8/21/09

America
BMS EMT Seriously Injured In Freak Accident - Tennessee
AC, Sealy could reach EMS agreement - Texas
USDA Rural Development grant to buy ambulance - Nebraska
EMS substation bays 10 feet short - Texas
Invention disinfects ambulances -- but is it worth the price?
Director: EMS short staffed, exhausted - Texas
Paramedic Saved After Choking; 911 Cpr Dispatcher Choking - Florida
4 fire departments go back to old 911 radios at fires -Pennsylvania
ACAD responds to owed TIF payment - Missouri
City approves ambulance agreement - Kansas
EMT board ducks death-penalty flap - Ohio
Lake Placid Ambulance Service seeks funds for expansion - New York
EMS Committee recommends Lyons Ambulance proposal - Massachusetts

Medevac
LifeFlight of Maine: Investing in Helicopter Safety
The Deadly Cost of Swooping In to Save a Life -Florida
As Medical Helicopter Industry Has Grown, So Have Fatal Crashes

World
WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases

Criminal
EMT In Ambulance Crash Had Methadone In System - Kentucky

Military
Fort Lewis medics train for Afghanistan mountains
Army medic-training home fending off Texas sprawl - Texas