Posts Categorized: Ems Topics
MCI at DC Firehouse: Firefighters at Engine 10, Truck 13 ill hours after fire at what may have been a PCP lab.
Firefighters from House of Pain in Northeast taken to Police-Fire Clinic.
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Colorado Firefighters Calendar 2013 Auditions Video
Here is three videos from the Colorado Firefighters Calendar auditions. It is for a good cause and done in a tasteful way...what more could you ask for. I vote for Rebecca Clark!
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Must see video: Collapse during LA Tech frat house fire. Three firefighters hurt in Saturday’s blaze.
Fire started when members of the fraternity burned notes to celebrate the end of classes.
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Detroit Suburb Votes to Eliminate Police and Fire Departments
One of the nation's most inept city councils voted last night (Tuesday) to balance their budget by completely eliminating both the police and fire departments.
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A most bizarre story from the Nation’s Capital: DC fire & police unions want investigation into personnel records dumped & burned at FD training academy.
Union says firefighters called to training academy for burning dumpster recognized personnel records scattered about, some burning.
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Making Paramedicine a Profession
The 2009 EMS Educational Standards vaults paramedicine out of the vocational training arena. Need to build our professional educational resources.
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Raw video & commentary: Apartment fire in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Reporter questions the response time. Dave questions the reporter.
Is it enough to just have both sides of the story?
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DC battalion chief describes Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe as workplace bully. Washington Times reports Kevin Sloan’s transfer is latest casualty of last year’s beer incident.
Battaltion Chief Kevin Sloan says transfer came less than four hours after his decision in case where Chief Ellerbe found beer in the fire house.
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How EMS physicians became recognized and rewarded
How ems-oriented physicians spent the past 38 years - achieving recognition and compensation.
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Free eBook for EMS Week
A free eBook courtesy of Amazon. Offer expires midnight Tuesday.
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Early video: Fire in New York’s Chinatown.
Fire at 51 Mott Street on Sunday.
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Raw video: Bus fire & MCI inside DC’s 3rd Street Tunnel under The Mall.
Civilians and police officers transported for smoke inhalation.
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Another Stolen Ambulance
It all began around 6:30 am when a policeman brought Heather Sullivan, 37 and drunk, into the emergency room of the ECMC hospital.
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Keep Yourself Safe!
A great EMS safety video from Farooq Muhammad.
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Is EMS REALLY a calling?
At the start of the 38th annual EMS week celebration, Mike wonders why medics are still paid near minimum wage. Everyone else involved in emergency medicine seem to have improved.
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$10 million settlement reached in Deutsche Bank fire. Widow of FDNY Firefighter Joseph Graffagnino will get money from contractor & city.
Firefighter Robert Beddia's family had previously settled for $6 million.
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2 Dead as Race Car Drives Into Spectators
A RALLY CAR PARTICIPATING IN A ROAD RACE in Southern France near Toulon left the course and struck several spectators killing two of them on Saturday.
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Early video: Apartment fire in Lawrence, Indiana.
Fire yesterday in vacant buildings at an apartment complex.
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Helmet-cam: Jacksonville, Florida house fire with two evac orders.
A fire Monday on Cinancy Street.
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6. Termination of Rescusitation Protocols
as the American Heart Association said in its 2005 Guidelines: “Civil rules, administrative concerns, medical insurance requirements, and even reimbursement enhancement have frequently led to requirements to transport all cardiac arrest victims to a hospital or ED. If these requirements are nonselective, they are inappropriate, futile, and ethically unacceptable.”
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UPDATE – Raw video: Two homes burning Martinsburg, West Virginia area.
Fire damages two single family homes.
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Sheriff’s vehicle hits fire-police member. Volunteer was directing traffic at collision scene in Theresa, New York.
Lance Willix suffered serious leg injuries.
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LAFD Response Times Dip After Station Shutdowns …. (No! Really?)
Anybody Besides the Fire Chief and Mayor Surprised at This?
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Congratulation EHS Graduates!
Mike recognizes the Emergency Health Services class of 2012 graduates.
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Helmet-cam video: More from West Plains, Missouri thrift store fire with collapse.
Video from crew on initial attack.
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