Seat Belt Push Continues for Responder Safety

Seat Belt Push Continues for Responder Safety
By Susan Nicol  |   EMSWorld.com News

The national fire official who created the National Seat Belt pledge isn't willing to sit idly by and be satisfied with signatures of emergency personnel.


BALTIMORE, MD -- The national fire official who created the National Seat Belt pledge isn't willing to sit idly by and be satisfied with signatures of emergency personnel.

Dr. Burt Clark is currently conducting research on the issue through Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

He outlined his project to graduate students explaining his project "Exploring seat belt use among firefighters: A multiple case study using the Schein model of organizational culture."

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Think Pink: And Purple, Too...

Think Pink: And Purple, Too–October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Hanna Brooks Olson, blisstree.com

During the month of October, women will be reaching out to other women in support and assistance, as they help remind each other to get their mammograms, make donations to charitable foundations together, and send their best wishes to those who have survived (or sadly succumbed t0) breast cancer. But it’s important to remember that, across the country (and the world) this month, there are other women in need, too. October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Each year, upwards of 4 million women and children are abused in their homes by their partners or family members. Domestic violence occurs every 15 seconds, and 1 in 4 women is a victim in her lifetime. 1 in 8 are diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Why Morrison Medical?

Why Morrison Medical?

American Made - Morrison Medical manufactures right in the heartland, Columbus, Ohio, and has been doing so since 1970.

Quality and Dependability - Our customers have come to associate the Morrison Medical name with Quality and Dependability. Our products are consistently the highest quality choice among comparable products on the market.

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Upcoming EMS Industry Events

October 2011 


National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
www.ncadv.org

Eye Injury Prevention Month
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Oct. 15-18, 2011
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly 2011
San Francisco, CA
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October 17-19, 2011
Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC)
St. Louis, Missouri
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EMS TIP: U-turn for the OB patient

EMS Tip: U-turn for the OB patient
Robert Bryant, ems1.com

If you have an OB patient about to deliver, do a U-Turn and put the patient backwards on the gurney...CLICK HERE for the full EMS Tip.