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<title>Gel backboard pad aims to reduce pain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Amy Turley got the idea for her innovative backboard pad 17 years ago, when she was in EMT school. In one training exercise her classmates placed her on a backboard, strapped her arms down, and loaded her into the back of an ambulance for 40 minutes. She had been backboarded before in the classroom, but this time it was different. This time it hurt. 

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<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 18:59:13 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>With FASPLINT Full Body, benefits of vacuum mattress on a budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vacuum mattresses, whether used on their own or with a backboard, can dramatically reduce the pain and fear patients face when injured. By molding to patients' bodies without applying pressure, vacuum mattresses reduce pressure point tenderness and increase patient comfort &mdash; a win-win for patients and medics.But vacuum mattresses can have a major drawback: their cost. At around $500 apiece, they ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:28:51 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Calif. fire chief makes case for air ambulance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Brian Rokos The Press EnterpriseHEMET, Calif. &mdash; Critically injured people in Hemet would be more likely to survive if the City Council approves a contract today that would place a helicopter ambulance at a city fire station, Fire Chief Matt Shobert said.He estimated in a staff report that 5 percent of medical responses require the victim to be taken to the trauma unit at Riverside County Regional ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:56:45 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Medical helicopter industry 'out of control,' conference told</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Jamie Thompson FireRescue1 Senior EditorLAS VEGAS &mdash; Medical helicopters are an important part of the EMS system but have become &quot;out of control,&quot; Fire-Rescue Med was told Monday.&quot;It's an industry out of control but an industry we need to rein in,&quot; Bryan Bledsoe told the conference in Las Vegas.Dr. Bledsoe, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Nevada School ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 May 2010 18:21:14 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Disaster relief: Trauma Technologies' Trauma Board 450</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Scott M. Bruner FireRescue1 Product EditorTrauma Technologies, Inc. has introduced the newest addition to their impressive list of spine boards and accessories: the Trauma Board 450. The Trauma Board 450 is a new board designed to be a budget-friendly option designed to provide optimum patient comfort in both large and small scale emergencies.&quot;The 450 is designed to be the most cost effective ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:39:03 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>A Time-out for Safety</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week under way, many fire and EMS agencies are taking a time-out from regular training activities to have a department safety stand-down...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:33:00 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Care tips for thermal burns patients</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Second degree burns will have blisters that form immediately and appear moist. While a first degree burn does produce immediate blisters, they can appear later...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:09:24 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Method of evacuating people from fire danger</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are priorities on how firefighters should assist people from a burning building. People should always be removed from a burning building using the safest possible way...
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:14:15 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Guidelines for responding to a radiation emergency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are times when a first responder must treat a patient who has been exposed to or present amid harmful radiation. To aid responders, the EPA  has issued guidelines for responding to these emergencies...
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:24:37 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ferno Releases its 2011 Catalog</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Untitled Document Wilmington, Ohio - Ferno has released its new Total Safety Solutions Emergency Patient Handling Equipment Catalog. The catalog contains over fifty pages of innovative, customer inspired products, such as the POWERFlexx+ ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:44:25 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>EHSI to Offer iPhone App That Gives Critical Medical Information in an Emergency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New e-911 App Could Save Lives When Seconds CountHouston--(Business Wire)--Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EHSI) has secured a potentially life-saving Smartphone application under development called &ldquo;e-911&rdquo;. In the event of an emergency that requires treatment by a first responder or emergency room physician, the e-911 app provides for the automated delivery of a user&rsquo;s ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:05:34 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>E.J. Metals Introduces New Assault Force 70.4&#8482; Fire-Rescue Rough Terrain Vehicles (FRRTV) with Patient Transport Capability and Four-Person Seating</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <!-- .style1 {font-style: italic} --> E.J. Metals has developed the next generation of FRRTV, the Assault Force 70.4, to provide fire/rescue and patient transport response in places where a traditional fire apparatus or ambulance can&rsquo;t go Hortonville, WI &ndash; E.J. Metals Inc., a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of wildland fire trucks and high pressure firefighting systems, has introduced the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:57:14 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Physio-Control Launches Version 4.1 of Its LIFENET&#174; System</title>
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<description><![CDATA[First-To-Market Feature Allows Integration of Data from Multiple Vendors&rsquo; 12-lead Management Systems REDMOND, WASH. &ndash; Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), today announced the launch of Version 4.1 of its LIFENET System. LIFENET System 4.1 is a web-based platform designed to share emergent patient information between Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:25:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Union Springs Launches ExtendaClyns&#8482; - a Novel Hand Sanitizer and First Aid Antiseptic</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A non-alcohol and long-lasting product, ExtendaClyns expands the Clyns Brands&trade; LineErlanger, KY &mdash; Kentucky-based Union Springs Pharmaceuticals, makers of the breakthrough non-alcohol germ protection spray, MyClyns&reg;, today launches its newest product, ExtendaClyns&trade;, a convenient, cost-effective, non-alcohol foam that is both a broad-spectrum hand sanitizer and a powerful first aid ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:17:59 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Bariatric automatic stretcher lift by Rossbro</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ May be used for everyday use. Certified to LIFT 1100 LBS. Fully sealed cassette for weather protection. Designed for -40&#186; weather. Has a 32" wide X 74" usable length. No chassis modifications. Can be used with ALL Ferno & Stryker stretchers.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 19:12:45 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Stryker Speed Sheet: Reduce the risk of injuries when transferring patients</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In your line of work, every call puts you at risk. When a patient needs to be moved, you've got to do it quickly while protecting yourself from injury. That's not always easy. When that call comes, you need an edge. That's why Stryker EMS developed Speed Sheet to help. Watch to learn more.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:43:22 UTC</pubDate>

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