6/25/08

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance hits car; three injured - Bryan, Texas
Paramedics return to duty - Texas

Public Affairs
House Passes Physician Fix Package with Medicare Ambulance Relief

America
Consultant called in on trauma care crisis - Georgia
Medical response by city fire department questioned - Tennessee
City agrees to hire more EMS workers - North Crolina
Wilmington getting new ambulance service - Delaware
Panel starts doctoring final ambulance report - Missouri
Lengthier Atlanta Ambulance Response May Be on Horizon - Georgia
Council OK's election for ambulance district - Oklahoma
EMSA takes steps to avoid paramedic shortage - Oklahma
NYC Downplays Many 9/11 Illness Claims - New York
EMS billing expected to go into effect Tuesday - Maryland
Wolfberg to end career as Martin County emergency services director - Florida
Committee Recommends Plan For EMS Supervisors To Serve As New Medical Investigators - Tennessee
State of emergency declared - 131 fires consuming 8500 acres - California
Tattoo policy needles Los Angeles City firefighters - California
Lower salaries for new paramedics - Indiana

Human Interest
3-year-old puts 911 song into practice - Oklahoma
Anderson teens take first place in national EMT competition - South Carolina

Medevac
Lawyer: MedEvac service to resume in Pottsville - South Carolina
Medical Helicopter Service Lands New Base - Missouri
PHI Air Med 12 Returning To Service - Texas

Obits/Services
Man killed in crash was EMT in Evesham - Pennylvania
Death of ‘friend Dustin’ saddened many - Kansas

Job Listings
Iraq: Paramedics, EMT – Intermediates, EMT-Basics and Dispatchers