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		<title>September is National Preparedness Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Preparedness Month (NPM) was created to help people become aware of the potentials for emergencies and to help plan for the possibility of such events. Each September, the Ready Campaign and Citizens Corps., help ...]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Abuse From The Mind of a Paramedic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 5:30 am in a small city in northwest Indiana. Jerry, a veteran paramedic of 13 years, and his partner Karen are getting ready to leave the ambulance station for a run that will take ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.publicsafetydegrees.com/blog/index.php/opinion/medicaid-abuse-from-the-mind-of-a-paramedic/</link>
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		<title>The Five Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina, it is evident that the rebuilding of New Orleans represents what every man, woman, and child feels about home. A city that was nearly completely demolished, has now come back to near pre-hurricane status. the people of New Orleans have returned to rebuild their homes and business, and New Orleans is once again a thriving home and destination.]]></description>
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		<title>I Am More than Just an Ambulance Driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you decided to cut taxes and reduce our staff, I was the one that had to work triple duty to keep our community safe.
When your husband needed chemo three times a week, I was ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.publicsafetydegrees.com/blog/index.php/ems-stories/i-am-more-than-just-an-ambulance-driver/</link>
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		<title>Notable Fire Service Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing on a continuous basis to this blog gets very difficult sometimes. Since this site is about a lot more than just the blog, I often find myself running behind. Keeping up good content about ...]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons Why Modern EMS is Broken</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1989, my neighbor invited my wife and I over for dinner. It was that evening that I learned he was an EMT, and I was fascinated by what he told me about his job. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.publicsafetydegrees.com/blog/index.php/opinion/10-reasons-why-modern-ems-is-broken/</link>
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		<title>Illegal Immigration is a Matter of Public Safety and Homeland Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States has always prided itself on being a &#8220;Free Country.&#8221; In fact, it is the very foundation that the U.S. was formed upon. When stopping to see the big picture, one has to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.publicsafetydegrees.com/blog/index.php/homeland-security-stories/illegal-immigration-is-a-matter-of-public-safety-and-homeland-security/</link>
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		<title>A Tale of Three Paramedics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sherry Jones Mayo, RN, EMTP, DAAETS
Author of Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic
Contributing writer to Public Safety Degrees

John recently turned 40 and has been working as a paramedic for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Your Actions Reflect on Us All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having just read a newly published article on a small town newspaper, I am saddened. The report states that an investigation is underway against an EMT for an alleged sexual battery. Granted, in the USA ...]]></description>
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		<title>Water Intoxication – No Way!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had been a paramedic for about 4 years, and had thought I had seen almost every type of illness or injury I could see. Veteran medics all over are laughing at that statement, but ...]]></description>
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