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Top News: For Fort Hood First-Responders, Shooting Scene Was 'Controlled Chaos'

rss@emsresponder.com (Dave Montgomery) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0500

Few were prepared for the grim scene as ambulance after ambulance ferried gunshot victims to the ED.

Flu Fells Emergency Workers in Calgary

rss@emsresponder.com (CBC News) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0500

Flu is partly to blame for a higher-than-average number of Calgary police, firefighters and air ambulance staff calling in sick.

Wisconsin Bill Offers Mandatory Protection for Volunteers

rss@emsresponder.com (Rick Benedict) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:29:00 -0500

The bill would give volunteer firefighters, EMTs and first responders the right to unpaid leaves of absence from their jobs.

Successful Prosecutions for Assaults on UK Ambulance Crews Have Doubled

rss@emsresponder.com (Siobhan Ryan, Health Reporter) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:28:00 -0500

Successful prosecutions for assaults on ambulance crews have doubled in 12 months.

New Radios Allow UK Paramedics to Work in Hazardous Areas

rss@emsresponder.com (M2 PressWIRE) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:27:00 -0500

For the first time nationally, paramedics will be able to work within the inner cordon of major hazardous incidents, thanks to the delivery of new 'intrinsically safe' radios.

Gunman Opens Fire at Orlando Office

rss@emsresponder.com (By MIKE SCHNEIDER) — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:33:00 -0500

A gunman opened fire Friday at an engineering firm where he was let go two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others.

Mother Says 5-Year-Old Given Wrong Drug In Ambulance

rss@emsresponder.com — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:16:00 -0500

A local mother is urging parents to keep a close watch on their children's medical treatment after she says her 5-year-old was accidentally given the wrong drug in an ambulance.

EMS and Fire Cutbacks Worry Reading, Pa., Fire Chief

rss@emsresponder.com (Don Spatz) — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:22:00 -0500

CUTTING $3 million out of the Reading Fire Bureau's budget next year will require major cutbacks in the way the city responds to fires and ambulance calls, a worried Fire Chief William H. Rehr III said Thursday.

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