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USDA
Pyramid
The
United States Department of Agriculture recently released MyPyramid,
an online tool intended to help consumers develop a healthy diet.
EMS
Week 2005
What did you do for EMS Week 2005? If your
agency sponsors an innovative EMS Week event that you'd like to
have reported in What's Happening in EMS , send information
on your event to Kennamer@farmerstel.com
. We'll list a few of the more innovative events in a future
issue. Photos are welcomed.
Legislative
Watch
From time to time, legislation of particular
interest to emergency personnel is introduced on Capitol Hill. Emergency
services personnel should be aware of legislation that affects them
and, when necessary, take action to inform their representatives
in Washington of their support of or opposition to certain legislation.
HR
2014 Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2005
On April 28, 2005 a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U. S.
House of Representatives that would increase federal fees for rural
emergency service providers.
National
Registry Announces Computer Based Testing
The National Registry of EMTs has announced
that it will begin testing by computer in January 2007. According
to the NREMT, the new system of testing will give candidates more
flexibility in testing and will allow them to receive their results
the day after they take the test.
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all the news
Danger: Clandestine
Drug Labs Making Crystal Methamphetamine
You
respond to an “unknown medical” call to a suburban residence. Upon
arrival an elderly female, Mrs. Nived meets you at the ambulance.
She explains that the call is actually for her neighbors, located
just across the street. She tells you that there has been a great
deal of traffic in and out of the house lately. “Someone will drive
up and honk the horn,” she says, “and one of the men will come out
of the house and go to their car window.” Visits never last more
than a few minutes and visitors rarely, if ever, get out of the
car.
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Step
By Step Patient Assessment
Veteran
EMS instructors have likely seen EMT-B students overwhelmed
from information overload. Some students are absolutely astounded
at the bulk of information contained in a basic EMT course,
mistakenly thinking it could not be too much more difficult
than the first aid course they took somewhere several years
ago. As instructors, we should seek instructional methods
that help to alleviate information overload as much as possible.
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out how |
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Thomson
Delmar Learning is a Telly Award Finalist
Thomson Delmar Learning is proud and honored to announce that
their Basic Life Support Skills and Advanced Life Support
Skills DVD Series, authored by Mike Kennamer, were named
finalists for the 26th Annual Telly Award.
Learn
how we support your profession
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Learn
how you can meet personally with a Thomson Delmar Learning representative
and how you can get additional information on our EMS products.
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EMT's are exposed
to a variety of weather conditions throughout the year. With each
season comes a different set of weather related hazards. Summertime
hazards can range from sunburn to mosquito and even snakebites.
To protect yourself from the summertime hazards you may experience,
consider
these suggestions..
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