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Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son
A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know
that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the
floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the
umbilical cord before picking up her other son from
school and stopping at the baby's grandmother's house
before going to the hospital. (Lexington Herald Leader
3.10.10) |
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McLean County EMS, Calhoun (McLean) KY (3.10.10) |
Not everyone paying for 911 telephone service
The way 911 telephone service is paid for is not fair,
according to state Rep. Jim Glenn, D-Owensboro, and he
wants to do something about it. (The Gleaner 3.9.10) |
St. Elizabeth to sell ambulance service
St. Elizabeth Healthcare will sell its TransCare
ambulance service to Rural/Metro Corp. (Cincinnati
Enquirer 3.9.10) |
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2010 Kentucky Legislative Session
The 2010 Legislative Session begins
on Jan. 5 and is scheduled to end Apr. 13.
Bills of interest to Kentucky EMS include:
Passed in the House and now in the Senate:
- Pediatric abusive head trauma, prevention and recognition
of -
HB 285. To Senate
Judiciary Committee. Feb. 16.
- Pharmacists, emergency authority for -
HB 300. To Senate
Health and Welfare Committee. Feb. 16.
- Examination services for victims of sexual
offenses, modification of -
HB 500. Received in
Senate. Mar. 9.
Introduced in the House
- Dementia training, urge cities to implement - HR 25.
3rd reading, adopted 97-0
with floor amendment (1). Feb. 16.
- State death benefits, emergency responder in ambulance,
eligibility for -
HB 153. To
Appropriations and Revenue Committee Jan. 5.
- 911 emergency services, improvement and funding of - HB 174.
To Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Jan 5.
- Good Samaritan, nonliability for emergency care, expand to
all persons - HB 208.
To Judiciary Committee Jan. 11.
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, medical
education concerning -
HB 252. To Health and Welfare Jan. 19.
- Opioid antidote naloxone, availability, expansion of - HB
263. Recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue Committee. Feb. 26,
- Civil immunity, emergency care, provision of - HB 281.
To Judiciary Committee Jan. 21.
- Medicaid, managed care partnership,
extension of - HB 459.
To Health and Welfare. Feb. 22.
- 911 emergency services, improvement and
funding of - HB 462.
To Military Affairs and Public Safety. Feb. 22.
- Fire protection districts, ambulance
service, operation of -
HB 535. Posted in Local Government Committee. Mar. 8.
- Paramedics, expansion of practice, direct
LRC staff study of - HCR
198. Posted in Health and Welfare Committee. Mar. 4.
Introduced in the Senate
- 911 communication, procedure for obtaining - SB 20.
To Judiciary Committee Jan. 6
- Examination services for victims of sexual
offenses, modification of -
SB 135. To Judiciary
Committee Feb. 8.
- 911 emergency services, improvement and
funding of - SB 191.
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee. Mar. 5.
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