11/16 & 17/11

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor

Pharmaceutical Backorder Report - UPDATE

Here's an update to the current status of the pharmaceutical backorder report from Boundtree medical.

REPORT


Nov 15, 2011, 2:37:21 PM

Awards-Honors

Paramedic Who Responded To Officer Shooting Honored - California

A paramedic who responded to an emergency call regarding a San Diego police officer who was shot in the head was named local paramedic of the year on Wednesday.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:23:20 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Paramedic injured in Route 9 crash in Lakewood - New Jersey

The name of the Hatzolah paramedic wasn’t available, but he suffered a leg injury and was taken by a Hatzolah ambulance to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune

Nov 17, 2011, 10:21:44 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Ambulance Slams into Jeep, Causes Rollover - New Mexico

Police say the ambulance driver was not on a 911 call and was not running his lights or his siren when he entered that intersection

Nov 17, 2011, 10:18:50 PM

Ambulance Crash Log

Ambulance Damaged in Head-On Collision - Georgia

The ambulance was en route to another call when it was struck, so responders sent another ambulance on an alternate route to the initial call.


Nov 17, 2011, 10:17:50 PM

Military

Combat care: Medics & muscle memory

You've seen it in movies like Saving Private Ryan... combat medics rushing to the aid of injured troops putting their own lives on the line to save their comrades. It takes intense training to make it to the battlefield. And one technique can mean the difference between life and death.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:14:51 PM

Criminal

Ex-EMT loses license in sexual battery case - Tennessee

Michael Lamar Johnston, 41, also was given a suspended two-year sentence Tuesday on a sexual battery conviction and will have to register as a sex offender, according to court records.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:10:35 PM

Criminal

EMT accused of sex abuse in ambulance - New York

During the course of treatment, a medical technician, Kristopher Kahl, 22, made inappropriate sexual contact with the patient's intimate parts on November 4 at approximately 11:40 a.m. in Shirley.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:09:42 PM

Criminal

Ambien defense fails Rosemont paramedic convicted of DUI - Illinois

Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak wasn’t swayed by a Rosemont paramedic’s claim that the sleep aid Ambien made him involuntarily drink, drive and cause a crash last year that injured an 18-year-old woman.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:08:33 PM

Criminal

Ambulance service owner pleads guilty in child porn case - Pennsylvania

Haldeman, the owner of Stat Care Ambulance Service Inc. of West Grove, Pa., was arrested Jan. 19 at his home

Nov 17, 2011, 10:07:08 PM

Criminal

Guthrie ambulance services investigation - Oklahoma

The conversation that follows is alarming.
A Facebook friend, who seems to be a health care insider, writes, "Make each ambulance call an A.L.S. call by starting an IV, then you can charge more for essentially the same call."
The Chief responds, "Yeah I've already got them doing that."


Nov 17, 2011, 10:04:31 PM

Criminal

EMS worker accused of taking drugs from patient - South Carolina

A Berkeley County EMS worker responding to a fatal accident may have helped more than she should have. At least that is what the S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:03:20 PM

Criminal

Inwood Couple Target Of Hundreds Of 911 Prank Calls - New York

For the past two years, a Manhattan couple has opened their door hundreds of times for police or firefighters responding to emergency calls they never made.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:02:01 PM

World

Video: Drug War Ambulance - Mexico

As a violent drug war rages in Culiacán, Mexico, the only ambulance in town is staffed by Red Cross volunteers, many of whom are in their teens.

Nov 17, 2011, 10:00:20 PM

Obits/Services

Larry Metz Ward - California

n 1975, he was one of the four founders of American Ambulance.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:58:01 PM

Job Listings

Alaska: EMS Certification Specialist

Nov 17, 2011, 9:56:54 PM

Medevac

One killed, 4 injured and medical helicopter damaged in wreck - Texas

While authorities were on the scene, another car struck the life-flight helicopter. The helicopter suffered some damage, but no injuries were reported.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:54:51 PM

Medevac

Bird Strike Forces Medical Helicopter Down - Mississippi

An Air Care medical helicopter from University Medical Center made what airport officials are calling a forced landing after a bird strike Thursday night. Five people were on board including a burn victim.


Nov 17, 2011, 9:54:17 PM

America

Community Paramedics: Changing Local Health Care - Colorado

There is no question there is a health care crisis in this county. In Colorado alone 52 of the state’s 64 counties don’t have enough doctors to go around. Of those who do have access, nearly 15% didn’t go because then couldn’t pay for it.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:42:49 PM

America

EMS change illegal, fire chief says - Florida

The plans, one being put forth by County Administrator Bob LaSala and the other by a group of firefighters, are both inferior to the current system that has been in place since 1980, and illegal, Wallace said.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:42:06 PM

America

Cleveland fire, ambulance merger faces obstacles - Ohio

All sides agree that a planned merger of Cleveland's Fire Department and ambulance service is a good idea. They also agree that two distinct workplace cultures won't mesh easily.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:38:14 PM

America

Officials aim to collect $60K for ambulance service - Kentucky

Moore said the county ambulance service bills for the first 110 days after a patient’s ambulance ride but there is no real method of collection after that point.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:36:45 PM

America

U.S. Firefighters Donate Ambulance and Rescue Equipment to Haiti

Nov 17, 2011, 9:35:22 PM

America

Ambulance deal has communities pleased - New York

The two communities announced a shared ambulance pact Thursday, which will bring in about $67,000 for the city of Watervliet as city emergency medical personnel respond to 911 calls in the neighboring riverside village.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:33:54 PM

America

County adopts five year ambulance contract with Porter Health Systems - Indiana

Despite a shaky start to contract renegotiations, the commissioners peacefully signed on with the company Tuesday to operate its ambulances at the price levels previously mentioned during the county councils budget hearings last month.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:30:15 PM

America

Ordinance allowing 2 ambulance services passes - Florida

The second reading of an ordinance requiring both LifeStar Ambulance Service and America Ambulance Service to each staff two emergency vehicles 24-hours a day easily passed, but a vote to set rates met with some disagreement.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:29:10 PM

America

Lt. Gov. Simon asks state to consider more training for rural EMS - Missouri

Simon is also chair of the Governor's Rural Affairs Council. She said greater online training could improve recruitment and retention of paid and volunteer workers who must take 120 hours of continuing education every four years to remain certified.

Nov 17, 2011, 9:27:38 PM

Human Interest

Hawkeye tailgating ambulance finalist for BCS trip

A group of University of Iowa Hawkeye football fans and their unique tailgate vehicle has been selected as one of five finalists in a nationwide contest

Nov 17, 2011, 9:05:46 PM