7/12/08

Public Affairs
Senate Passes Medicare Ambulance Relief
Official Proposed Rule With Modifications to Medicare Signature Regulations Published in Federal Register

America
First responders help one of their own - New York
Paramedics Fired Over Ku Klux Klan Photos - New Jersey
UMDNJ Fires Paramedics Over Alleged KKK Hazing - New Jersey
Scrambling For Dispatching Services After Med Corp Ambulance Leaves - Ohio
Greenwood changes rules for EMS pension - Minnesota

Human Interest
Family tells "Tracey stories" - Colorado
Children of Police, Firefighters Awarded $21000 in Scholarships - California
New equipment trains future EMTs in realistic setting - Indiana

Criminal
Shooting in Beverly kills paramedics son - Illinois

World
Ambulance clamp outrage - UK

Awards-Honors
EVAC Ambulance employee receives Medal of Merit for kidney donation - Florida

Legal
Guardian Ambulance Services responds to lawsuit - Virginia

Medevac
Boyle County lands medical helicopter service - Kentucky
TraumaStar: Grounded forever or new life? - Florida
AirMed helicopter in forced landing - Georgia