6/3/09

ER /Hospital
Downsizing Emergency Departments May Create Dangerous Loss Of 'Surge Capacity' For Crisis Situations

Ambulance Crash Log
Helmet saves man who hit ambulance - Washington

Features
Tattoo medical alerts raising eyebrows

Criminal
Friends, family 'can't describe' pain of losing Grand Chute shooting victim Kelly Wing Schmidt - Wisconsin
EMT upset over theft probe - Wisconson
Trooper: Paramedic made 'obscene gesture' - Oklahoma

America
Firefighters with criminal records may soon lose their jobs - Michigan
Cardinal EMS sets up shop in Carmi building - Illinois
Holdouts might charge for EMS - Ohio
Mesa unable to track 911 response times - Arizona
Monroe County Ambulance officials ready if city requires firm's services - Michigan
Maumee council rejects Konop's EMS fund plan - Ohio
City rejects debt claim - Florida
Mayor not finished with fire department?; claims union not telling whole story - Indiana
State recommends 2 New Bedford paramedics be suspended - Florida
Oldtown, PI ambulance calls change - Massachusetts
Ready to serve ambulance unit moves in-house - Massachusetts
Long-running paramedic debate could end tonight - Washington

Canada
Many paramedics underemployed - Canada

Obits/Services
Murdered Brooklyn EMT to be posthumously honored for daring rescue of woman - New York