9/8/09

Photos
Sinkhole gets firetruck - California

America
Ohio drafts plan to train EMTs to give flu vaccine
Walker says he won't cut EMS funding - Wisconsin
EMT delays cause concern - Mississippi
Emergency response time has improved - New Jersey
New EMS equipment helps bear more weight - Ohio
EMSA team tracks call to a quarry - Oklahoma
EMSA Releases 911 Tapes In Tulsa Rock Quarry Wreck - Oklahoma
EMT rules not same as nurses' or doctors' - Ohio
Westarea Volunteer Fire Department reinstates 2 accused of beating man - North Carolina
Lake-Sumter Emergency Medical Services partnering with local hospitals to implement induced hypothermia technique - Florida
Lawrence firefighters stop some calls after cuts - Massachusetts

Criminal
Hillsboro woman steals ambulance - Ohio
Pinellas man charged after officer, paramedics hurt at crash scene - Florida

Canada
Historic ambulance is coming home - Canada

World
Gel hope for brain injury repair
Ambulance-service employees to protest nationwide - Romania

Obits/Services
LeRoy G. Statler - Wisconsin

America
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