8/9/08

Ambulance Crash Log
Pickup, ambulance collide at Viewpoint/89A intersection - Arizona
3 in hospitals as ambulance and vehicle collide - Michigan

America
Bill approved for background checks and establish a central EMT and paramedic registry - California
County officials: Any ambulance service plan must protect rural residents - Florida
West Paris seeks ambulance proposals - Maine
Ambulance must bill for services, selectmen declare - Massachusetts
Ordinance amended; go-ahead given to build EMS tower - West Virginia
Whitefish needs EMS upgrade - Montana
County’s bill for EMS is a double tax - Idaho
Medics Cut Off Man's Arm to Save His Life - Missouri

Medevac
LifeFlight makes unscheduled landing on Lake City grounds - Missouri

ER /Hospital
New hospital adds third ER to medical mix - Oregon

Human Interest
Turtle to the Rescue - Nebraska
An inside look at CES life - Alaska
Responder moving past the memory of being shot - Louisiana

Awards-Honors
Pender EMS & Rescue EMT Morgan Decker - North Carolina

Obits/Services
Joan Barnett-Helm, FF/EMT (ret) - Florida
Company identifies six copter crash victims - California