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Late News: Three crewmembers killed in medical helicopter crash

By Modern Healthcare | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine

A medical helicopter crashed in the parking lot of an elementary school in eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard.
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Danger in the skies | To curb emergency helicopter crashes, focus on pilot haste, experience

By Scott Brooksby | June 07, 2013 | Print Magazine

In comparison to nearly every other type of commercial aviation, there is an inordinate rate of accidents within medical helicopter aviation.
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Boston hospitals confront 'mass casualty event'

By Jaimy Lee | April 16, 2013 | Basic Web

Boston hospitals have dealt with emergency department closures, police investigations and hundreds of media requests as they treat patients injured during Monday's explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR

By Associated Press via Yahoo | March 05, 2013

A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.
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Three Detroit-area hospitals improve emergency care under national program

By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | August 09, 2012

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and McLaren Macomb improved care in their emergency departments through a national program made possible by the Greater Detroit Area Health Council.
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EMS study will determine whether cardiac-arrest drugs help or hinder

By The Oregonian | July 22, 2012

In the next three years, about 400 people on the brink of death will be part of a study for which they did not volunteer.
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Care up in the air | Helicopter ambulance services save lives, but still face cost, safety concerns

By Paul Barr | July 21, 2012 | Print Magazine

Rural healthcare providers see benefits to transporting some trauma patients by helicopter ambulance, but uncertainty remains regarding the safety and efficacy of using the costly services.
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Video Feature: Modern Healthcare's Advance Notice for the week of May 28, 2012 (1:25)

By Modern Healthcare | May 26, 2012

Welcome to Advance Notice, Modern Healthcare's preview of news for the week ahead.
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Trauma in EMS | Emergency medical services system faces myriad challenges, including overhaul of reimbursement structure

By Paul Barr | May 12, 2012 | Print Magazine

Emergency medical technicians, first responders and paramedics—the backbone of emergency medical services—have worked for decades under a reimbursement system that effectively keeps their pay low and gives them an incentive to not always provide efficient, quality care.
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