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This Week in EMS: Siege in India Rocks the World
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The world was rocked last week by a 3-day terror spree that resulted in 172 deaths and at least 200 injuries in Mumbai, India. The attack was reportedly aimed at Westerners, and the dead included six Americans as well as nationals of Germany, Canada, Israel, Britain, Italy, Mexico, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia, Singapore and Mexico.
Read more about the attacks and this week's aftermath at India Clears Bodies from Last Siege Site.
EMS Networking News:
EMSResponder.com is now on Facebook
We invite you to stop by our new page, leave us a note, and sign up as a fan! Your support and feedback will help us improve and reach an even wider community.
EMS EXPO/EMS Magazine Launch Premier EMS Social Network
Connect exclusively with EMS professionals from all over the world at EMS United. This new social networking site is created by EMS EXPO, EMS Magazine and EMSResponder.com, the world leaders in EMS education.
Within the network's first 48 hours it had already surpassed 500 members, and the community continues to grow. Join by Jan. 14, 2009 and be entered to win an iPod nano.
Exclusives on EMSResponder.com:
Florida Paramedic Details Haiti School Collapse
West Palm Beach Fire Rescue Lt. Nate Lasseur remembers the look on the face of the six-year-old boy he helped rescue from the Nov. 7 school collapse that claimed close to 100 students. In the following days, a dramatic news photo showing Lasseur holding the boy was featured by news outlets around the world. Now hear his story in this interview with EMSResponder.com's Paul Peluso.
Panel Releases Review of Maryland Medevac Program
The critique was requested by officials Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) following the Sept. 28 crash of a Maryland State Police helicopter that left 4 dead. The lone survivor, who was released from R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center last week, asked that officials take the necessary steps to make the helicopters safer. Read the coverage by EMSResponder.com's Susan Nicol Kyle.
Featured Podcast:
"The history of Los Angeles EMS is really pretty unique ... it started with two cardiologists," the story begins. Listen as Baxter Larmon gives a brief history of EMS in Southern California, including an overview of the Daniel Freeman Paramedic school at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Featured Column:
Safe Response to Incidents of Violence
"Regardless of where you work, you will likely face the challenge of responding to a critical incident that may include an act of violence towards responders at some point in your career... Violence can and does occur in urban, suburban and rural settings." Read these safety tips by August Vernon, author of the new First Responders Critical Incident Field Guide published by Red Hat Publishing.
Featured Job:
Paramedic -- Colorado Springs, CO
AMR has immediate openings in the greater Colorado Springs area. AMR is in need of paramedics to staff their newly expanded 911 contract to include added 12 and 24 hour ambulance shifts as well as the addition of Paramedic Fly Cars.
Click above for details and visit www.EMSResponder.com/jobs for additional listings including:
- Chief Paramedic -- Denver, CO
- Sr. EMT-Paramedic -- Saudi Arabia
- EMT, Paramedic - Columbia County, FL
Featured Forum Thread:
"On this forum we have argued at length about EMS education and what is expected of EMS providers," writes veneficus. "Now I know it may sound like blasphemy, but humor my madness for a moment... Perhaps we should approach the leaders of nursing once more."
Click above to read the discussion, and browse other topics at www.emsresponder.com/forums.
Poll Question:
Do you have "frequent flyer" patients in your response area?
Click to participate, and view previous polls at www.EMSResponder.com/polls.
Reminders:
Call for Presenters: EMS EXPO 2009
Speaking proposals are now being accepted for EMS EXPO 2009, to take place Oct. 26-30 in Atlanta, Georgia. Applications are requested by December 15, 2008.
To submit case studies for possible review in EMS Magazine, e-mail Nancy.Perry@cygnusb2b.com.
Free Posters
Two posters are available from EMSResponder.com for free and unlimited distribution. Click to open the PDFs for the E2B Challenge poster and the ICARE poster.
To learn more about these topics visit www.EMSResponder.com/e2b and Do You Care Enough to ICARE?
Other top headlines this week on EMSResponder.com:
- Budget Cuts Trigger Station Closures in Atlanta
- New York City to Upgrade 911 System
- Chronic Baltimore 911 Callers Helped Through New Program
- Nevada Paramedic Accused in Death Back on Job, Files Lawsuit
- Questions Surround Washington D.C. Man's Death
- Cost of New York Ambulance Rides Goes Up
- Florida Deputy Strikes Ambulance; 4 Hospitalized
- New York EMT Killed in Head-On Crash with Drunk Driver
- Pa. Rescuer Pleads Guilty to DUI, Double Fatality
- North Carolina Rescue Squad to be Reinstated
- Texas Paramedic Slugged at Fight Scene; 2 Arrested
About Heather Caspi, EMSResponder.com Editor-in-Chief
Heather Caspi has been a public safety journalist since 2000, beginning as a reporter for sister site Firehouse.com. She later became the assistant news editor for Firehouse.com and Officer.com, and led the launch of EMSResponder.com in 2005. She graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in Journalism and English Language and Literature, and earned her EMT-B at Merritt College in Oakland, California. She can be reached at Heather.Caspi@cygnusb2b.com.
