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Important Information
New certification requirements imposed by the state of California in 2010 will affect all EMT's.
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Memos
A memorandum was released by Dr R. Steven Tharratt, MD, MPVM Director on May 25, 2010 advising of the status of paramedic accreditation when the county in which the paramedic is working transitions from a single county EMS agency to a regional EMS agency or from a regional EMS agency to become a single county EMS agency or from one regional EMS agency to a different regional EMS agency...
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There have been an increasing number of episodes in our region where Law
Enforcement is requesting that Paramedics remove Taser Barbs. It is not within
the Paramedic's Scope of Practice...
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I [the medical director] had an opportunity to discuss how to improve the care we deliver to head
injured patients with several neurosurgeons. First, overall we are doing a good
job...
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While it is still "allowed" to deliver medications utilizing the endotrachael tube
during cardiac arrest, the absorption of the drugs is poor at best...
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Updates
Please note, the Nor-Cal EMS, Inc. Policy and Procedures Manual on our website
www.norcalems.org is now updated to include three “new” policies. They are in PDF form, ready
for downloading, and are included in the following modules...
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Recalls
The ZOLL Recall may affect the following departments: Gridley Fire, Challenge VFD, Williams Fire Department, Greenhorn Creek VFD, Taylorsville VFD,
Sierra City FPD, and Valley Ranch Fire Brigade. Each possess a possibly affected ZOLL AED Plus. Three of the seven have been updated;
four have not. Please check your serial numbers against the four that require updates:
X02H003099, X02H003643,
X05F062164, and X05G063758.
If you have one of these, click HERE and contact ZOLL. Let us know, too, so that we may remove the serial number from the list.
A failure on the power supply assembly can result in either "No DC power" or "No DC or AC power". A failure of DC (battery) power can result in the inability to deliver defibrillation therapy if the device will not turn on using DC (battery) power and no AC (line) power is available...
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The AEDs affected by this recall have been distributed globally to fire departments, emergency medical services, hospitals, and other organizations.
Philips is contacting customers to arrange for the return and replacement...
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An extremely humid environment may cause the LIFEPAK CR Plus AED to improperly analyze
the rhythm correctly and may cause the device to delay or fail to deliver...
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Depending upon the date of manufacture, your unit may have a remote
chance of having one or more of the following problems...
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The AED failed to deliver the defibrillation energy...
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These recalled devices may display a "Defib Comm" error message on the
device display during use which may result in a terminal failure of the device...
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