5/17/08

Features
National EMS Memorial Bike Ride Underway

America
Legislation passed: Dr. Bill Jermyn and Time Critical Diagnosis - Missouri
Stolen ambulance crashes into cop cars during nightclub raid - Texas
La Salle shocks Peru with ambulance demand - Illinois
Dawson County EMS Now Provides Mobile Intensive Care Units - Georgia
Beatty ambulance service in jeopardy - Nevada
Gunshots at local bar raise concerns over safety of EMS crews - Kansas
"Code of the Road" - Oklahoma
Acting Elyria Fire Chief splits with Mayor on fire safety - Ohio
Dirty Ambulances May Spread Superbugs - Arizona
MARCS on the spot - Ohio
Can I put that on a card? A new way to pay at EMS - Kansas
Be thankful someone comes when you call 911 - Nebraska
JPS patient dies after policy slows move to ER - Texas
New chip detects heart attacks better than an EKG

Human Interest
A nightmare of a call - Minnesota
Monster truck runs over mom, kids - Texas
The EMT in the prom dress - Indiana

ER /Hospital
Hospitals differ in ability to tackle a heart crisis - Ohio

Criminal
Former Gates-Chili firefighter sentenced - New York
Cops hunt Hasidic EMT in Brooklyn attack on black college student - New York

Obits/Services
Thousands come to bid farewell; paramedic killed in Afghanistan - Canada
Tears flow as Med Flight crash victims honored (with audio) - Wisconsin