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      <title>A Leadership Obstacle Course</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10931417/</link>
      <description>Annual Pinnacle conference provides guidance for EMS leaders</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Whats in Your All-Hazards Plan?</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10922033/</link>
      <description>In Boston they were prepared. Are you?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Second Lives for Lungs</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10915193/second-lives-for-lungs</link>
      <description>Why let good organs go to waste?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Shots Fired: When a Police Car Becomes an Ambulance</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10914543/shots-fired-when-a-police-car-becomes-an-ambulance</link>
      <description>In Philadelphia cops can transport penetrating-trauma patients; will other systems follow suit?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Abdominal Pain Relief</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10862823/abdominal-pain-relief</link>
      <description>Why do we let ab-pain patients suffer?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Preacher of Habit</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10859871/preacher-of-habit</link>
      <description>The value of routines in EMS.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>EMS Apps Make Life Easier</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10848422/ems-apps-make-life-easier</link>
      <description>For EMS, the app market is growing.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Cultivating Stakeholder Relationships Part 3: The Media</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10838942/cultivating-stakeholder-relationships-part-3-the-media</link>
      <description>A positive relationship with the media can be an exceptionally valuable tool for your agency, your patients and your community</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Cardiac Arrest Centers Come to Alameda</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10796939/cardiac-arrest-centers-come-to-alameda</link>
      <description>Can EMS give hospitals an ultimatum?</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Putting the Pit Crew Approach Into Practice</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10796231/putting-the-pit-crew-approach-into-practice</link>
      <description>How do you teach a department a new way of doing things?</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Dick Ferneau Paid Service of the Year Award: New Orleans EMS, New Orleans, LA</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10798130/dick-ferneau-paid-service-of-the-year-award-new-orleans-ems-new-orleans-la</link>
      <description>Presenting the 2012 Paid Service of the Year</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Chart a Course for Survival</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10773714/how-to-chart-a-course-for-survival</link>
      <description>Experts reveal ways EMS can survive the current and coming chaos</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>It Takes a System to Make a Save</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10758095/it-takes-a-system-to-make-a-save</link>
      <description>In the HeartRescue Projects approach to improving SCA survival, everyone plays a role</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>What Do You Do With That Data?</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10756613/what-do-you-do-with-that-data</link>
      <description>NEMSIS is powerlearn how to take advantage</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Cultivating Stakeholder Relationships Part 2: Community Stakeholders</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10772511/cultivating-stakeholder-relationships-part-2-community-stakeholders</link>
      <description>To be successful, EMS agencies need to cultivate relationships with several stakeholdersemployees and government leaders are two important groups</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Two Infusions, One Pump</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10732540/two-infusions-one-pump</link>
      <description>The BodyGuard CME 121 Twins allows dual infusions through a single device, with a high flow rate</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>A More Reassuring Ride</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10737018/a-more-reassuring-ride</link>
      <description>The right equipment can go a long way toward ensuring that safe care in the field</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Crash Course</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10716961/crash-course</link>
      <description>Patient transport always poses danger.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Cultivating Stakeholder Relationships Part 1: Healthcare Partners</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10733631/</link>
      <description>Here are some strategies to capitalize on our strengths to finally demonstrate our value to these new key customers</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Drug Shortages: Your 20-Step Guide to Survival</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10709985/drug-shortages-your-20-step-guide-to-survival</link>
      <description>Medication shortages are the new normalheres how to manage long-term</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Running Into Trouble</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10705088/running-into-trouble</link>
      <description>With heat, watch for altered mental status.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Quality Corner: Handling Combative Patients</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10724264/quality-corner-handling-combative-patients</link>
      <description>Reviewing events involving combative patients, objectively and remotely from the chaos of the moment, many times helps brings critical issues into focus</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Third Draft of National EMS Culture of Safety Strategy Released</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/news/10717361/third-draft-of-national-ems-culture-of-safety-strategy-released</link>
      <description>New to the draft is a section on special safety concerns for providers, patients and the public</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>EMS Public Affairs: Developing a Strategy</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10713240/ems-public-affairs-developing-a-strategy</link>
      <description>Developing a public affairs strategy will help you influence public policy, build a strong reputation and establish common ground with stakeholders</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Leadership Ethics in EMS</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10712788/leadership-ethics-in-ems</link>
      <description>Ethical values are among the most important aspects of organizational culture</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Lessons Learned From the Joplin Tornado</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10645834/lessons-learned-from-the-joplin-tornado</link>
      <description>What should an EMS system take from such a disaster?</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Session Highlights</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10686336/session-highlights</link>
      <description>A roundup of some of the key content presented at the Gathering of Eagles</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Who You Callin Community Paramedics?</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10686290/who-you-callin-community-paramedics</link>
      <description>The term can mean a few different thingsand Maine is willing to embrace them</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Who&#039;s Taking the Fall?</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10686308/whos-taking-the-fall</link>
      <description>Wake County is looking to treat and release simple-fall patients in assisted-living facilities</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Fire Department Program Helps Prevent Illness and Injury</title>
      <link>http://www.emsworld.com/article/10702385/fire-department-program-helps-prevent-illness-and-injury</link>
      <description>The FDCARES program involves direct interaction by the fire department with members of the community before they need to call 9-1-1.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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