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NEWS NETWORK Line of Duty Deaths • Paramedic Douglas Odgers, 23, of Long Beach, CA-based Pacifi c Ambulance and Bowers Ambulance, was killed in a collision May 8 when his ambulance impacted a guardrail on Interstate 10 near Ontario. • Retired Pittsfi eld, MA, fi refi ghter Thomas “Todd” Lange, 60, died in May of complications from hepatitis he contracted during mouth- to-mouth resuscitation on a patient in 1978. While his department is considering the death line of duty, the U.S. Fire Administration will determine if it offi cially qualifi es. Around 145 EMS personnel from 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico visited lawmakers and their staff s for the second annual EMS on the Hill Day in May. They lobbied for expanded PSOB benefi ts, allocation of the D Block of the broadcast spectrum to public safety, and passage of the Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act … President Obama celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden with a visit to the Manhattan fi rehouse that sustained the greatest losses in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 … The central fi gure of the Massachusetts recertifi cation scandal, former EMT instructor Leo Nault, was spared jail time after pleading guilty, instead getting a 2½-year suspended sentence, plus probation and fi nes … The EMS Safety Foundation’s delegation to the RETTmobil ambulance safety conference in Germany conducted ergonomic assessments with new technologies to measure back strain and a hands-on workshop with a new Norwegian ambulance design … A judge reviewing the response to the bombings of July 2005 pronounced London badly unprepared for a terrorist attack during the 2012 Olympic Games … A pilot program in Florida that connects emergency responders with distant trauma specialists through video consultation will be expanded from Miami to other parts of the state … For the second time in nine months, Maryland inspectors found expired medications in paramedic ambulances operated by the Grasonville Volunteer Ambulance Department. The service subsequently downgraded to BLS … A West Virginia lottery winner bought new ambulances and fi re vehicles for departments in his area … The Canadian city of Winnipeg will charge the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority $113 an hour if ambulance crews are kept waiting for more than 90 minutes after arriving at hospitals with patients … National Association of State EMS Offi cials Executive Director Dia Gainor received the Idaho Distinguished Service Medal, her state’s highest military honor for civilians … AMR Vice President of Clinical Aff airs Scott Bourn, PhD, became president-elect of the National Association of EMS Educators … The U.N. System for Infl uenza Coordination and U.S. Agency for International Development launched a new initiative, Towards A Safer World, dedicated to examining what was achieved from recent pan-fl u preparations and encouraging leaders to apply those best practices to future threats … Connecticut police arrested a man who called 9-1-1 hoping that responding fi re/EMS personnel would go to the store and buy him beer … An Indiana fi re lieutenant was suspended for three days after telling the driver of the ambulance he was riding in not to stop after hitting another vehicle in March … Two men were arrested in Mexico after police allegedly found nearly 800 lbs. of marijuana in the ambulance they were driving … A Michigan jury awarded $12.5 million to a girl raped by an ambulance attendant during a transport in 2006. SB-TRIAGE Triage Tags You only need to work one emergency response event to immediately understand the challenges of quickly triaging, tagging, and tracking multiple patients and all their belongings. StatBand triage, EMS, evacuation, and everyday emergency response tags make these tasks easier than ever by offering: Uniquely numbered barcode labels and triage tag facilitate quick and accurate identifi cation and tracking of multiple victims and belongings Fast tear-and-go design streamlines the triage process, unlike diffi cult plastic sleeve tags Durable polymer construction withstands emergency conditions better than paper-and-string tags Patented one-piece tag and wristband combination with adhesive closure provides easy and secure application SNAP THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE Contact us to learn more about StatBand *HW WKHIUHHPRELOHDSS DW KWWS JHWWDJ PREL EMS Tags Evacuation Wristbands Made in the USA www.statband.com 800 238.0870 info@statband.com For More Information Circle 39 on Reader Service Card EMSWORLD.com | JULY 2011 17 Rapid ID Tags SB-RAPID SB-EV SB-EMS A C NEWS IN BRIEF