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Features


Features
Snake venom could yield strong stroke medicine

Mar 14, 2007, 22:50

Features
National EMS Memorial Service Releases Names of 2007 Honorees

Mar 13, 2007, 14:34

Features
When death is part of the workday - Toronto, Canada
Paramedic Geoff MacBride, with Canada's Toronto Emergency Medical Services for almost two years, recalls his first "impolite death."

Mar 6, 2007, 10:56

Features
EMS: Courage And Compassion In Action
Because of the multitude of controversies that surround it, I was initially hesitant to write about child abuse and the impact it has on emergency providers.
Mar 5, 2007, 08:14

Features
EMT Diary: Struck Sick by Sadness

Ms. Klopsis is an emergency medical technician on an ambulance in Brooklyn, New York. She writes about her experiences for the New York Sun.


Mar 5, 2007, 08:04

Features
New Scans May Speed Chest Pain Diagnosis
It's giving doctors a faster picture of clogged arteries to help determine who can go home — within just four hours — and who needs more care. If these souped-up CT scans pan out — and major studies of several thousand chest-pain sufferers are to begin soon — they may do more than send the worried well home faster.
Feb 28, 2007, 14:17

Features
Canadian National Paramedic Competition looking for U.S. teams
The Competition now in its 5th year is looking for the inclusion of U.S. teams.
related: Durham Paramedic Association Paramedic Skills Competition - Canada

Feb 11, 2007, 21:29

Features
New CCR CPR triples survival chances
Although CCR is not yet endorsed by the American Heart Association because of its newness, Michael Kellum, Mercy-Walworth Hospital and Medical Center director, said it's the "better way to do it."
Feb 6, 2007, 11:58

Features
Fraud taints paramedic licensing process - California
Before Richard Clarence Brown became a paramedic helping people in distress, he engaged in a few distressing activities himself, including stealing a car in Stockton and conspiring to kidnap a child for ransom.
Jan 29, 2007, 09:33

Features
Network greenlights new paramedic show
Described as a show about dysfunctional paramedics, Hemingson tells the trades he's aiming for the gallows humor of "M*A*S*H"
Jan 24, 2007, 13:00


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Snake venom could yield strong stroke medicine

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Priority????

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