Insights
Insights: Effective EMS Oversight – the “R” Theorem

Ambulance Crash
Driver Critically Injured In Crash With Ambulance - California

Human Interest
Military medic saves real lives on the way home from National Paramedic Competition - Canada

America
City may penalize businesses that call for help - California
Sunstar Breaks Record with Busiest Month for Ambulance Transports - Florida
Rescue corps 'dead in the water' - Pennsylvania
Selectman backs ambulance report - Massachusetts
Agreement met; Montreal now has ambulance service 24/7 - Missouri
Pope will get his own team of paramedics - New York
EMT Program To Begin Hiring for Coming Year - California
County begins looking at ambulance service changes - Indiana
Pedal-powered paramedics - Kentucky
Rural/Metro Awarded $2.4 Million
Digging deep to cover OT at firehouses - Massachusetts
County In Disastrous Financial Shape - Indiana

Bodily Assault Log
Man Pulls Gun On Rome Paramedics- Alabama

Canada
Emergency dispatchers plan one-day strike - Canada

Obits/Services
William F. Stearns, FF/Paramedic (ret) - New Hampshire

World
Overweight woman fails to fit into ambulance - South Africa
Air ambulance in fundraising row - UK

Alarm raised on 'Death' drug - Australia

Legal
New law could air disputed 911 calls - Pennsylvania

Criminal
Juvenile arrested in theft of fire engine - Visalia, California

Features
CPR, calling 911 worked as well as using an at-home defibrillator