12/10/11

Features

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Vicodin and Percocet

Dec 11, 2011, 2:24:57 AM

Ambulance Crash Log

Man killed in Oklahoma City crash involving ambulance - Oklahoma

The ambulance was responding to a call about 10:30 a.m. when it hit the car near NW 10 and May.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:20:28 AM

Ambulance Crash Log

Ambulance Crash Sends 3 To Hospital - Pennsylvania

The crash happened on Route 21/McClellandtown Road in German Township shortly after 9:15 a.m. across from the Big Banana Fruit Market.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:19:14 AM

Ambulance Crash Log

Ambulance and car collide in Exchange District - Canada

A car and ambulance collided in Winnipeg's Exchange District on Thursday night, seriously damaging the car as a result.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:18:17 AM

Criminal

2 EMTs charged with theft of more than $20K - New Jersey

Morrison and Hinshaw were taken into police custody Thursday afternoon at the Pemberton Township Police Department and were released after posting bail.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:16:15 AM

Criminal

Patient steals ambulance from Sumner Regional - Tennessee

A patient at Sumner Regional Medical Center stole an ambulance that was left unlocked with the keys inside at the hospital

Dec 11, 2011, 2:15:18 AM

Criminal

Ex-fireman accused of arson denied EMT re-certification appeal - South Carolina

A former Bluffton Township Fire District captain accused of burning down his Okatie home in 2008 will not receive his EMT certification after he failed to show at his appeal hearing Thursday.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:13:02 AM

America

Gene therapy proves effective for hemophilia B

A single treatment with gene therapy, an experimental technique for fixing faulty genes, has been shown to boost output of a vital blood clotting factor, possibly offering a long-term solution for people with hemophilia B.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:08:41 AM

America

Metamora voters will be asked about tax for ambulance service - Illinois

The village of Metamora and the Metamora Rural Fire Protection District will request authority to implement a tax of no more than 25 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The referendum is set for March 20.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:07:48 AM

America

Panel hears challenges faced by EMS personnel - Illinois

This was the fifteenth hearing in the state by the task force, with two more scheduled.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:04:05 AM

America

Acadian Ambulance Service eyes Houston through key acquisition - Texas

One of the largest employee-owned ambulance services in the country is now running its sirens on Houston streets

Dec 11, 2011, 2:03:09 AM

America

City audit reveals EMS overtime spending - Hawaii

Only a handful of ambulances met response time guidelines, and emergency responders made as much as $200,000 each a year due to overtime.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:02:07 AM

America

Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects Gwinnett Medical Center computers - Georgia

Gwinnett Medical Center on Friday confirmed it has instructed ambulances to take patients to other area hospitals when possible after discovering a system-wide computer virus that slowed patient registration and other operations at its campuses in Lawrenceville and Duluth.

Dec 11, 2011, 2:00:43 AM

America

Emergency? Collier grapples with saving money vs. safest response for emergency calls - Florida

What happens next is a study in contrast in how two EMS systems respond so differently to routine medical emergencies – a subject that’s central to the debate over a public safety overhaul in Collier County.

Dec 11, 2011, 1:56:30 AM

America

Four Mile EMS temporarily out of service - Colorado

With the resignation Dec. 4 of Dawn Carrica, medical chief of Four Mile Emergency Services, the board of directors is now practicing some serious damage control.

Dec 11, 2011, 1:53:53 AM

ER /Hospital

Blake fights to keep its trauma center - Florida

Blake Medical Center‘s trauma care program — open for barely two weeks — already has treated dozens of critically injured patients from Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Dec 11, 2011, 1:51:19 AM

Human Interest

Pittsburgh paramedic competing on 'Next Great Baker' - Pennsylvania

Hart, 38, a city of Pittsburgh paramedic who had baked cakes and other treats on the side for about a year, was ecstatic when TLC notified her in July she would be competing

Dec 11, 2011, 1:30:07 AM

World

Paramedics set to be given bulletproof vests to deal with terror call outs - UK

Specialist paramedic units are to get bulletproof vests so they can deal with terror attacks, it was revealed yesterday.

Dec 11, 2011, 1:05:23 AM