4/23/08

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor
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EMSNetwork.org Announces the EMS Public Affairs Clearinghouse

Ambulance Crash Log
Semi collides with ambulance on highway - Nebraska

America
Lakewood Ambulance ceases operation - Michigan
Start-up private ambulance service makes pitch to county - North Carolina
Rescue response time lags in areas - Virginia
Rural/Metro Selects ZOLL Data Management Solutions as a Preferred Vendor
Volunteers say they will defy county chief's suspensions - Maryland
Pulse Oximeters Market To Exceed 438 Million Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Fulton's cutting ambulance subsidy makes fiscal, policy sense - Georgia
Union delivers 1300 petition signatures to WCA Services - New York
New Dispatch Service Now Available - Wisconsin
Follow-Up: State Looking Into Springfield Ambulance Transport Case- Massachusetts

Medevac
Medical helicopter service eyeing Corbin as possible location for a base - Kentucky

Job Listings
indiana: Security Officer/ EMT (Part Time)

Criminal
Ambulance Hijacking - South Carolina
Ambulance chase suspect dies of injuries from suicide attempt - Colorado
Career firefighter convicted of pulling gun on repo men - Maryland

Canada
Rights tribunal awards $22500 to paramedic who couldn't feel pulse - Canada