CDP is a major component of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Preparedness Directorate and is the nation's only Congressionally-chartered federal training facility.
Featured Podcast:
"Do you as an EMS provider know how to take care of these kids [who are taken out of meth houses]?" In this week's Open Airways feature, Paramedic Dawn Bidwell of North Memorial EMS Education in Minneapolis, MN reminds us about this important but overlooked aspect of EMS care.
Featured Job:
EMS System Quality Manager - Wichita, Kansas
"The Office of the Medical Director of the Wichita-Sedgwick County EMS System (EMSS) is seeking applicants for the position of Quality Manager. This is the largest EMS System in the State of Kansas with 800 providers."
Click above for details and visit www.EMSResponder.com/jobs for additional listings.
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Featured Forum Thread:
"My criteria are pretty simple," writes forum member ebass30920. "I want to move to a top notch system, and I do not care if it is EMS only or if its fire based... I want to be close to outdoor sports... and I am looking for it to be affordable on an EMS salary. All advice is appreciated."
Check out the responses, or browse other topics at www.emsresponder.com/forums.
Poll Question:
Following Valentine's Day, we're asking, Is office romance an issue at your EMS agency?
For a related feature visit the article by lawyer/paramedic Matthew Streger, Office Romance.
Click to participate, and view previous polls at www.EMSResponder.com/polls.
Reminders:
Coming up next in EMS: EMS State of the Sciences Conference ("A Gathering of Eagles")
Click above to learn more, and visit the full EMSResponder.com industry calendar at www.emsresponder.com/calendar.
Other top headlines this week on EMSResponder.com:
- Family Sues Fitness Club in EMT's Death
- Battling Tennessee Chiefs Put End to Feud
- FDNY EMS Officer Accused of Shooting Crew with BB Gun
- All Rescued in North Sea Helicopter Crash
- Just-Graduated Colorado Paramedic Delivers Baby
About Heather Caspi, EMSResponder.com Editor-in-Chief
Heather Caspi has been a public safety journalist since 2000, beginning as a reporter for sister site Firehouse.com. She later became the assistant news editor for Firehouse.com and Officer.com, and led the launch of EMSResponder.com in 2005. She graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in Journalism and English Language and Literature, and earned her EMT-B at Merritt College in Oakland, California. She can be reached at Heather.Caspi@cygnusb2b.com.
