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$52.5 million OK'd For 9/11 First Responders
The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee has approved an additional $52.5 million in federal funding to address the mounting health care needs of those exposed to environmental hazards as a result of the Sep. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
Drug-Addicted Paramedic Escapes Electronic Monitoring
Authorities don't know how a drug-addicted paramedic thwarted the electronic anklet monitoring system that is supposed to ensure that people abide by house arrest.
FDA Can't Ensure Safety of Foreign Drugs
The FDA's system of inspecting foreign pharmaceutical companies is broken, making it impossible to ensure the growing number of drugs and drug ingredients coming from abroad are safe.
Halloween Prank Leads to Campus Evacuation in Calif.?
A chemical scare police suspect was a Halloween prank sent 22 students to Sutter Delta Medical Center, John Muir Medical Center in Concord and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Wednesday morning.
Pumping Inflatable Field Hospitals; Sheffield Lake's FSI North America Makes, Sells Them
Inflatable field hospitals fill disaster response niche.
New Computer Architecture Aids Emergency Response
A new computer architecture enables the secure transmission of crucial rescue information to first responders during events such as natural disasters, fires or terrorist attacks.
Children Would Need Different Medical Care In Wake Of Dirty Bomb
In the event of a dirty bomb, medical authorities should be prepared to treat children differently than adults because their developing bodies would absorb and respond to the radiation exposure in distinct ways.
Triage Study Challenges Notions of Emergency Medical Response To Disaster
Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have created a computer simulation model of trauma system response to mass casualty incidents involving dozens or hundreds of injured victims.
Cornell EMS Deploys Mass Casualty Incident Unit
Cornell University EMS has recently announced the deployment of a new mass casualty incident unit.
Ex-Clive EMS Assistant Chief Arrested
An ex-assistant EMS chief is in jail on charges of unlawfully obtaining prescription medicine by fraud.
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