7/22/09

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor
CALL TO ACTION - Call Your Senators in Support of Including Medicare Ambulance Relief Extension in Health Care Reform Bill
The time is now for you to CALL your Senators regarding including extensions of Medicare ambulance relief in health care reform legislation.

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance involved in S. Tampa traffic crash - Florida

America
Batavia ambulance personnel get pink slips - New York
Ambulance in Baraboo makes run at Sauk - Wisconson
Hayward man dies after fall during helicopter training at Backbone Fire - California
Selectman outraged over ambulance chief's arrest - Connecticut
As a part of the USDA Federal Stimulus Grant Hospital gets new ambulance - Arkansas
Belle Rive volunteer firemen resign over feud - Illinois
Former Chief To Run Ambulance Group Again - Connecticut

Criminal
Palmer Township man accused of driving drunk, assaulting paramedic in Bethlehem - Pennsylvania
Oxford Ambulance Exec Charged With DUI - Connecticut

Legal
Federal regulators say Mercy violated patient-dumping laws - California
EMT asks ambulance commission to pay Schiller's legal fees - Wisconsin
ND group ordered to repay $124K in misspent funds - North Dakota
Firefighters seek immunity for answers - Oklahoma
Suit: Horizon put profits over patients - New Jersey
Paramedic Sues Trooper Over Scuffle Caught on Video - Oklahoma
City To Pay $250,000 To Settle Lawsuit - Tennessee

Canada
Ottawa paramedic gets into 'Esquire' - Canada

Medevac
CRMC partners with Air Evac - Georgia