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New guidelines OK AEDs in kids (CNN 6.30.03)
Study: Emergency responders unprepared (The Gleaner 6.29.03)
Louisville, other cities left out of security grants question distribution (Louisville Courier-Journal 6.29.03)
Boyle EMTs get pay hike (Danville Advocate Messenger 6.28.03)
Robertson County eyes solution to EMS problem (Maysville Ledger Independent 6.27.03)
Rescue workers honored for saving young flood victim (WAVE 6.26.03)
14th Annual Pikeville / Pike County Regional Fire & Rescue School (6.25.03)
Research: Teens victimized in police Explorers program (CNN 6.25.03)
Bullitt budget plan continues EMS upgrade (Louisville Courier Journal 6.24.03)
KBEMS offering First Responder Instructor orientation (6.23.03)
Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Workshop will be held June 25 (6.20.03)
Water rescue may cut salaries (Kentucky Post 6.19.03)
Fire departments get help from Louisville and Jewish Hospital (WHAS 6.19.03)
Girl, 12, is saved from flooding (Lexington Herald Leader 6.18.03)
Funeral arrangements for FF/EMT Randy Utley (6.18.03)
EMT killed in line of duty (Daily Independent 6.18.03)
Kentucky firefighter dies in crash during emergency response (Firehouse.com 6.18.03)
Cincinnati may end 'take all' policy (Cincinnati Enquirer 6.18.03)
Ky. doctors are insuring themselves (Lexington Herald Leader 6.18.03)
Ex-911 chief sentenced to federal prison (Elizabethtown News Enterprise 6.17.03)
Kenton looks at tax for paramedics (Kentucky Post 6.16.03)
Funeral arrangements for EMT Jane Bradshaw (6.16.03)
Ads will roll to fires in Louisa (Lexington Herald Leader 6.14.03)
Louisville questions deal for indigent hospital care (Louisville Courier Journal 6.13.03)
EMS members learning new child abandonment law (Bowling Green Daily News 6.10.03)
$198 million Kentucky Medicaid shortfall expected (Lexington Herald Leader 6.10.03)
Non-emergency calls burden Louisville EMS (Louisville Courier Journal 6.10.03)
Teen's firehouse death angers Wyoming town (CNN 6.10.03)
Charity reaches milestone (Louisville Courier Journal 6.9.03)
Louisville makes plea for security money (Louisville Courier Journal 6.9.03)
Water rescue squad to work on budget (Kentucky Post 6.6.03)
TriStar Health Systems partners with Vanderbilt University's LifeFlight to be its exclusive air ambulance provider (6.6.03)
Toddler death: Parents told EMS 'too busy' (WLKY 6.5.03)
River rescue unit may be cut (Cincinnati Enquirer 6.5.03)
ER visits up as department numbers shrink (CNN 6.4.03)
Kentucky gets $23.8 million for first responders (Business First 6.4.03)
Study links night shifts with colon cancer (CNN 6.4.03)
Man charged with biting off nurse's fingertip was fully restrained (WAVE 6.3.03)
Firefighters, EMS train for Louisville structural collapse team (Louisville Courier Journal 5.31.03)
$10 million would go toward Louisville radio system (Louisville Courier Journal 5.30.03)
Proposal: Tougher adherence to organ donors' wishes (CNN 5.29.03)
Abandoned infant law public agency awareness meeting (5.29.03)
Henry County EMT charged with selling drugs (WHAS 5.28.03)
Providence gets green light for ALS (Journal Enterprise 5.28.03)
Lexington firefighters feeling the heat from low pay (Lexington Herald Leader 5.27.03)
Medicaid no longer paying Medicare Part B co-pays (5.26.03)
Appeals court rules for woman hurt by tourniquet (Louisville Courier Journal 5.25.03)
Baby drop-off law nearly a year old (WHAS 5.23.03)
Expense of insurance drives Knox doctors out of baby business (Lexington Herald Leader 5.23.03)
Lawsuit claims ambulance service administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen (5.22.03)
Certificate of Need actions (5.22.03)
Crisis care: Role of emergency medical crews has changed (The Gleaner 5.22.03)
Lexington might dip into farmland preservation program to increase firefighters' salaries (Lexington Herald Leader 5.21.03)
U.S. terror threat 'high' (CNN 5.20.03)
Texas dispatcher suspended after immigrants' deaths (CNN 5.19.03)
Rescue squad issues scam warning (The Gleaner 5.18.03)
Ambulance service work more than fast taxi, workers say (Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 5.18.03)
Unusual rescue: Owensboro rescues deer from swimming pool (Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 5.17.03)
UK hosting 'EMS Week Extravaganza' on Sunday (5.16.03)
Former Jefferson County paramedic receives Carnegie Medal (Louisville Courier Journal 5.16.03)
Lightning strikes Bullitt dispatch center (WHAS 5.16.03)
Nicholas County Ambulance Service operation is awarded for next year (5.15.03)
Boyle raises pay for part-time EMTs (Advocate Messenger 5.14.03)
Power outage shut down tornado warning system (News Enterprise 5.14.03)
National Ambulance Coalition urges phone calls (5.11.03)
F-2 tornado strikes Rineyville (News Enterprise 5.12.03)
'You call, we haul' (Cincinnati Enquirer 5.11.03)
Professionals struggle with new privacy rules (CNN 5.11.03)
N. Kentucky patient is state's second probably SARS case (Louisville Courier Journal 5.10.03)
Louisville officials say hiring freeze hasn't hurt emergency services (Louisville Courier Journal 5.6.03)
Kentucky far behind on smallpox readiness (Louisville Courier Journal 5.6.03)
Shelby auctioning ambulances (5.5.03)
Woodford recruits emergency volunteers (Lexington Herald Leader 5.4.03)
SARS virus mutating quickly (CNN 5.3.03)
Ashland ambulance service loses bid for Carter expansion (Daily Independent 5.2.03)
Kentucky reports suspected SARS case (Lexington Herald Leader 5.1.03)
Firefighter answers the last call home (4.30.03)
Notices of intent to promulgate administrative regulations (4.30.03)
ALS on the way to Providence (Journal Enterprise 4.30.03)
Judge worries new federal law could cause problems in prosecuting DUI cases (WAVE-TV 4.29.03)
Judge dismisses suit against Air-Evac, hospital (4.29.03)
University Hospital aims to curb SARS risk (Louisville Courier Journal 4.29.03)
Anchorage plans paramedic class (4.25.03)
Air Evac Lifeteam opens base in Middlesboro (4.25.03)
Mock paramedic boards (4.23.03)
Bullitt fire departments decline to provide aid (Louisville Courier Journal 4.23.03)
CDC: U.S. 'not out of the woods yet' on SARS (CNN 4.23.03)
New law causing problems for health care (4.23.03)
Certificate of Need actions (4.19.03)
'Every phone call is a surprise' (The Gleaner 4.19.03)
Boyle County paramedic class set for summer (4.18.03)
Update on Medicare ambulance fee schedule lawsuit (4.18.03)
Skip the flowers; privacy policy keeps patient info under wraps (Cincinnati Enquirer 4.18.03)
Henry treating rescued POW Jessica Lynch (Lexington Herald Leader 4.17.03)
Hopes rise as SARS bug identified (CNN 4.17.03)
LaGrange police officer killed in head-on crash (WLKY-TV 4.16.03)
Fleming may sue former EM director (Maysville Ledger Independent 4.16.03)
Health care groups sue over over privacy rules (CNN 4.15.03)
UofL doctors ready to treat severely injured Iraqi orphaned during war (WAVE-TV 4.15.03)
Medical Center EMS receives national accreditation (4.14.03)
Funding for Louisville radio system blocked (Louisville Courier Journal 4.14.03)
KBEMS offering First Responder Instructor orientation (4.13.03)
First case of mystery illness suspected (Louisville Courier Journal 4.13.03)
Project rewards docs for reforms (Cincinnati Enquirer 4.13.03)
Audit: Ky. paid for dead clients (Cincinnati Enquirer 4.13.03)
SARS toll tops 100 (CNN 4.8.03)
Child porn investigation targets firefighter (WKYT-TV 4.6.03)
Yellow Ambulance celebrates 75th birthday (WHAS-TV 4.5.03)
Somber scenario played out for students (Maysville Ledger Independent 4.5.03)
Kentucky hospitals can provide beds for injured soldiers (Lexington Herald Leader 4.4.03)
Ambulance crash-related injuries among EMS workers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4.3.03)
AAA issues 'call to action' (4.1.03)