Saturday, August 14, 2010

8/14/10

Special Report
Paramedics targets in drug wars - Mexico
Juarez is seeing escalation of violence - a car bomb was recently used to hit paramedics trying to save a life. Paramedic Nancy Paz Mares was hit by shrapnel. She said the person who did it "has no heart."
Paramedic Philip Caldera still has dizziness from his head injuries. He called it an attack like 9/11. "They just wanted to kill many people," he said.


Ambulance Crash Log

Four hurt when ambulance and car collide in Becker County - North Dakota

Todt Hill Road crash involving ambulance leaves 1 person injured- New York

Legal

Fraley Family Drops Suit Against County/EMS - North Carolina

Criminal

Former Dauphin County assistant DA gets probation for assaulting police officer, colleague - Pennsylvania

Wife: Quiet life with 'Granddad Bandit' suspect - Louisiana

Gary medic held for theft from unconscious patients - Indiana

America

8 Detroit Firemen injured, No EMS units available - Michigan

Heat prompts high number of ambulance calls in metr- Oklahoma

'Dream come true' New Milford Community Ambulance moves into its expansive new facility - Connecticut

Tulsa's Cardiac Arrest Survival Rate Higher Than National Average - Oklahoma

Update: EMS workers killed in CO event identified - Texas

North Branford to implement paramedic service - New Hampshire

13 It’s Rural/Metro vs. TLC as competition comes to emergency services in Syracuse - New York

EMS gives annual back to school vaccinations - Texas

Ambulance commission to discuss funding - Arkansas

No changes to Everett ambulance service despite new law - Massachsetts

Oklahoma City leaders eye plan for firefighter ambulance service -- Oklahoma

Obits/Services

Reserve NCO dies from combat wounds - Tennessee

Family remembers EMT who died of carbon monoxide poisoning - Texas

Raymond Scott Peurifoy - North Carolina

Thousands of Firefighters Say Goodbye to Wheatley - Illinois

Memorial for fallen EMT set up in Winter Haven - Florida

Medevac

Flight Nurses, Paramedics Help Save Lives in the Air - Wisconsin

New Centra helicopter service saving lives - Virginia

Human Interest

Friends revive a fellow firefighter - Massachusetts

Susan Boyle picks ambulance medic Amber Stassi for duet

World

22 superbug cases in just one hospital - India

Controversy over NDM-1 'Superbug' Ignites Uproar in India

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