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