This Week in EMS: 10 Killed in Utah Plane Crash
Ten people, including nine members of a traveling medical team, were killed last Friday evening when their small plane crashed soon after taking off from an airport in Moab, Utah.
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Ten people, including nine members of a traveling medical team, were killed last Friday evening when their small plane crashed after taking off from Moab, Utah.
The plane was fully engulfed in flames when emergency responders arrived at the site about 2 miles from the airport, officials said. The victims included pilot David White, doctor Lansing Ellsworth and eight others from Southwest Skin and Cancer, who were on a service mission to provide dermatology care to rural residents.
Read more at Medical Team Among 10 Killed in Utah Plane Crash.
A covered walkway next to a construction scaffold collapsed Thursday in San Diego, trapping and injuring 16 pedestrians. Three of the pedestrians suffered life-threatening injuries, including head trauma, when they were hit by falling debris.
Authorities did not know yet know why the block-long walkway's wooden walls and roof fell in, as did some of the scaffolding along the 3-story building. Many of the injured had just been visiting or were residents of a homeless shelter across the street.
Read more at San Diego Walkway Collapse Injures 16 .
Debate emerged this week over a plan by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians to stop certifying paramedics who graduate from unaccredited training programs in 2013.
The plan is intended to improve the quality of emergency responders across the country, but some critics fear it will hurt programs that can't afford accreditation, and therefore hurt recruitment. The issue has raised particular concern in Michigan where only two of the state's 42 EMS training programs have the required accreditation.
The topic has sparked feedback from EMSResponder.com readers. See the full article and comments at EMS Programs Brace for Major Changes in Certification.
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