Entries from April 2009

EMT Guide to Swine ‘Flu

April 27th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Steve Whitehead, an author at The EMS Spot has recently published a guide for pre-hospital care professionsals about the current swine ‘flu problem


Australia:Emergency call op ‘very sorry’ about call

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

An ambulance call operator has apologised for the way she handled emergency phone calls made by a Sydney schoolboy, who died while bushwalking in the Blue Mountains


US: It pays EMTs to dot I’s and cross T’s

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Las Vegas’ emergency medical technicians and paramedics are paid extra for properly filling out paperwork after transporting someone to the hospital


US: “Andy’s Amazing Ambulance Ride” Thrills Kids, Combines Safety Education With Interactive Fun

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulances are usually associated with emergency response, not prevention. But thanks to full-time Emergency Medical Technician Mike Fox and his sidekick — a little robot named “Andy”


Emergency services back free name plates campaign to help save lives

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

When responding to 999 calls, emergency services say they are all too often hampered because so many farms and houses don’t have names or numbers on them


GlobalMedia Launches Telemedicine Product for Ambulatory and Emergency Care

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

New video technology, mounted on a stretcher, TransportAV allows for medical consultation from the field directly to the clinic or hospital where a patient is being transported.


EMAS’s patient transport service is under fire again

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

EMAS's patient transport service is under fire again

Mystery “shoppers” could be used to monitor the way a patient transport system in Nottingham is run.


Keys stolen in ambulance station break-in

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Burglars ransacked an ambulance station — while paramedics were out responding to 999 calls.


Hydrogen Sulfide Post – An apology to The EMS Spot

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

ParamedicUK recently posted an item about hydrogen sulfide suicides and the potential dangers of this substance to emergency service workers. This item was copied, without permission, from The EMS Spot


US: Jackson vehicle ‘crashes into ambulance’

April 24th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Michael Jackson’s car has reportedly crashed into an ambulance. Emergency services technician Jamin Mauro claimed that he was attending to a medical call in Beverly Hills when his stationary vehicle was struck by a large black SUV






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