I just returned from a mandated course on Weapons of Mass Destruction that is required for my NYS EMT recertification. It was a steaming pile of crap.

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It was a fairly normal call. Mom was worried about her son’s mental health. May 1, 2008, about 8:30 pm.

Rochester City police officer Robert Osipovitch responded to the call. He found the suspect, and asked him to remove his hands from his pockets.

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The Lutifiyah Medical clinic received two ambulances April 26 through the efforts of coalition forces.

Before this, the clinic had relied on Iraqi Army forces to provide transportation for critically ill or wounded persons.

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UPDATE: Democrat and Chronicle
The scale of Sunday’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 390 is best described by the numbers:
Thirty-six tangled vehicles.
Twenty-five people injured, including one teenager who later died.
Wind gusts up to 37 mph and blowing snow made seeing past the hood virtually impossible. [snip]
Buses that were headed to the Rochester Institute of Technology to pick [...]

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My poor wife. I left the base last evening a little late, doing the last PCR on the computer took a few minutes. I ended up being very late.
As I drove north on 590, a call went out for an auto accident. I could see somebody waving a flare so I eased over to the [...]

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DVIDS
By U.S. Air Force Capt. Bob Everdeen
Provincial Reconstruction Team Qalat
In an area where Taliban attacks and improvised explosive devices are commonplace, a joint U.S. Air Force and Army team continues to build capacity for local civilians to treat injured people here.
During a graduation ceremony Jan. 8, five young Afghan men from Zabul province received certificates [...]

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Keeping all of the Federal privacy laws in mind…
There’s overweight and there’s way overweight. When you are morbidly obese, you become unable to stand or move around easily, and for some people nearly impossible.
For the EMT, a morbidly obese patient presents several problems. Transportation is one. Most ambulance gurneys are rated at 500 pounds. A [...]

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