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Medevac helicopters are used unnecessarily in many occasions throughout the United States and changes are necessary to the emergency system, doctors say. Doctors such as Dr. Marc R. Matthews of Phoenix and Dr. Jeffrey P. Salomone of Atlanta say they have each seen incidents in which the emergency medical transports have been used in situations where an ambulance would have sufficed, The Sun newspaper in Baltimore. "I remember a patient, an 11-year-old boy, who flew in from a motor vehicle...
Rural/Metro Corporation (NASDAQ: RURL), a leading provider of ambulance transportation and private fire protection services, announced today that it has been awarded the contract to become the exclusive private ambulance partner for 911 services in Littleton, Colorado. The new contract was awarded on a unanimous vote this week of the Littleton City Council and begins November 1, 2008 for an initial term of one year, followed by a one-year renewal term. The contract is expected to generate...
Today, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (J&B) entered into a long-term strategic partnership with the Mexican Red Cross (MRC). Through this global partnership, J&B and MRC will educate Spanish-speaking prehospital providers worldwide. Together, J&B and MRC will meet the growing demand for Spanish-language training materials in safety, emergency response, and rescue. As a result of this global initiative, Spanish-speaking first responders will now have access to the latest state-of-the-art...
A Postman from Barton-Upon-Humber is hoping to deliver some valuable funds for a service he saw in action during an emergency. Fundraiser Martin Wharton (41) from Providence Crescent, is hosting a quiz to raise money for the Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service (LIVES). LIVES is a charity which helps the East Midlands Ambulance Service respond to emergencies across the county. The first responder group hopes to reach patients in a few minutes, especially in rural areas. The...
By MATTHEW VAN DUSEN, STAFF WRITER HACKENSACK -- The city's EMTs suffered another setback this week when the state Personnel Department ruled that the city's layoff plan was legal, further dimming the workers' hopes of winning back their jobs. The Fire Department emergency medical technicians asked the state to invalidate their layoffs after a Superior Court judge in Bergen County found that the city improperly awarded the daytime ambulance service to Hackensack University Medical Center....
By Fay Winter FIREFIGHTERS battled for hours to stop thousands of litres of alcohol from spilling into the River Almond. A tanker containing 30,000 litres of 94 per cent proof alcohol was involved in a collision with a car on the A71 at Muirhall Bonds near Addiewell yesterday morning. The 52-year-old car driver was seriously injured and taken by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The tanker driver suffered minor injuries, and was also taken to ERI as a precautionary measure. The...
AMBULANCE technicians have visited a young patient whose mother commended their care in a letter to the Echo. Nicola Harris, from Wenvoe, sent a letter to the Echo to express her gratitude to ambulance technicians, John Jones and Mark Dyer, after they took her six-year-old daughter Isobel to hospital. The youngster had to have an operation for a broken arm after she fell down the stairs at home. Nicola said: "The treatment she was given was fabulous. The ambulance crew were here so...
By Jim Entwistle A PRIMETIME television series following the Great North Air Ambulance will be screened later this month. Car crashes, raging bulls andmountain rescues will all feature in a new series called Air Medics, running from October 31. Through eight weekly episodes, the series will follow the helicopter crews based at Durham Tees Valley Airport, Carlisle, in Cumbria, and Otterburn, in Northumbria. Each episode will feature serious incidents from across the region. The series was...
Text of report by Mohammad Asghar headlined "Bomb scare grips city: Ambulances with explosives" published by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 9 October Rawalpindi, 8 October [Wednesday]: Fear gripped the city on Wednesday when people saw hospitals barring their gates and television channels reported that three ambulances laden with explosives were on the prowl. More panic was caused when the people confused about the real situation heard the news that police searched a school in the...
AIR ambulance bosses have called for an NHS network of flying doctors to cope with the closure of A&E units. They said the extra skills were needed aboard the helicopters as the health service moved towards regional trauma centres. Much of Europe already uses doctors, but the service in England and Wales tends to rely heavily on paramedics. Doctors backed the call but the Government said it would let local managers decide whether to fund it. The Association of Air Ambulance Charities...
