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FDNY EMTs Jason Ruiz and Juan Rios are interviewed by the media Tuesday, July 15, after risking their lives to save a woman who fell onto subway tracks in Brooklyn. The woman suffered a seizure before falling, and the EMTs jumped down onto the track to begin treatment. (Photo courtesy of FDNY)
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Wash. FD program gives teens first-hand experience
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Fires, abandoned homes increase Calif. West Nile risk
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Bomb Blast Injuries: Suicide Bombings
There is an increased possibility you will respond to a bomb blast at some point in your career. Whatever the cause, developing and practicing a planned response on a daily basis is vital. This segment introduces elements of scene safety and stresses the importance of learning from emergency response agencies in countries such as Israel.
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Celebrate CPR/AED Week in your community
According to the American Heart Association, 166,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest each year... Full Tip 
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N.Y. officials consider 'organ-removal' ambulance
Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant.
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Wash. FD program gives teens first-hand experience - 07/17/2008 Report released on Ariz. med flight crash - 07/17/2008 Fires, abandoned homes increase Calif. West Nile risk - 07/16/2008 The SAVe - 07/15/2008

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N.Y. officials consider 'organ-removal' ambulance - 06/06/2008 Thermal Burns Patients: Initial Assessments and Management Tips - 05/05/2008 Official: Texas paramedic who failed to check vital signs of 'dead' woman was following training - 01/10/2008 More Neb. squads have advanced EKG units - 01/03/2008 New device automates CPR - 10/10/2007
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Official: Texas paramedic who failed to check vital signs of 'dead' woman was following training
A paramedic was acting according to his training when he moved on to help other victims of a car accident without checking vital signs of a woman who appeared dead but was actually alive, a San Antonio firefighters association official said.

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