MERGINET.News: May 20th Issue Now Online!

["Richard Bilger" <rbilger@merginet.com>]

We're pleased to bring you the latest additions to
MERGINET.News (May 2002 Vol. 7, No. 5).
You can view this issue online at:

http://www.MERGINET.com/emsnewstocs/current.shtml/

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FROM THE EDITORS:
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Take a look at the newest release of MERGINET.News, now online. We have a
variety of articles to interest and inform you, including two articles about
initiatives for various emergency care populations: Steve Carlo describes
the National Academy of Emergency Dispatch’s Emergency Telecommunicator
Course and Mic Gunderson describes the Open Source EMS Initiative.

We are proud to honor EMS Week by describing two Stars of Life: our
universally known symbol and the story of the AAA’s Stars of Life
celebration. Two other articles demonstrate MERGINET’s collaborative
initiative between print and electronic media: a piece about burns appears
both here and in the newly revamped “NAEMT News”, and another, “Infections
in the Elderly” (Part 3) by Karen Thurlow, appears concurrently in “EMS
Magazine.”

In our Management Matters section, Lauren Simon-Ostrow explores the
religious rights of employees, and regular columnist Don Hunjadi writes
about strategic planning. In Reviewers Roundup, you’ll find Dick Clinchy’s
opinions about the new DualFlow™ IV administration set.

We hope you’ve been regularly checking out the Sharps Container on the
left-hand side of our homepage at MERGINET.com, where we place
industry-related news and information almost daily. On a personal note, we
want to congratulate Corina Bilger, wife of and valued assistant to MERGINET
founder Richard Bilger, for passing her EMT course with flying colors! Also,
MERGINET’s very own intern-turned-editorial-assistant (and frequent feature
writer), Tonya Schafer, graduated from Aquinas College, in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, with honors this month. We’re proud of them both.

As always, please don’t be shy about sending us your Reader Feedback. We
reply to everyone as promptly as possible. Welcome to the May 20th release
of MERGINET.News!

Welcome to May 2002!
Kate Dernocoeur, Editor
Laura Bennett-Kimble, Managing Editor

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                           FREE Poster for Your Station

In honor of National EMS Week, MERGINET and Moore Medical
have created a small poster for you to hang in your station with the
listings of all National EMS Memorial Service 2002 honorees. Click
below to download this poster and help us honor those who gave their
life in the line of duty for EMS.

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Note: This document is a large file and is in Acrobat format which
requires the free Acrobat Reader. See the MERGINET home page
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New in this issue!

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On the Scene
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>> Strategic Planning
by Don Hunjadi
Making things up as you go along isn’t always the best way to get where you
want to be.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/222_Don_Hunjadi_20020705.html

>> EMS Week: Stars of Life and the Star of Life
by Kate Dernocoeur
Did you know the Star of Life is rooted in Greek mythology? As we honor the
annual EMS Week, we examine that blue symbol.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/219_Kate_Dernocoeur_20020705.html

>> Stay or Go?
by Keith Wesley
Quick decisions are the norm in emergency service. When faced with transport
options, how can you select the best method for your patient?
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/217_Keith_Wesley_20020705.html


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In Touch
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>> Straight Talk 60: Of Reputations and “-ist” Words
by Kate Dernocoeur
Most would agree that the practice of labeling others is human nature. It
helps sort out people. But what does such labeling say about us?
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/216_Kate_Dernocoeur_20020705.html

>> In His Own Words: Open Source EMS Initiative — An Innovative Concept
by Mic Gunderson
The editor-in-chief of the Open Source EMS Initiative describes his
organization as he responds to a recent column by John Becknell.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/211_Mic_Gunderson_20020705.html

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Education Station
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>> ETC Means More Than Et Cetera
by Steven M. Carlo
The Emergency Telecommunicator Course addresses the fundamental principles
of public safety communications while allowing for "local flavors" to
enhance the recipe.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/218_Steven_M._Carlo_20020705.html

>> Burns: What to Call 'Em, How to Treat 'Em
by Kate Dernocoeur
If you want to earn the respect of in-hospital burn professionals, start
using the current terminology!
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/220_Kate_Dernocoeur_20020705.html

>> Infections in the Elderly - Part 3
by Karen Thurlow
Part 3 concludes this informational series with a look at specific body
systems and infections that affect the elderly.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/213_Karen_Thurlow_20020705.html

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Reviewers Roundup
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>> EMS TOYS: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too, with This New IV Administration
Set
by Dick Clinchy
It’s a macrodrip. It’s a microdrip. It’s DualFlow™, the new IV
administration set that eliminates the need to carry two types of IV
administration sets.
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/212_Dick_Clinchy_20020705.html

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Management Matters
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>> When Safety, Rights, and Religion Collide
by Lauren Simon-Ostrow
Religiously mandated head coverings and beards. Days off for religious
observances. How does religious freedom fit into your service?
http://www.merginet.com/emsnewsfiles/221_Lauren_Simon-Ostrow_20020705.html

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