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Legal And Ethical
Hospital Administrator Voices Criticism over D.C. EMS
In a letter to the editor in Monday s Washington Post, Dr. Joseph Wright said, The decision not to immediately transport a 2-year-old with respiratory symptoms is inexcusable.
Records Contradict City Account of DC Toddler's Death
The documents clearly show Engine 33 with a paramedic on board arrives first at 4:56:45 a.m. on February 10, 2010. Medic 33 arrived at the Southern Avenue address at 4:58:28 a.m., nearly two minutes later, but they were the only ones to go inside.
Registering Change: CARES helps EMS improve performance on cardiac arrest calls
CARES registry tracks EMS cardiac resuscitation performance; FICEMS finds states woefully unprepared for flu pandemic; DC Fire & EMS at the center of a wrongful death suit as medical director steps down; and more.
Coral Gables Couple Charged Again with Stealing, Selling Patient Records
Ruben E. Rodriguez and wife Maria Victoria Suarez have been indicted again for paying an ambulance-company employee to steal information on patients transported to Miami-Dade hospitals.
Investigators Look at Toddler s Death and D.C. Ambulance Transport
The paramedics and EMS personnel involved in this case are on administrative duty and are not to have contact with patients.
Armed Patient Shoots Connecticut Nurse
Witnesses told police that nursing supervisor Andy Hull, a 35-year-old former Marine, jumped in to disarm Lupienski when he pulled the gun out and pointed it at another staff member.
Investigation in D.C. Death and Toddler s Transport
There are questions surrounding the death of a 2-year-old girl, and an ambulance crew is off the street and under investigation.
30 Life Lessons: JEMS Editorial Board Members Offer Words of Wisdom
Need a mantra to keep you going? Consider one of these.
Shortcomings Highlighted in Pittsburgh Man s Death during Storm
"... You get out of that damn truck and you walk to the residence," Huss said. "That's what needed to happen. We could have carried him out."
Autistic Teen Jumps from Ambulance
Teen's mother says she did everything in her power to get her autistic son the help he needed.
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