7/17/09

America
EMS fees feasible for some, but not others - Ohio
One Third Of EMS Ambulances Out Of Service - Louisiana
Jimmy Davis Out As Fire-Rescue-EMS Chief - North Carolina
Floyd EMS sign goes up - Georgia
Petitions filed to get East Moline ambulance service issue on ballot - Illinois
CMS Selects TrailBlazer Health Enterprises to Administer Medicare Program in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
Emergency medical workers describe 'horror movie' at scene of Jersey City police shooting - New Jersey
Cole County takes control of ambulance service Sunday morning - Missouri
No apparent injuries in fire truck rollover - Tennessee
Emergency calls doubling - North Carolina
Ambulance contract delayed - California
9-1-1 dispatch system now shared in Washington, Clackamas counties - Oregon
EMS rollercoaster ride continues - Idaho
Laid-off supervisor named interim EMS director - Massachusetts

Canada
Jim Hearst’s death puts spotlight on paramedics’ wait-for-police policy - Canada

Human Interest
City’s First Volunteer Ambulance Corps Turns 35 - New York

Criminal
Man in diabetic stupor drives off with ambulance - Louisiana

World
Crews 'need stab vests as standard' - UK
WHO: H1N1 pandemic spreading too fast to count

Awards-Honors
Reynolds, Essex Ambulance Chief, Honored - Connecticut

ER /Hospital
New head of Prince George's ER is a technophile - Maryland