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Pre-Arrival CPR: Denial Sparks Controversy
March 7, 2013“It was truly upsetting listening to the 9-1-1 call about the incident and knowing that the caller was a medically trained person who was under orders not to provide medical treatment,” says APCO Life Member Mark Pallans, a communications consultant in North Las Vegas, Nev. “But if a plain, ordinary citizen had made that same call would be the uproar still be there?”
Read full articleTeen Who Killed Dispatcher While Driving Stolen Car Gets 25 Years
October 15, 2012A teenager who slammed into a 9-1-1 police dispatcher’s car and killed her as he drunkenly tried to elude police was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to murder.
Read full articleLine-of-Duty-Death Handbook Now Available
July 7, 2011A death in the line of duty is arguably one of the more stressful events for first responders, especially those in EMS whose goal is to arrive on scene with the promise of bringing aid. And because many EMS agencies don’t have set protocols and procedures in place for tasks like notifying co-workers and next of kin, and coordinating the logistics of the funeral, line-of-duty deaths are events that most EMS agencies are the least prepared to address. Tawnya Silloway decided to take action.
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