MANDATORY CATEGORY C AND D TRAUMA DECISION TREE TRAINING ALL EMS PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS MANDATORY PROTOCOL UPDATE FOR CATEGORY C AND D TRAUMA PATIENTS UNDER THE TRAUMA DECISION TREE. THIS TRAINING IS INDIVIDUAL AND CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE AT YOUR LEISURE, HOWEVER MUST BE COMPLETED BY JAN 31, 2009. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRAINING CAN BE ACCESSED BELOW http://www.miemss.org/home/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=In9IVxKwqA4%3d&tabid=117&mid=611 THE TRAINING ITSELF CAN BE LOCATED BELOW https://www305.livemeeting.com/cc/miemss/view?id=RALCORTA-1 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ASST CHIEF JOHN LYONS. ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS TRAINING PLEASE CHECK YOUR MIEMSS CONTINUING EDUCATION THROUGH EMAIS AND PRINT A COPY AND PLACE IN ASST CHIEF JOHN LYONS MAILBOX.

BALTIMORE COUNTY (MARYLAND) FIREFIGHTER-PARAMEDIC DIES WHILE ON DUTY IN FIREHOUSE Thursday, October 16, 2008 We regret to advise you that Baltimore County Firefighter/Medic Brian D. Neville, 32 died last night while on duty. He was working last night at the Baltimore County Texas Fire Station as an EMS district supervisor. He is normally assigned to the Hillendale Fire Station. FF/Medic Neville was found at the district supervisor's office by colleagues who had arrived to relieve him. The medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine Neville's cause of death. FF/Medic Neville had worked with the BCoFD since 2001 and had also been assigned to the Westview, Woodlawn and Catonsville stations. He lived in Abingdon, in Harford County, with his wife and three young children. As always, our sincere condolences to all affected. -->

Maryland State Police Trooper 2 Tragedy

September 28, 2008 - Just after midnight, Maryland State Police EMS Helicopter "Trooper 2" crashed in Prince Georges County while transporting victims from a personal injury collision in Southern Maryland. The helicopter was transporting a trauma patient, the weather became too bad, so they planned to meet up with ground EMS at the Andrew Air Force Base to continue the transport. Trooper 2 went of the radar and dispatchers were unable to reach the unit for a significant amount of time. At 0200, an officer spotted the crash site. The helicopter had come to rest deep inside the 470-acre Walker Mill Regional Park, near a paved bike path behind a series ofsoftball fields. The crash scene is in Walker Mill Regional Park, about three-miles north of Andrews Air Force Base. The Officer's and Members of the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department wish to offer our most sincere condolences to the Family Members of MSP Pilot Stephen H. Bunker, MSP TFC Mickey C. Lippy, EMT Tanya Mallard of the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department, as well as Civilian Ashley J. Younger the patient on board Trooper 2 at the time of the Fatal Crash. Members of the Fire and Rescue Service are all suffering from this great loss as we work with the MSP Aviation Units on a regular basis. Please keep these individuals in your thoughts and prayers. Click here for more information.

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