10/16/09

Features
Medics with guns from Law Enforcement Technology at Officer.com

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance Lands On Its Side After Collision - Maryland

Military
Airman renders combat first aid to Soldiers - Afghanistan

World
Ambulance wars hit Israel

America
DC Cops Got Wrong Vaccine Dosage - Washington DC
Gold Cross medics raise safety concerns - Minnnesota
Kingston Twp. withholds funds from ambulance group - Pennsylvania
Medic Who Mistakenly Declared Man Dead Suspended - Maryland
County OKs fee hike for ambulances - Oregon
Port Orange adds ambulance to fire fleet - Wisconsin
Ambulance bid is questioned - Kentucky
Azle EMS 'beefs up' its ambulance fleet - Texas
MESTA looks toward securing grant funds - Oklahoma
Premedics launches sister company to take defibrillators to masses - Tennessee
The medic is naked. He's doing something no one wants to see. And there's more - Florida
Intermedix Corporation Acquires Billing Services Division of ESO Solutions, Inc
LifeStar audit shows more than $150,000 owed to Medicaid - Ohio

Criminal
Police say woman stole purse from ambulance - Indiana
Ex-EMS major indicted for embezzlement - North Carolina

Canada
Winnipeg paramedics might use cars - Canada
Human Interest

Many emergency calls are answered by volunteers - Connecticut
Hurricane Ike 911 Call Haunts Dispatcher - Texas

Job Listings
Minnesota: Operations Supervisor

Medevac
Air ambulance company stationing helicopter near Meadville - Pennsylvania
Company Claims Medevac Bidding Process Rigged - Maryland
Family defends pilot's role in '07 U-M crash - Michigan

Awards-Honors
Rescue squad member receives Chandlee Award - New Jersey

Obits/Services
DPS Memorial, Benefit for Fallen Officer Bruce Harrolle - Arizona

Bodily Assault Log
Bridgeton firefighter assaulted - New Jersey