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This Week in EMS: A Recap for May 10 - 16, 2008
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Another massive disaster prompted international aid this week, right on the heels of last week's devastating cyclone in Myanmar. On Monday one of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China, killing tens of thousands and leaving many more buried or missing.
Some victims were still being pulled alive from the rubble midweek, but rescuers were stretched thin.
For further details visit China Quake Toll Hits 15k as Aid Arrives; 26K Believed Buried.
The U.S. EMS community is mourning the deaths this week of a Wisconsin Med Flight crew. They dropped off their patient late Saturday and crashed shortly after taking off on their return flight to Madison.
Those killed were Dr. Darren Bean, director of the city of Madison's EMT program; Mark Coyne, RN and EMS instructor; and Steve Lipperer, pilot.
For more on this tragedy visit Colleagues Remember Victims Killed in Wisconsin Med Flight Crash.
The National EMS Memorial Service has selected the location to build a permanent memorial to fallen EMS providers: Colorado Springs, Colo.
The monument will be erected in the same park that is home to the International Association of Fire Fighters Memorial. The site selection started in 2006 and wasn't easy, NEMSMS officials say. They hope to have the site ready to host the annual EMS Memorial Service starting in 2010, but in the meantime the service will continue to be held in Roanoke, Va.
Read more in this exclusive report, Site Chosen for Permanent EMS Memorial.
Industry News:
EMS EXPO 2008: Celebrating 20 Years of Educational Excellence
EMS EXPO has announced plans for its 20th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Click for more information on "North America's Largest Gathering of EMS Professionals," to be held October 13--17, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nev.
EMS Magazine Online Exclusive:
EMS Week 2008: Giving a More Effective Ambulance Tour
EMS Week is next week, May 18-24, so here are some tips for leading successful station tours for the public, provided by Lisa Valadie, EMT-P.
"Your first instinct may be to run and hide," she writes, "but with some preparation, you will be ready for ambulance 'show and tell.'"
For more EMS Week ideas visit EMSResponder.com/EMSWeek, and please share your plans! E-mail Heather Caspi at EMSResponder.com, and Lauren Simon at ACEP.
Featured podcasts:
Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
Listen as EMS educator and author William S. Krost shares two of his most memorable EMS experiences:
This series is produced by FISDAP with the support of EMSResponder.com. To share your most meaningful case and the lesson it taught you, call FISDAP Open Airways at 1.651.314.7424.
Featured Column:
"Yes, the busy season is on us as we prepare to kick off the 35th National EMS Week," writes EMS book reviewer Norm Rooker.
"According to Dr. Brian J. Zink's book ANYONE, ANYTHING, ANYTIME: A History of Emergency Medicine, the first National EMS Week was created by President Gerald Ford as a peace offering to the American College of Emergency Physicians, in 1974." Read more in Norm's latest review.
Featured Job:
Marine Safety Ofiicer -- San Celemente, Calif.
The beautiful Southern California coastal city of San Clemente is seeking experienced individuals to supervise the daily lifeguard operation for the Marine Safety Division.
Click for details and visit www.EMSResponder.com/jobs for additional listings including:
- Paramedics -- Johnson County, KS
- Chief of EMS -- 45th Parallel EMS, Northern NH and VT
- Paramedic Specialist Program Instructor - Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
- Paramedic - Okaloosa County, FL
- Paramedic - VCU Health Systems, VA
Featured Forum Thread:
Do no harm? Just look in the mirror instead?
This week forum members debate whether modern medics lack the "hero complex" of the previous generation, and what it means -- good or bad - for the industry.
Jump in to this discussion or browse the forums at www.emsresponder.com/forums.
Poll Question:
Do you say anything if you feel unsafe about how your partner is driving?
Click to participate, and view previous polls at www.EMSResponder.com/polls.
Reminders:
We need your input for this year's EMS Salary Survey. Please stop by to respond, and look for the results in a forthcoming issue of EMS Magazine.
Your Agency Could Be the Winner of the 2008 EMS Magazine Gold Service Award!
Click above for details and to fill out the online nomination form by August 1, 2008.
Please answer a few brief questions. Results will appear in a forthcoming issue of EMS Magazine.
EMS Magazine's 23rd Annual Braun Industries/Monster Medic EMT/Paramedic of the Year Award
Nominate a colleague by July 7, 2008. It's easy! Click above for contest details.
Other top headlines this week on EMSResponder.com:
- Baltimore Program to Alleviate 'Frequent Flier' Calls
- Nashville Dispatcher Fired for Cursing
- Omaha Man Uses Steak Knife to Perform Self-Tracheotomy
- Family to Sue Ambulance Company in Fatal Colorado Crash
- Anonymous Rape Tests Are Going Nationwide
- Emergency Network Plan Revived
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.
