News and Announcements

News and Announcements

• Atlantic Highlands First Aid Named Outstanding Volunteer EMS Agency
• Bledsoe Recognized by ACEP as a “Hero of Emergency Medicine”
• NAEMT Members Elect New Board
• Republican Leaders Call for Hearing on Air Ambulance Flight Safety
• NEMSAC Holds Federal Advisory Committee Meeting in D.C.
• Child Passenger Safety Program
• NASEMSO Encourages Funding for Trauma and EMS
• Hatzolah EMS and MONOC Partner to Provide Additional Paramedic Unit
• NJ Governor Signs Autism Awareness Bill
• Training for 911 Dispatchers Now Offered at MSU-Great Falls, Mont.
• CDC Provides New Blast Injury Fact Sheets
• HHS Proposes Adoption of ICD-10 Code Sets and Updated Electronic Transaction Standards
• National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Releases 2008 Report
• Just Four Weeks to EMStock
• EMS Providers Warned of Dangers Involving Meth Labs
• NAEMSE Releases Final Draft of Education Standards
• DHS Releases National Emergency Communications Plan
• Mass. Issues Warning on Ambulance Stretchers
• Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006
• National EMS Memorial Bike Ride Announces Logo Contest
• New Mystery-Thriller Combines EMS, Near-Death Experience and Murder
• EMStock Just 2 Months Away
• ASTHO Releases Pandemic Flu Planning Guidance for At-Risk Populations
• New NIOSH Publication "Attention Emergency Responders" Focuses on PPE Standards
• Congress Overrides President's Veto to Pass Medicare Relief for Ambulance Services
• Senator Cantwell Determined to Strengthen Air Safety Requirements and Make Our Skies Safer
• EMS Officials Work to Restore Ryan White Legislation
• Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
• Psychiatric Patients, Including Children, Routinely Boarded In Emergency Departments
• Contact Congressional Offices and ask them to join the EMS Caucus
• CDC Provides Annual Report on US Health Trends
• EMS EXPO Registration Now Open
• NAEMSE Announces Symposium Dates
• Annual National Moment of Silence Set for Saturday
• Ohio Public Safety Unveils EMS Week Billboards
• Last Chance to Comment on EMS Education Standards
• First Week in June Designated as National CPR and AED Week
• American Red Cross Steps Up Relief For Survivors Of Myanmar Cyclone
• National EMS Memorial Service Releases Names of 2008 Honorees
• NAEMT Members Elect New Directors
• Baskin-Robbins to Offer Discounted Scoops for Firefighters
• Study Launched to Uncover the Mysteries of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• NAEMT Call for National Award Nominations
• NCO Consortium Identifies Critical Emergency Responder Interoperability Gaps
• New 9-1-1 Study Identifies Top Priorities for First Responders
• WHO Confirms Cases of Bird Blu Human-to-Human Transmission in Pakistan
• NASEMSO Endorses "Plain Language" White Paper
• Gail J. McGovern Named New President and CEO of the American Red Cross
• Important Advisory Statement on Hands-Only CPR
• Call to Action: Texas man who assaulted paramedic to be released from prison
• New Guidelines for State Pandemic Planning
• AAA Unveils Online Resource at EMS Today
• EMS1 to Exhibit at EMS Today 2008 in Baltimore
• New Members Elected to NEMSMF Board of Trustees
• CDC Announces Upcoming Training and Educational Programs
• IAFF and CPF Unveil Online Paramedic Training
• First Responders Congress Commences on March 15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Department of Homeland Security Announces Application Period for FY 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grants
• EMS License Plate Program Launched for Calif. Responders
• Advocates for EMS Voice Concerns about FY 2009 President’s Budget for EMS
• CDC Issues Report on Preparedness
• DHS Grants Now Available for All-Hazards Simulation Trainer
• Baptist Heart Institute Investigates Early Heart Attack Detection Device
• According to Motorola, APCO Survey First Responders Say Advanced Technology Critical for Effectiveness
• New Medicare Patient Signature Rule Effective 1/1/2008
• FDA Issues Recall of Heparin and Saline Flush Syringes
• Vidacare Announces 'Heroes Campaign'
• National Registry Exam Item Writers Needed
• AM2 PAT, Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Pre-Filled Heparin Lock Flush Solution
• FDA Clears First Quick Test For Drug-Resistant Staph Infections
• NHTSA Appoints EMS Leaders to Council
• The Chrysler Foundation donates $25,000 toward the restoration of the Fallen Firefighters' Memorial
• National EMS Museum Foundation Launches Membership Drive
• Congress Passes National CPR/AED Awareness Week
• EMSC Program to Offer New Funding Opportunities
• NCSL Publishes Report on EMS in Rural America
• 'Unique' Texas EMStock Event Returns in Sept.
• Merck Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of PEDVAXHIB® and COMVAX®
• TFAH Releases Annual Public Health Preparedness Report
• Minnesota Hires State EMS Medical Director
• Top Research Advances Include Studies on Genetics and Stem Cell Research, Stents
• NAEMT To Offer New Training Programs
• Progress made in nation's preparedness to respond to public health emergencies, but gaps in critical areas threaten overall readiness
• Penetrating Head Injury in Planned and Repetitive Deliberate Self-harm
• EMS Author Bledsoe Joins UNLV Faculty
• New Guidelines Address Care, Treatment for Heart Attacks
• Congress Clears the Way for National CPR and AED Awareness Week
• NEMSMA Announces 2008 Board of Directors
• Annex to Homeland Security Establishes U.S. National Planning System
• The Effect of Heliox in Acute Severe Asthma
• Implementation of a Statewide System for Coronary Reperfusion for ST-Segment
• Call to Action: Contact Congress on Medicare Ambulance Relief
• "Slow Down, Move Over” Campaign Moves into Full Swing
• New CMS Signature Requirements for Emergency Ambulance Transports
• NASEMSO Will Develop Model State EMS Document for U.S.
• Rural/Metro Wins $30 Million Contract to Continue Ambulance Services in Rochester, N.Y.
• New study shows more than half of all Americans are unable to access vital records quickly during an emergency
• Disaster experts to stress emergency preparedness at conference
• New guidelines to address mental health needs in emergencies
• Nurses and paramedics in partnership: Perceptions of a new response to low-priority ambulance calls
• Zoll Medical reports fiscal 4th-quarter profit on higher revenue
• Red Cross Red Crescent Launches Urgent Appeal in Wake of Bangladesh Cyclone
• Final Version of Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act Announced
• NRC Publishes Four New Fact Sheets Targeting CSHCN
• Braun Industries and ZOLL Medical Announce EMT/Paramedic of the Year
• Are we ready? Washington Hospital Center sets precedents in preparedness for 9/11-style attacks
• National EMS Museum Foundation Elects 5 New Board of Trustee Members
• Highway Safety Administration Releases Pandemic Influenza Guidelines
• Colo. Awards Paramedic of the Year
• CDC Releases National Asthma Surveillance for Past 20 Years
• American Heart Associaton Releases Definition of Myocardial Infarction
• Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Protect Air Emergency Medical Crew
• McDonald's offering free meals to emergency service personnel
• Telemedicus plans for remote facility installation
• NAEMT Presents Annual Awards
• NASEMSO Issues 2007 Annual Report
• FDA Warning: Haloperidol Joins Droperidol
• DHS and TOPOFF 4 Hold National Preparedness Exercise
• UK Researchers Say Treatment By Paramedics is Effective
• NEMSMF Announces Traveling Museum Exhibit at Expo
• NASEMSO Supports "Vision for a Healthier America"
• NAEMT Board of Directors Candidates Issue Statements
• EMS1 to Exhibit at EMS EXPO 2007 in Orlando
• Announcing the National EMS Museum-Board of Trustee Candidates
• 8th annual World Heart Day to raise heart disease awareness Sunday, Sept. 30
• National contractor company hosts Q&A teleconference on Oct. 2
• New report: Sleep deprivation may lead to increased on-duty dangers for EMS professionals
• New CPR technique shows potential
• EMS1 Acquires Paramedic.com to Unify Online EMT Community
• FireRescue1 and Masimo Launch FireGrantsHelp.com to Simplify Grants Process for Fire and EMS Professionals
• Medusa and EHS Introduce Electronic Patient Care Reporting to Nova Scotia Ambulances
• SSM St. Joseph Health Center Named National Leader in Heart Attack Care
• $1 Million Online Training Grant Offered to Volunteer & Combination Fire Departments
• WALS™ by Wilderness Medical Associates Taught at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
• AEDs for Churches Available for under $1,000.00
• WakeMed Nationally Recognized as Top Trauma Center for Disaster Preparedness
• PHEP: Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources
• Pinellas County EMS/Sunstar Achieves International Status as a Leader in the EMS
• Cyanide Poisoning Poses Threat to Health, Safety
• SCA Foundation Update
• Caltrans Hosts Two Workshops on Response & Recovery
• Louisiana ACEP President Testifies Before IOM Forum on Emergency Preparedness, EMS
• Fire & EMS Expo moves to convention center and celebrates its 20th anniversary
• ACEP Board Elects New Officers
• ACEP Council Re-elects Two Members and Elects Two New Members to its Board
• DHS Awards 3rd Round of FY '06 SAFER Grants
• The IAFC and the USFA Develop Model Policy and Procedures Guide for Emergency Vehicle Safety
• Patient Safety Authority Receives 2006 John M. Eisenberg Award
• Camden Ambulance District Issues Request for Proposals to Conduct Study on Independent Operation
• CAAS Accredits First Massachusetts Agency
• Florida Emergency Physician Receives High Honor From ACEP
• Career ACEP Staff Member Receives Honorary Membership Award
• Career ACEP Staff Member Receives Honorary Membership Award
• California Emergency Physician Recognized With Highest Honor Bestowed By the ACEP
• Ohio Emergency Physician Receives High Honor From ACEP
• Oklahoma Emergency Physician Receives National EMS Award from ACEP
• North Carolina Emergency Physician Receives National Research Award from the ACEP
• Executive Director of Virginia ACEP Receives Honorary Membership Award
• Wayne State Medical Professor Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Education By ACEP
• Tampa Emergency Physician Recognized for Excellence in Health Policy By ACEP
• Executive Director of Pennsylvania ACEP Receives Honorary Membership Award
• Adam Singer Recognized For Outstanding Contributions in Research By ACEP
• Brian Keaton, MD, FACEP, Assumes Presidency of ACEP
• CAAS Accredits First Mass. Agency
• Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco To Address ACEP's Annual Meeting in New Orleans
• U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary To Address Emergency Physicians
• New EMS Medical Director Announced for Medic One
• IOM Hosts 3rd Future of Emergency Care Series Dissemination Workshop
• ASHI Announces Special Pricing on New CPR/AED, First Aid and BBP Training Programs
• First Responders Invited to APCO Conference
• National Governors Association Launches Major State Pandemic Preparedness Project
• Air Evac Lifeteam education team named International Critical Care Simulator Champs
• New training program offers communities help with evacuation planning
• IAFF and NPI Bring Web-Based Learning to EMS Professionals
• APCO Canada and NENA Ontario Present "9-1-1 In Any Language"
• Emergency Department Overcrowding Found to be Worse in Metropolitan Areas
• Naval Station Rota Fire Department Wins Valor Award for Saving 28 Citizens of Rota, Spain
• APCO Supports FCC's New Bureau
• IAFF Announces 2007 EMS Conference Dates
• APCO Responds To Suggested Rebanding Freeze
• Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. Acquires Southwest Helicopters, Inc.
• APCO's 2007 Western Regional Conference to Focus On New Technologies for First Responders
• COMCARE Hosts an Open Membership Meeting to Commemorate National Preparedness Month
• The IOM Announces The Future of Emergency Care Series Regional Workshop
• Notify the Triage Nurse if Medical Condition Worsens in an ED Waiting Room
• APCO’s 2007 Western Regional Conference to Focus On New Technologies for First Responders
• The Ontario Paramedic Association elects new President
• Sierra Club Report Warns Post 9/11 Policies Increase Risks to Health
• Masimo expands monitoring of CO and methemoglobin levels in the blood
• MyMEDICFirstAid.com — A Dynamic New Student Resource Website
• Launch of National Preparedness Month 2006
• 9/11 Memorial touring across America for 5th Anniversary ceremonies in NYC
• Emergency Physicians' President Testifies at IOM Forum on Rural Emergency Medicine
• Nonprofit Organizations Inspired to Develop Communications Tech for Use in Crisis
• New law provides benefits for 9/11 workers and volunteers
• Providence, RI, Unveils Municipal-Wide Wireless Mesh Network
• 9/11 Memorial touring across America for 5th Anniversary ceremonies in NYC
• SLAM Perils & Pearls Conference on Procedural Sedation & Advanced Airway Management
• One-of-a-Kind 9/11/2001 Recognition Ceremony Set for Dallas
• Port of Jacksonville Uses Simulation For Terror Threat Training
• Advancing ED Clinical Decisions with Diagnostic Markers
• DHS Announces Application Period For 2006 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program
• D.C. Fire Chief Issues Statement on the Resignation of EMS Director
• Cardinal Stadium Selects Glendale Fire Department And Southwest Ambulance For Emergency Medical Services
• Pandemic Readiness & Response - Two Training Conferences
• APCO Releases Statement Regarding 700 MHz Spectrum
• National Emergency Number Association Warns that Outages May Delay Emergency Response
• Emergency Physicians Return to New Orleans for ACEP 2006 Scientific Assembly
• EPA Releases New U.S. Resource: Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
• Grants Writing Training Workshops Announced for DC & Denver
• N.Y. Downtown Hospital Presents The Fourth Annual Emergency Preparedness Symposium
• Global Medic Responds to the Crisis in the Middle East
• 2006 West Virginia EMS/Firefighting Competition Set For Early August
• The SFPA Presents Shake It Up!, An Emergency and Critical Care Conference
• The CAAS Accredits 10 Agencies in June
• New Emergency Alert System Contract Awarded to SpectraRep
• WakeMed Supports Pepsi Americas' Sail 2006 With Clinical Staff, Critical Care Transport and Supplies
• Congressional E9-1-1 Caucus Co-Chairs Urge Senate To Fund E9-1-1 Grants
• University of Kansas Public Safety Named APCO 2006 Calls Award Winner
• Cast your vote for the NAEMSE Award for Outstanding Educator
• Total Fire Group To Provide Military Pay Differential
• Vidacare® Corporation Opens UK Office
• Lake County Doubles Up on Achievement Awards This Year From The National Association of Counties
• Stand Down for Fire Fighter Safety!
• IAFF-NPI Partnership Offers Continuing Education
• DEET Mosquito Repellant Reduces the Flame Resistance of Firefighters' Nomex Clothing
• WakeMed Code STEMI Reduces Heart Attack Patients' Time to Treatment by 46 Minutes
• Announcing the 5th Annual Fire Service Women of New York State Training Weekend
• APCO Annual Conference Accepted In U.S. DOC International Buyer's Program
• Emergency Preparedness Exercise Scheduled June 4 Near Security Square
• APCO Applauds Verizon
• APCO to Dedicate Walk of Heroes In Memory of Kent Kruger
• Homeland Defense Journal Training Conference: Preparing for Pandemic Influenza
• HFD Wraps-up EMS Week with Health Fair, May 20
• Emergency Physicians Want You To Bike Safely This Summer
• EMR-ISAC: Infogram for May 18, 2006
• SAFECOM Fields National Interoperability Baseline Survey
• Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Forum Introduces New "Meeting of Meetings" Addition
• Confirmation of Human Rabies Infection in Texas
• Respironics PLV Continuum Ventilator: Class 1 recall due to air flow valve breakage and failure to ventilate
• Iridium Lauds Introduction of Senate Bill as First Responders Prepare for Hurricane Season
• National Safe Kids Week Kicks Off May 2, 2006
• The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) Accredits Nine Agencies in April
• Committee Responds to Senator Clinton's Request that FEMA be returned to an Independent Agency
• If Stroke Attacks, Act FAST
• Roche Diagnostics Issues a Worldwide Voluntary Recall of Some of its ACCU-CHEK® Aviva Meters
• 8TH Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition!
• New Report Reveals Disturbing Gaps in Nation's AED Good Samaritan Laws
• MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
• APCO Supports Renomination of Chairman Martin
• New Report Provides Blueprint for Regional Readiness in a Post-Katrina World
• University at Albany's Ambulance Service Now Equipped to Provide Asthma Medication
• Emergency Response and Medical Organizations Unite to Improve Recognition and Treatment of Cyanide Poisoning
• CBRN Training Conference set for June 15 in DC
• Vanderbilt LifeFlight Receives National Accreditation
• Alberta, Durham take top spots in Canadian National Paramedic Competition
• Dates Are Set for the 2006 National EMS Memorial Bicycle Ride
• USFA and IAFF Launch New Online Emergency Vehicle Safety Program
• EMS Week in Orange County, Calif. is May 14-21, 2006
• JeffSTAT Receives Full Accreditation from CAMTS
• APCO Hosts Project Retains Symposium in Baltimore
• APCO Announces New Executive Director
• IAFF Makes Recommendations for Responding to Flu Pandemic
• USFA Opens Website Focus on pandemic Flu Challenges
• Baby Found in Dumpster on Arizona's Safe Baby Haven Day
• APCO Named to 2006 Associations Advance America Honor Roll
• Thermo-Electron and VivoMetrics Deliver the First Real-Time Monitoring Ensemble
• APCO Honors Telecommunications Professionals
• Paulison to receive new title if confirmed by the Senate
• Paulison nominated to head FEMA
• State of Virginia Rapidly Adopting ZOLL Autopulse
• Ottilie W. Lundgren Memorial Field Hospital puts Conn. on leading edge of emergency preparedness.
• APCO Hosts Second Annual Public Safety Communications Leadership In Policy Awards Dinner
• CAAS Announces New Business Commissioner
• Disaster response issues will be reviewed in live webcast
• WBEMS EMT Places First in State Competition
• Durham Paramedic Association's 4th Annual Skills Competition set for April 1st
• Live Training Webcast of Emergency Response to Meth Lab Problem
• New Online Service First to Provide Full Content and Expert Commentary on AED Laws and Risk Issues in All 50 States
• Salt Lake City Fire and Southwest Ambulance Join to Donate Defibrillators to Shelter
• Emergency Physicians Monthly Survey Yields Disturbing Responses on Physician Suicide
• Wisconsin EMS Association Launches Recruitment Program
• NAEMT, PHTLS Offers Grants for Workforce, Trauma Research
• Disaster Preparedness Group Launches Mobile Treatment Stations
• APCO Project Symposium Series Continues in Chicago March 22
• Homeland Defense Journal Training Conference
• National Information Clearinghouse on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Established
• Leading Incident Management Training Center Doubles Size
• FIRE Grant Application Period Starts March 6
• AAA Announces Recovery of Medicare Overpayments
• St. John Ambulance, the Global Leader in First Aid Training, Enters U.S. Market
• Learning from Katrina: Tough Lessons in Preparedness and Emergency Response
• NACCHO to Host National Incident Management System Training
• Wisconsin EMS Association Launches Second Statewide Recruitment Program
• National EMS Memorial Service Releases Names of 2006 Honorees
• ACEP Announces 33rd Annual National EMS Week, May 14-20
• APCO Releases Position Statement on Plain Speech
• APCO Seeks Interoperability funding in President's Budget
• NHTSA’s EMS Division Elevates its Stature
• Congress Approves New Spectrum for Public Safety
• APCO Applauds Congress for the Establishment of a Hard Date
• NAEMT Finds High EMS Injury Rate
• CDC-funded Study Finds Trauma Center Care Lowers Risk of Death
• CAAS Announces New Board Appointment
• North Dakota Recognizes CAAS Accreditation In Its Licensing Requirements
• David Werfel to Address Medicare Changes at EMS Today
• EMS Elevated to Bureau Status in Pa.
• Retired General Richard Myers to Keynote APCO Conference
• UCLA-Daniel Freeman Paramedic Education Celebrates 35 Years of Excellence
• Clinical Studies Find New Masimo Rainbow Technology Effective in Detecting Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• UPMC Recruits World-Renowned Pioneer of Multi-Trauma Care
• CAL/ACEP’s response to the Emergency Medicine National Report Card 2006
• Southwest Ambulance Receives National "Gold Standard" Recognition From CAAS
• Canadian paramedics send New Year's gift to colleagues affected by hurricane Katrina
• DCC Names 2005 Emergency Notification Grant Winners
• Del. County Upgrades Emergency Medical Dispatch Program
• APCO Announces Third Annual Winter Summit
• New Crisis Management System to Protect All K-12 Wash. Schools
• APCO Institute Announces Hurricane Relief Training Assistance Program
• Selective Communications Changes Name to WiPath Communications, Expands N.A. Operations of its Paging and Mobile Data Solutions
• Fla. selects MSA detection systems to enhance Homeland Security/Hazmat response
• APCO Institute Releases New Web Seminar Series
• Patriarch Partners, LLC Acquires American LaFrance
• Ga. Hospitals Plan Statewide Web-based Emergency System
• TerreStar Praises Redistributed 2 GHz Spectrum for Critical Communications
• Conn. Town Selects MessageOne for Emergency Notification System
• Adelphi University to Create 9/11 Memorial Scholarship
• U.S. Navy Implements APCO Institute EMD
• UC Davis Extension Announces New Emergency Response Aviation Courses
• Pa. EMS Initiates Statewide Recruitment Effort
• Rural Health Care to Benefit From Boardroom Technology
• APCO Issues Statement on 9/11 Commission Report Card
• First Certified Intrinsically Safe Radiation Detector introduced for First Responders
• APCO Opposes VoIP Legislation
• Clarification on air cylinder issue
• American LaFrance President Announces Plans to Keep Manufacturing Facilities in S.C.
• Chandler Asks PMT To Provide Half Of City With Emergency Services
• Rapid Response Team Reports Accomplishments in Hurricane Ravaged Guatemala
• Osage County E9-1-1 Center Implements APCO EMD
• New MCI Tracking System by RTI International
• WEMT Upgrade Training Lowered to 45 Hours
• NAEMT Advocates 162 mg Aspirin for Acute MI
• Medtec Announces New Dealer in New Jersey
• Years of Planning and Preparation Come to Fruition at Smith County 9-1-1
• XTS Series Antenna Speaker Microphone from OTTO
• OSHA Encourages Defibrillator Use To Revive Workers With Cardiac Arrest