FDA Issues External
Defibrillator Warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning
Tuesday that some external defibrillators used
worldwide might malfunction. The FDA said about
280,000 external defibrillators manufactured by the
Cardiac Science Corp. and used in health care
facilities, public places or in homes may contain
faulty components that can cause the devices to
malfunction. (United Press International 4.29.10)
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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.
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.
Examination services for victims of sexual
offenses, modification of -
HB 500. Posted in
Judiciary Committee. Mar. 1.
Fire protection districts, ambulance
service, operation of -
HB 535. To Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee. Feb. 26.
Paramedics, expansion of practice, direct
LRC staff study of - HCR
198. To Health and Welfare Committee. Feb. 26.
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.
