Emergency Services
Chuck Gray & Rocky Delgadillo, Equipment Mechanic & Fire Captain; Council 36, California
Every day we put our lives on the line to protect and save the lives of others. AFSCME members provide emergency medical services, staff 911 call centers and are first on the scene when disaster strikes, making sure the public is protected.
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- RI Officials Using Electronic Records to Track H1N1
State health officials are tracking the spread of swine flu through electronic prescription records, developing what they believe is a model that could help doctors more easily identify and respond to an outbreak of the illness. Rhode Island is believed to be the first state to use electronic pharmacy prescription data to track swine flu among its entire population, said Rob Cronin, a spokesman for Surescripts, which operates the country's largest electronic prescriptions network. - European EMS and ambulance safety innovations impress North American providers
RETTmobil may be the most important EMS conference and trade show you've never heard of. If you haven't, don't worry: In this special feature, several top North American attendees will fill you in. - Important Information on N95 Respirators vs. Surgical Masks
The U.S. government said it’s reviewing recommendations on the use of surgical masks to protect health-care workers from flu after a study showed they don’t help. Thicker, more expensive respirators should be used, the study found. Surgical masks didn’t stop the spread of flu and other respiratory illnesses during a five-week study involving 1,936 health-care workers at 24 hospitals in Beijing last winter. Thicker versions designed to better fit the face, called N95 masks and made by 3M Co., reduced flu by 75 percent. The N95s cost 5 to 10 times more, said study author Raina MacIntyre, head of public health at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.