6/9/11

Criminal

Paramedic Chaun Williams shot outside laundromat - Missouri

42 shell casings found where St. Louis paramedic Chaun Williams was shot in the 7200 block of Balson Avenue.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:59:01 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Driver seriously injured in Denver ambulance crash - Colorado

An ambulance crash in Denver last night sent one man to the hospital after firefighters had to extricate him from the rig.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:55:00 PM

Legal

Whistleblower EMS pilot: 'My life has been turned upside down' - Florida

Paramedic found himself cleaning toilets at a county warehouse in 2008. His other duties included wiping graffiti and taking out the trash.He called it retaliation for a December 2007 letter he wrote to expose safety and maintenance concerns, bigotry and gross mismanagement at Emergency Medical Services.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:53:31 PM

Obits/Services

Longest-serving member of Washington FD retires after 36 years - Michigan

Lanny Fruchey, who has served with the department for 36 years as a paid-on-call firefighter/EMT, was honored with a ceremony during the Washington Township Board of Trustees meeting June 1.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:50:58 PM

America

Chilmark hires ambulance chief; hospital ER head has concerns - Massachusetts

Over the strong objections of Dr. Jeffrey Zack, Martha's Vineyard Hospital director of emergency services, but with strong support from ambulance leaders, Chilmark selectmen Tuesday voted unanimously to appoint Paul "Zeke" Wilkins to be the new chief of the Tri-Town Ambulance service.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:41:28 PM

America

Alvin EMS now able to transport non-emergencies - Texas

Prior to that date, the EMS had only been able to respond to 911 emergency calls. They were only allowed to pick up patients from a medical facility or the Alvin Emergency Center.


Jun 9, 2011, 1:39:32 PM

America

EMS budget hearing at Metro Council - Kentucky

Though in past years the Metro EMS budget hearing before Louisville’s Metro Council has sometimes been contentious, this year’s hearing went smoothly for Director Neal Richmond.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:38:23 PM

America

911 sends ambulance to wrong address - Georgia

Neighbors on Daniel Street in Old Fourth Ward had long lobbied the city to tear down what they considered an eyesore: an abandoned house on their street.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:37:13 PM

America

Ambulance services: No price increase - California

Though Siskiyou County is possibly facing a deficit in the next fiscal year, the Board of Supervisors denied a motion that would have made the county’s fire budget completely self-sustaining.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:32:56 PM

America

Highland considers private ambulance service - Utah

Highland on Tuesday considered ditching its own ambulance crews in favor of a private company. The move is the latest in a series of disagreements between Highland, Alpine and Cedar Hills over the cost of emergency services.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:32:22 PM

America

County Weighs Cuts to Regional EMS - New Jersey

Bergen County officials are weighing scaling back or eliminating the county's regional ambulance service.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:31:46 PM

America

3 foreign mountaineers rescued high on McKinley - Alaska

A special, high-altitude helicopter on contract to the National Park Service was busy Monday night playing taxi and ambulance for ill, foreign climbers on 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, according to the National Park Service.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:30:03 PM

America

Ambulance Companies to Change on July 1 - California

That's because of an earlier decision made by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to switch ambulance companies. Rural/Metro, the second largest emergency services provider in the nation, will replace AMR.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:27:51 PM

America

Judge dismisses ambulance industry lawsuit against insurers - Pennsylvania

A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit the ambulance industry brought against seven insurers because they refuse to directly pay ambulance services unless they sign discount agreements.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:26:58 PM

America

Elite Medical Transport Awarded New 911 Ambulance Contract - Texas

Jun 9, 2011, 1:25:25 PM

Job Listings

Texas: Paramedic (East)

Jun 9, 2011, 1:24:16 PM

Legal

EMT files discrimination lawsuit against Jersey City Medical Center - New Jersey

In an explosive lawsuit filed in Hudson County Superior Court, a Jersey City Medical Center EMT who is Arab claims that over the past four years he's been bombarded with ethnic slurs and taunts from coworkers.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:20:43 PM

Legal

D.C.’s IG faults paramedic response to 2008 ‘acid reflux’ case - Washington DC

A D.C. paramedic who told a Northeast man he was likely suffering from acid reflux hours before the man died of a heart attack did not know or follow numerous department protocols — including those specifically outlining the action to take when a patient complains of chest pain, according to a report issued by the city’s Office of the Inspector General.

Jun 9, 2011, 1:20:36 PM

Legal

City Ordered to Rehire Fired Attleboro Firefighter/EMT - Massachusetts

Civil Service Commission's decision states William Dunn was "not milking the system."

Jun 9, 2011, 1:20:20 PM

World

Nine Dubai Women's College paramedic students get training in USA

American paramedic preceptors taught and assessed the Emirati students while responding to emergency 911 calls as part of their training. The students attended several classes and took their final EMT-Paramedic exams after fulfilling the training.

Jun 9, 2011, 12:44:34 PM

World

Rarer E. coli strains causing more U.S. illnesses

Federal officials said Tuesday that a national monitoring system for food-borne illness detected an increasing number of sicknesses last year from a group of rare E. coli bacteria related to the little-known, highly toxic strain that has been ravaging Germany.

Jun 9, 2011, 12:43:07 PM

World

Drug makes hearts repair themselves

But a study in the journal Nature showed the drug, thymosin beta 4, if used in advance of a heart attack, was able to "prime" the heart for repair.

Jun 9, 2011, 12:42:35 PM

ER /Hospital

Inside the ER at Mt. Everest

Jun 9, 2011, 12:31:12 PM