Saturday, July 19, 2008
Medic Teams Need Help from the Bench
By Bruce Evans
A baseball farm club fosters new recruits and provides a constant pipeline of players to ensure teams can maintain sufficient numbers to compete. EMS programs need a similar system....
80% of Emergency Services Below-Average
The state of emergency care in America received low marks in a report released by an objective panel of emergency medical experts. The first-ever National...
80% of Country Below Average in Emergency Medicine 'Report Card'
America earned a C- in the national report card, which showed that emergency care in every state is suffering significant deficiencies....
66% Now Covered by Phase II E-911
More than two-thirds of the nation's population now resides in areas where wireless 911 includes delivery of the caller's call-back number and location...
Heart Association Releases New CPR, ECC Guidelines
The association’s emergency cardiovascular care guidelines 2005 are now available, offering lay rescuers and healthcare providers recommendations for treating cardiovascular emergencies. The importance of effective chest compressions also is stressed....
Economic Scale
Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director
NAEMT: 80% of Medics Injured on the Job
Four in five medics have experienced some kind of injury or medical condition as a result of their work....
Don't Rely on Feds to Fight Bird Flu
By Bruce Evans
The National Flu Pandemic Plan identifies the need for local officials to prepare and plan for the flu; most of the burden for operations will fall on the local public safety organizations....
NAEMT: Four in Five Medics Injured on the Job
Four in five medics have experienced some kind of injury or medical condition as a result of their work, according to the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians....
It's the Dose that Makes the Poison
[ Bruce Evans ]
When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle in 1906 about the meat-packing industry, the book changed the way food gets to our table and marked the start of...
Chicago Adopts Segways for Events
The Chicago Fire Department now has a special events emergency response team incident's at all of the city's major special events. We are adapting our...
Symptom Surveillance
Joseph C. Cahill
Bioterrorism is covert by its very nature. It is unannounced and it is hidden it has to be. Moreover, it can stay hidden for at least a while adding to...
Fire Service Orgs Oppose Separate EMS Agency
International Association of Fire Fighters
Condition: Critical
By Chris DeChant & Les Caid
How prepared is your agency for a mass-casualty disaster response? The Metropolitan Medical Response System can assist your agency during such an incident....
Move to Licensing Will Change Medics' Scope
[ Bruce Evans ]
Several trade journals have asked fire and EMS professionals to comment on the National EMS Scope of Practice document. Thousands have written the National...
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