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Fire: Smoke and Moving Out 27 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am
The Rim Fire is still burning in Yosemite National Park and surrounding communities. According to the latest fire report, the blaze is 160,980 acres and 20% contained with no expected containment date...
Wildfire Evacuations Bring Tough Choices 24 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
As the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County, California approaches homes, residents are told to evacuate. It's a tough choice for many of the folks who live in the path of ... Read Full Post
Spontaneous Human Combustion: Cause of Death or Medical Diagnosis? 18 Aug 2013 | 03:37 am
Doctors have reportedly diagnosed a baby in India as having spontaneous human combustion. It has been reported that they believe the infant is excreting flammable gasses that can be sparked ... Read ...
Assisted Living Facilities 1 Aug 2013 | 10:51 am
There was an expose aired this week by the PBS show Frontline. It dealt with assisted living facilities, those poorly defined senior care homes that are more than apartments but less than skilled nurs...
Jellyfish are Deadly Beautiful 1 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
There aren't too many creatures out there -- that we humans regularly encounter, anyway -- that can still pack a wallop even when they're dead or dismembered. Get the tentacles off or you run the ris...
Cyclospora cayetanensis Outbreak 31 Jul 2013 | 05:23 am
It's been a while since I blogged about a foodborne illness outbreak. The CDC says that 327 cases of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis have been reported around the country since late June. Appar...
Body Art or Medical Order? 30 Jul 2013 | 05:10 am
After providing CPR to a few people and seeing them not survive with all their faculties, plenty of paramedics and nurses joke that they're going to tattoo "DNR" on their chests rather than suffer a s...
Full Moon, First Aid and Sleep 29 Jul 2013 | 05:41 am
Ask any paramedic, EMT or ER doctor when they get the weirdest patients and without fail they'll tell you it's during the full moon. Labor & Delivery nurses claim more babies are born at the full moon...
Fake Pilot Flew EMS Helicopters as Well as News Choppers 25 Jul 2013 | 07:27 am
News outlets everywhere are reporting on John Michael Dial, 57, who allegedly used a fictitious name to obtain a pilot's license. The news organizations have been focusing on Dial flying helicopters f...
Amanda Bynes: Stop, Drop and Roll 24 Jul 2013 | 07:08 am
Amanda Bynes is reportedly being held involuntarily for psychiatric evaluation. Under California law, she could stay in an inpatient facility as long as 72 hours. If there is a reason to keep her long...
