7/27/08

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance, sheriff's car hit by two drunk drivers - Michigan

America
Language a potential challenge on 911 calls - Kentucky
Dispatch merger divides agencies - Indiana
Emergency Services Volunteers in Short Supply - Maryland
Car rear-ends fire truck responding to traffic accident - Massachusetts
City not ready to run EMS - Texas

Criminal
Ambulance embezzler agrees to repay money - Montana

Legal
Paramedic and doctor also denied immunity after death of inmate - Tennessee

Human Interest
Doctor tests ‘green' EMS vehicle - North Carolina

Canada
Stretcher spill sparks lawsuit - Canada

Criminal
Florence man sentenced in health care fraud scheme - South Carolina

ER /Hospital
Life in the ER: Questions for Dr. Valerie Norton - California

America
Firetruck on Way to Emergency Collides With Car; 2 Injured - Washington DC
Station will still be built, but other cutbacks are expected - California
Q.C.-area residents feel cheated by Rural/Metro - Arizona
Should fire departments be consolidated? - Florida

Human Interest
Even out of uniform, he's still a lifesaver - New York
Days after firefighter pays ultimate price, Bravest makes daring rescue - Washington DC
Poughkeepsie grandfather thanks Buffalo EMTs who saved his life - New York

Awards-Honors
What it takes to run a hospital whose patients speak 67 different languages