2/12/10

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor
AAA Government Affairs E-Update 2-12-2010

Ambulance Crash Log
Ambulance slides off road in Grattan Township - Michigan
Jamestown Man Dead After Ambulance Accident - North Dakota
Ambulance involved in accident in Milton - Massachusetts

America
Shared ambulance service will not exist - New Jersey
Seminole ambulances see change - Oklahoma
Tinley Park's ambulance contract still in limbo - Illinois
Frequent Flyers: Ambulance abuse costly, wasteful, risks lives - New York
Snowbanks Squeezing City Streets, Ambulances - South Dakota
Ambulance Crews Dealing with Slick Roads, Snow - Kentucky
Enterprise Rescue welcomes new ambulances and bike medics - Alabama
Baby Born After Storm In Baltimore Ambulance - Maryland

Human Interest
Hale family has been a part of department since 1938 - Ohio
Even on vacation, paramedic is a hero - Michigan
Benefit set for Wagoner paramedic - Oklahoma
Paramedic unit is Montco sheriff's legacy - Pennsylvania

Legal
Bill to open EMS records runs into fierce opposition from trade group - South Carolina
City joins ambulance service lawsuit against insurers - Pennsylvania
Fraley family files suit - North Carolina

Criminal
Man Causes Standoff After Calling 911 For an Ambulance - Wisconsin
Jury acquits nurse who complained of doctor - Texas
Suspected ambulance joy rider charged with felony - Wisconsin

Obits/Services
Family, friends remember man killed in helicopter crash - Texas
Funeral Set for Las Cruces Paramedic - New Mexico
John Ivan Sutter - New Mexico

Medevac
Helicopter damaged prior to takeoff - Maryland

Awards-Honors
North Fork Ambulance survives the most difficult of years with grace - Colorado


Canada
B.C. looks at privatizing ambulances - Canada