11/2/09

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance hits taxi, injuring one - Massachusetts

America
MedStar program seeks to curb non-emergency calls - Texas
Commission discusses EMS, county overtime - Kansas
FEMA Could Tweak Its Fire Grant Award Process
Virginia cutting its pharmacy for the mentally ill will impact EMS
Eagle EMS Seeks To Widen Scope - Massachusetts
Dramatic rescue in south Bakersfield caught on tape - California
911 response needs studied - Florida
Dickinson Township approves Cumberland Goodwill EMS services - Pennsylvania
Woman Calls 911 to Report That She Is Driving Drunk - Wisconsin
Did An Ambulance Company Take Taxpayers For A Ride? - Tennessee

Criminal
Former EMS Members Plead Guilty in Case - West Virginia
Rural Metro ambulance stolen - New York
Halloween night ambulance thief busted - Michigan

Medevac
Mercy Flight accuses police helicopters of stealing emergency calls for publicity - New York

World
Baby in crash ambulance 'safe' - UK
Paramedic suspended after letting trainee try to save patient who was already dead - UK
Mandatory jail charge downgraded for paramedic assault - Australia

Obits/Services
Ronald Aliano - Connecticut