10/31/07

Stolen ambulance leads to chase and crash in East Cleveland - Ohio
Undermanned emergency services aren't ready for a crisis - New Jersey
Regional Homeland Security appoints a Mass Care Coordinator - Missouri
Jackson rethinking its first aid squad - New Jersey
E. Bridgewater board oks writing off ambulance debt - Massachusetts
Florence County EMS director resigns after suspension - South Carolina
War declared on former chief Marcucci in council bid - San Rafael, California
Tiffin firefighter selected to be county EMS leader - Ohio
County ambulance service doing well in first month - Gloucester County, New Jersey
Donation to sponsor new paramedic - Sun City West , Arizona
DC FF still critical, 1 FF in fair condition - Washington DC
In Bob's Memory - Springdale, Oregon
Teen accused of taking ambulance for joyride - Cleveland, Ohio
Saint Vincent names new E.R. - Pennsylvania
A Journey for 9-11: He's raised more than one million dollars
Donation lifts spirits of EMTs - Romeoville, Illinois

10/30/07

Van caused accident, police say - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
One Mean Ambulance
Ambulance plan remains divisive - Charlottesville, Virginia
Dire emergency: Isolated Navajo community finds ambulance service is fleeting - New Mexico
911 caller unhappy with EMT response - Wilmington, North Carolina
San Jose fire department's pilot program sends STAR cars out on non-emergency calls - California
Residents Scramble to Raise Money to Keep Ambulance Service - Leslie, Michigan
Management buyout of EMSystem closes
Hot Sauce: The next "must have" to carry on your ambulance?
New investigation focuses on Springfield fire chief - Ohio
EMT dad faces child's emergency - MIssissippi
EMS Reported Unprepared to Care for Children in Disasters

10/29/07

Bold Look
For ambulance services, territory is clearly defined - Pennsylvania
Hartford is only town left to make decision on rural ambulance - South Dakota
One paramedic or two? Study suggests easing rule on ambulance staffing - Trenton, New Jersey
Specialized disaster team undertakes first mission - California
Changes to Medicare affect patients, EMS system - New Jersey
Tax-cut plan threatens to scorch fire-rescue budget - Orange County, Florida
NJ mulls report on EMS fixes - New Jersey
WCMC Emergency Room decreasing wait times - Arkansas
After tragedy, woman gets medical-flight safety bill introduced - Washington DC
One too many rescue copters? - San Luis Obispo, California
VA hospitals reject critically ill patients - Florida
Colonel takes top job at emergency doc group
Albert "Papa Joe" Lavoie, EMT - Weehawken, New Jersey
Outpouring of help for afflicted 9/11 EMT - New Jersey
Firefighters learn risks of 21st-century auto rescues- New Jersey
Coping with the Unthinkable

10/27/07

OPINION: Families of Deceased First Responders Deserve Better - Maryland
Medical crew from Arizona hurt in crash - Utah
West End Ambulance in accident - Pennsylvania
Madden Bill to Require Health Insurers to Cover Ambulance Services
NW Fire considers plan to drop medical emergency responses - Missouri
Error halts auction of 9-11 EMT's property - Ocean County, New Jersey
W.E.S.T. Ambulance changes hands - Oregon
Hancock County ambulance services reorganize - Iowa
Conroy disputes Loda's charges - Connecticut
Four talking shared EMS - New Jersey
Ambulance Service Shutdown Will Impact Community - Leslie, Michigan
Firefighter threatens to shoot supervisors - Stockton, California
Combat Medicine: Fast-Tracking Troops to Germany
Seminole paramedic indicted in case of computer child porn - Florida
Ambulance Corps Director Pleads Guilty to Rape - New York
Ex-fire chief charged in embezzlement - Barbecue, North Carolina
ER doc: More rape victims? - Hamilton County, Ohio
Frankfort firefighter, EMT faces sex charges - Indiana
CV-22 Osprey flies first search and recovery mission - New York
Ambulance authority director wins award - Kanawha, West Virginia
EMT in dispute over workers' comp - New York

10/26/07

Hours after responding paramedic realised he had been shot- South Africa
Paramedic who mistakenly declared baby dead should keep license- California

Aiken County EMS director off the payroll - Georgia
Robeson County Solves Ambulance Shortage - North Carolina
EMS director Contee resigns - Pokomoke, Maryland
Residents closer to ‘free’ ambulance - Buckingham, Pennsylvania
Adviser will help M. Smithfield find EMS provider - Pennsylvania
Alderman Does About-Face on Ambulance Issue - Rockford, Illinois
Houston Firefighter Recovers from Ambulance Accident - Texas
CV-22 Osprey flies first search and recovery mission
Medics Train for War Trauma in Miami
Army Medevac Unit Races Against 'Golden Hour' - Baghdad
'Miracle Workers' Save Lives at Balad Field Hospital - Baghdad
Coventry Navy Corpsman Receives Silver Star- Rhode Island
Veteran Paramedic Receives Recognition From NREMT
Hometown Heroes - Mondamin Fire and Rescue - Iowa
Inventor spreads warmth through one bright idea
85-year-old EMT Honored - York, Pennsylvania
Portsmouth police chief is irate with NH Guard - New Hampshire
Feedback: Curmudgeon's Corner ; Shawn Godfrey
Campus Emergency Medical Services Squad Celebrates 30 Years in Service - New York
George Mee - Acton, Maine

10/25/07

Ambulance Crash Log
Truck Hits Ambulance With Patient Inside - Houston, TexasAmerica
Police say town quashed Seymour Ambulance investigation- Connecticut
Committee to study EMT staffing - Coopersville -Michigan
Former EMT sues city, former police chief - Oglesby, Illinois
MEMS will get funding - Arkansas
Are some emergency patients unnecessarily redirected? - Virginia
Sweeny EMS chief resigns - Texas
Do paramedics need OnStar? - Illinois
Pay raise OK'd for Pas EMTs, paramedics - Mississippi
Emergency crew stirs up nest of trouble - Pennsylvania
Tapes reveal apparent ambulance delay in case of woman who bled to deathj - Rhode Island
City picks up slack for residents' ambulance bills - Allen, Texas
Human Interest
FVTC breaks ground with simulator training students in medical fields - Wisconsin
Canada
Paramedic injured in ambulance accident - CanadaCriminal
Police arrest man allegedly stealing from ambulance - Bloomington, Indiana
Two Men Shot Outside Fire House - Ohio
Firefighter in Video Voyeur Case Is Fired - Florida

10/24/07

Ambulance strikes deer on Interstate 79 - Pennsylvania
Chopper4 Images Of Langley Ambulance Crash
Car collides with ambulance - Arden, North Carolina
3 studies, 13 years bring little change in Fire Dept. - Boston, Massachusetts
Rochester council undecided as ambulance decision nears - New York
Five towns agree to ambulance plan - South Dakota
Ambulance buses go to vote - North Carolina
Marathon Emergency Response Meltdown - Chicago, Illinois
Longmont will hire own ambulances - Colorado
Ambulance negotiations ready to begin - Silver Creek, Michigan
Bushkill ambulance missed 17% of calls - Pennsylvania
DC Paramedic Suspended After a Man Dies - Washington DC
Ambulance Got Lost, Took Dead Runner To Wrong ER - Illinois
Conn. lawmakers push to protect first responder tax breaks - Connecticut
Governor General Recognizes Eight Peel Paramedics - Canada
More paramedics not the answer to long ambulance waits: health head - Ottawa, Canada
Ambulance blown over in gale - New Zealand
Man threatened officers, punched a Lisle-Woodridge FF/paramedic - Illi
Ex-EMT amends suit against Oceanside Fire Dept. - New York
Mooney: Survives war, dies on duty at home - Virginia.

10/21/07

Some see flaws in dispatch system for air ambulances - Texas
EMS units bypassed nearest helicopters, records show - Texas
Ambulance service for county raising a lot of questions - Washington County, Alabama
Husband of EMT wants closure in Boone County accident case - West Virginia
Man arrested for stealing ambulance outside Grady - Georgia
More arrests possible in prank 911 calls - Ottawa, Canada
$400 goes to EMT injured 9/11; Work at WTC leaves him ill, facing foreclosure - New Jersey
Allen Everett Goens, EMT - Missouri

10/20/07

Merrillville Debt Could Mean Loss Of Ambulances - Illinois
EMT Transferred After Some "Frisky" Businss" - Staten Island, New York
CFR limits medical calls - Tennessee
USDA grant to purchase ambulance - Texas
Emergency services seek boost in budget - Seattle, Washington
How does Reedsburg Area Ambulance work? - Wisconsin
Debating an Ambulance Tax in Benton City - Washington
Dellona might drop Reedsburg - Wisconsin
How Surf City's first female firefighter fits in - California
El Dorado Man Named Paramedic Of The Year - Arkansas
Hatzolah EMS volunteer ambulance defaced with swastika - Queens, New York
Ex-EMT gets 20 years for smoothie killing - New Jersey
EMT conference set for Rapid City - South Dakota
Hospitals vying for Pascack coverage - New Jersey

10/19/07

EMT shortage prompts Memphis Fire Dept. to offer $10,000 sign-on bonus for recruits - Tennessee
Regional EMS Purchases First MRI Compatible Ventilator - Flint, Michigan
2 men shoot at paramedic - North Carolina
Paramedic program stalls budget approval - Wisconsin
Physicans train in life-like rescues - Illinois
Forks squad $147K in debt - Pennsylvania
Westbrook Approves Ambulance Association Expansion - Connecticut
Ambulance delayed by bridge outage, direction issues in teen shooting - Ohio
Iowa City fire, ambulance services won't merge - Iowa
Wright mayor: More EMS services needed - Wyoming
Paramedic suspended after death of trainee - Washington DC
Fire Recruits Being Treated For Infections - Washington DC
Firefighter Apologizes For Photographing Showering Woman - Florida
A matter of life and death - Ottawa, Canada
Randy Orzada, Paramedic - Illinois

10/18/07

EMS member injured in squad crash - Ashland, Nebraska
Man leaves scene of ambulance crash - Atlantic City, New Jersey
Ambulance breakdowns cause trouble for ambulance district - Waynesville, Missouri
Concern in Berkshire County Over Gap in Ambulance Fleet - New York
At least 27 docked for month for possibly leaking actor's information - New Jersey
The UP campus turns into a MASH unit - Oregon
County-wide suspension of ride-along program after teen set on fire - Prince George, Maryland
Med-Call Ambulance politics- Alabama
Ambulance services try to fill void - Michigan
Vallejo fire chief retires, says he was forced out - California
Chicago paramedic killed by car in Schaumburg - lllinois
Polk Firefighter Charged With Video Voyeurism - Florida
Paramedic wounded in Denver robbery - North Carolina
Former Rescue EMT arrested - Kentucky
Ambulance company accused of fraud - Texas
Paramedics File Lawsuit Alleging Rights Violations- Arkansas
FF/Paramedic to receive award for pulling two from burning vehicle - California
Stamfordite honored for working bringing EMS services to Stamford - Connecticut
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital gets child-friendly ambulance - Florida
EMS A-Z Series "M" - Medical Control

10/17/07

EMS A-Z Series "M" - Medical Control
Ambulance Crash 10/5/07 - Malvern, Arkansas
Medtronic pulls defibrillation leads
AMR's closing creates void - Pittsfield, Masschusetts
EMS books under a cloud - Forks Twp., New Jersey
City appeals return of EMS worker - Washington DC
Many Give MED-Star Warm Welcome - South Dakota
MEMS asks cities, county for $410000 in subsidies - Arkansas
Shortage of firefighters and paramedics - Memphis, Tennessee
Bloomberg says no official deal with 9/11 workers yet - New York
Wichita Falls City Council Postpones Ambulance Decision - Texas
Kalispell Firefighters Remove Amenities In Dispute With City - Montana
Mayor To Announce 1st Female Battalion Chief - Maryland
Rescue service loses contract - Richmond, Virginia
How a CPR change is saving more lives - Oklahoma
EMT is suspected of five DUIs in six-month period - California
Air ambulance damaged in hard land - Minnesota
Obese dummy for rescue training - UK
EMS features ambulances equipped with cranes; may hire power lifters - UK
Robert J. Stoeger, FF/Paramedic (ret) - Wisconsin

10/16/07

Josephine County Paramedics And EMT's Closer To Striking - Oregon
State fund comes to the rescue for EMTs - New Jersey
Dell Rapids Joins Ambulance District - South Dakota
Holiday pay approved for EMS personnel - Laurie, Missouri
Joliet looks to collect unpaid ambulance bills - Illinois
City to discuss role in ambulance regulation - Great Falls, Montana
Committee considers ambulance franchise - Arkansas
Schwarzenegger vetoes EMT bill - California
Ambulance Service Fighting for Survival - Michigan
Commissioners Chase Ambulance Contract - El Paso, Texas
Selections Underway for Federal EMS Advisory Panel
Five Arrested in Diploma Scam - New York
Paramedics' guide to surviving Las Vegas - Nevada
Alabama: (Mobile) Communications Manager ENDS 10/26
WakeMed to start air ambulance - North Carolina

WEEK OF 10/9-10/15

Due to our absence this last week while attending EMS Expo in Florida we are making two postings today: Last weeks notable news and Ambulance Crashes, and then our regular latest news delivery. We hope this gets our readers caught up somewhat on the EMS News.
Valerie DeFrance


No solutions forthcoming over helicopter ambulance fees - Arkansas/Missouri
Pentagon 9-11 ffs and medics with PTSD complain about treatment - Virginia
Oregon - EMS Coordinator: QI / Education - ENDS 11/116/07
Kentucky: Executive Director
Ohio: (Cleveland) Administrative Manager
Four Injured in Head-On Ambulance Crash - Auburn, California
1 Dead, 8 Injured in 11-Vehicle Accident - Houston, Texas
Boy, 13, dies after his bicycle collides with ambulance - Illinois
Motorcycle hits ambulance - Louisville, Kentucky
Ambulance, Car Collide In Elizabeth Neighborhood; 1 Killed - Charlottete, North Carolina
Ambulance involved in accident - Lower Paxton Twp. - Pennsylvania
Concordia Ambulance Involved in Crash - Missouri
Ambulance Company Speaks out After EMT Arrest - West Virginia
Ambulance Driver Charged With DUI With Patient In Rig - West Virginia
Ambulance driver partly to blame for crash - California
Air ambulance company had accreditation problems in the past - Colorado
Fatal medical plane crash company's 1st - Arizona
EMS ambulance involved in wreck (9/9/07) - Surry County, Pennsylvania
22nd Annual Braun Industries/ZOLL Medical EMT/Paramedic of the Year Announced
Pender paramedic named model EMS professional - North Carolina
A close call; AMR driver nearly skewered as he drove - New Haven, Connecticut
Clark County paramedic arrested again for drug theft - Nevada
Newport News Firefighter Charged With Raping 14-Year-Old - Virginia
Paramedic sees changes in emergency medical field - Marion County, Florida
Amiee Erickson, EMT - Iowa
John F. Miller, - Rapid River, Michigan
Jerrett Baker, Paramedic - Encinitas, California
Bob Roberts, FF/Paramedic - Marin, California
Ronnie Lee Helton Jr., Flight Nurse - Arizona
Beacon Falls ambulance involved in accident - Connecticut
`Great Guy' Dies In Crash; Paramedic Was Respected By Peers - Bristol, Connecticut

10/8/07

Special Report
No News Is Good News
A must read for our EMS news hounds.

Cultural Divide Between Firefighters, EMTs Targeted Under Agency Integration - Washington DC
AMR has concerns of a conflict - Colorado
Buzinec wants city to stay in charge of EMS - Indiana
Glouco towns should join the county EMS - New Jersey
EMS finds recruiting difficult - Texas
Change may be coming to ambulance service - Volusia County, Florida
Looming retirements have fire department wondering who'll answer the call - Grand Junction, Colorado
Hall Ambulance closes weekend post in Pine Mountain Club - California
Bodies Of Medical Flight Crew Recovered - Colorado
Army Flight Medic Shares Experience
Mercy Flight lands a new base at former airport restaurant - New York
Air ambulance pilot in fatal crash had clean record - Colorado
MedFlight provides lifeline for Cape - Massachusetts
Hypothermia medical treatment part of LifeFlight's cardiac arrest protocol - MaineWorld
Police Chase Drunk Driver in Stolen Ambulance - FinlandHuman Interest
Paramedic competition a challenge - North Carolina
Memorial monument will be a tribute to SQUAD 41 - Ohio

10/6/07

Workers attempt to recover bodies from medical plane wreckage - Colorado
3 Dead In Medical Plane, Identified - Colorado

Responder on way to call kills deputy in crash - Greene County, Missouri
New EMT regs on mandatory criminal background checks are questioned - California
Ambulance proposals delayed - South Hadley, Massachusetts
Officials: Haynes Ambulance 'dropped the ball' - Alabama
Cities To Consider Forming Regional Ambulance Authority - Arkansas
911 plans to dispatch closest ambulance - Baxter County, North Carolina
Ambulance response 'troubling' - Richmond, Virginia
Grady trauma unit fights for life - Georgia
Ambulance Authority membership restructured - Keyser, West Virginia
Dispatchers make the call - San Bernardino, California
Newborn thought to be dead resusitated - San Joaquin, California
Medical Helicopter Saving Lives - Wisconsin
36th Rescue Flight crew makes toughest save of careers - Washington
Paramedic Jeff Regis Honored For Breast Cancer Awareness - Maine
A rare ambulance -- resuscitated - Canada
Police link stolen meds to paramedic - Lafayette, Indiana
Francis remembered for commitment to town - Plumsted, New Jersey

10/5/07

Medical Plane From Phoenix Missing - Arizona
Paramedic Practitioners: Paramedics can provide an effective alternative to standard ambulance service
Mecklenburg EMS Agency Launches Innovative Program to Pay Future EMT's While They Train - North Carolina
Aberdeen chips in for ambulance service - Mississippi
Elkins council passes first reading of ambulance contract - Arkansas
Got An Emergency? Who Should Respond? - Citronelle, Florida
Former Virginia Tech EMS head to speak at Great Falls conference - Montana
Taxes may be raised to subsidize Westmed - California
Explorer program offers teens’ insight to emergency work - Prior Lake , Minnesota
Fire Chief Says Security Protocols Tightened - Clark County, Nevada
$400 goes to EMT injured 9/11 - Pennsylvania
News details in arrest of firefighter for break-ins - Clark County, Nevada
Thomas "Emmett" Kuehl, FF/EMT - Elkton, South Dakota
Joseph P. Schof, EMT - Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Mark D. Martin, FF/EMT - Forest Grove, Oregon
Navy medic Cannon died helping wounded -Hawaii
Richard Lee Keffer Sr., founder - Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania
Fire commission chairman faces theft charges - Queen Anne's County, Maryland

10/4/07

Ambulance crashes into vehicle; four injured - Philipsburg, Pennsylvania
Belle Plaine chooses Ridgeview ambulance - Minnesota
Pott County EMS director steps down - Kansas
Creation of ambulance district to be discussed - Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Campus rescue squads popping up across US
Change in paramedic procedure disputed - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Surprise Pregnancy Stuns EMTs - Florida
Fire Paramedic supervisor assaulted while on duty - Winnipeg, Canada
AMR San Diego Paramedic Among the World’s Best
Tri-Community EMS cited for excellence - Pennsylvania
Devereaux named new Missaukee EMS coordinator - Missaukee, Florida
EMTs learn signs of gangs - Moultrie, Georgia
A conversation on 35 years of service - Rush City, Minnesota
David Schoborg, FF/EMT - Kentucky
FF/Paramedic Poust Laid to Rest - Pennsylvania
Communications Center is the Island's lifeline - Martha Vineyards, Massachusetts

10/3/07

Manhattan Beach ambulance crash injures three- California
Ambulance driver acquitted of manslaughter charge - Alabama
Paramedic won't be disciplined in RSI ce - Colorado
AmCan may become paramedic training center - California
Carroll County Loses Yeoman Ambulance - Indiana
No decision in Clinton ambulance case - Arkansas
EMT helps catch would-be carjacker - Boston, Masachusetts
Dellona keeps EMS committee - Wisconsin
Arenac County paramedic ordered to trial for molesting an incapacitated teen during transport - Michigan
New details emerge about teen set on fire at firehouse - Maryland
Firefighter-Paramedic Burglary Drug Case - Clark County, Nevada
Air Methods closes FSS AirholdingsOct 3, 2007, 9:11:46 AM
Paramedic union fears for-profit patient transfers - Ontario Canada
Service is a full-time job for retiree - Damascus, Maryland
Ground is broken, medical pioneer honored at Albany Tech - New York
Woman delivers baby at Bradenton fire department - Florida
PHI Air Medical Recognized with Prestigious National Safety Award
Saving lives sometimes trigger crises
Pawtucket fires two dispatchers after death - Rhode Island
Air Ambulance Coming to Columbus Airport - Georgia

10/2/07

Rescue rift boils over - Brattleboro, Vermont
Volunteers put Florala EMS back on road - Alabama
Ambulance service leaving Chenango County - New York
SAFD and EMS Team Up For Emergencies - Texas
County-run EMS squad gets off to a fresh start - Gloucester County, New Jersey
National Guard medics back from horrors of war
CA paramedic pleads guilty to coming to city for sex with minor - Detroit, Michigan
2 Brevard paramedics face felony charges - Florida
Clark County FF/Paramedic Arrested on Multiple Charges - Nevada
Bella Vista ambulance service celebrates 30 years - Arkansas

10/1/07

Ambulance Crashes on its way to Accident Scene - Fresno, California
Medevac crash blame lands on pilot - Hawaii
Pickup hits ambulance - Tulsa, Oklahoma
It's an Emergency: Report: EMS system is in need of an overhaul - Hudson County, New Jersey
Local leaders respond to ambulance shortage - Binghamton, New York
RSI permission questioned - Colorago Springs, Colorado
EMS suffers, holds onto hope - New Jersey
$1 million in upgrades to station - Huntington Beach, California
8-Month-Long Battle Ends With Ambulance Now Running In Kentland - Maryland
Where are volunteer fire departments going? - Wisconsin
DC firefighters may have beards - Washington DC
Metro EMS may start carrying cold saline for spine injuries - Kentucky
SEARHC names Roald Helgesen as new president - Alaska
Tennessee: (Nashville) IV/Paramedic
FDA Approval for FlexWarmer
With patients sick of waiting, hospitals planning ER changes - Pennsylvania
Bonny Martignoni, the woman behind the ambulance plan - Napa County, California
Documentary follows EMSA crews - Florida
Local EMS workers play flag football for one of their own - Roanoke, Virginia
Weston honored for 20 consecutive years as EMT-P - Virginia
EMS: Courage and Compassion in Action: To Call or Not to Call