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According to the National Registry of EMTs, the National Average Pass Rate for Paramedics went from 70% in 2010 to 72% in 2011. In comparison, NEMSA’s Paramedic Pass Rate went from 73% in 2010 to a whopping 88% this year. Lafayette, LA (PRWEB) October 26, 2011 Each year, the National EMS Academy, located in Lafayette, LA, and operating as a division of Acadian Companies, continues to exceed the National Average Pass Rate for EMTs (Basic and Paramedic). This year, through continued...

FRISCO, Texas, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OxySure Systems, Inc., a pioneering manufacturer of safe, easy-to-use emergency oxygen devices utilizing powder technology, today announced that the Company has entered into a five-year partnership agreement with the City of Frisco, Texas, to deliver its life-saving emergency oxygen products and accessories ("OxySure Products") at multiple Frisco municipal and community service facilities. The Company has already begun deploying the OxySure...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The idea of dying from a heart attack is more than a fear among people living in one part of Appalachian Ohio. It's a reality. The mortality and morbidity rates for heart disease among those in Pike, Ross and Vinton counties is among the highest in Ohio, according to federal and state data. But with the help of a $250,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission that will soon change. The federal grant will be used to outfit...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Zealand health technology company Medtech Global, MedicAlert Foundation International, and MedicAlert New Zealand have collaborated to develop an electronic health information solution that enables New Zealand Emergency services to access medical records of visiting international MedicAlert members in real time. Described as a "world first" the long term vision for the solution is to enable emergency services including...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MedicAlert Foundation International, a worldwide network of nonprofit medical identification and emergency response service organizations, issued a Code of Conduct that provides a set of service standards that for the first time will enable consumers worldwide to evaluate competing medical ID and emergency response services. "As medical ID services continue to evolve and grow around the world, a well-conceived consumer evaluation tool is...

Digital issue looks inside the minds, lives and hearts of responders to Sept. 11 The Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) today announces the publication of a special 150-page four-volume digital issue featuring first-person accounts of responders who were thrust into the world spotlight the morning of September 11, 2001, when terrorists invaded their response districts – and their lives – and changed the way they, and most responders throughout the world, think, train, respond...

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As emergency crews in Binghamton race to evacuate over 20,000 people, as a result of flooding due to the rising waters of the Susquehanna River brought on by Tropical Storm Lee, Bronx-based SeniorCare Emergency Medical Services prepares to deploy ambulance crews to assist in that effort. Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan stated, "It's the worst flooding in the history of Binghamton at least since the flood walls were built in the 1930s and 40s." Officials...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the past 2 1/2 years, the North Shore-LIJ Center for Emergency Medical Services (CEMS) has responded to more than 2,300 911 emergency calls from residents of Rockville Centre and transported over 1,800 ill or injured patients to area hospitals. The 911 response service is part of a highly acclaimed, groundbreaking approach to emergency ambulance services that the Village of Rockville Centre implemented in December 2008....

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A revolutionary medical device that dramatically suppresses uncontrolled bleeding in the groin and inguinal areas of wounded servicemen is making its way onto the battlefield. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110818/PH54667 ) The Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC) is a vise-like tourniquet designed to manage difficult bleeds when hemorrhage control in tactical environments is not possible with traditional methods and standard...

MedixSafeâ„¢ New Dual Credential Narcotic Safes and Narcotic Cabinets Employ Technology to Secure and Discourage Theft by EMTs and Paramedics. (PRWEB) August 10, 2011 Memphis, TN: MedixSafeâ„¢ new narcotic safes and narcotic cabinets are the result of a fire commissioner"˜s concern about employee theft and built to his specifications. MedixSafeâ„¢ offers dual access, IP, and biometric solutions. Biometrics is recognized as the only technology that can tell with near absolute...