tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916271140343824482024-03-13T09:36:06.276-07:00NJ-EMSNJ EMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913658287169133239noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791627114034382448.post-7482116269100688252017-04-04T08:08:00.002-07:002017-04-04T08:14:07.977-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chi, who was thrown out of the Mercedes after the initial impact with the Mitsubishi, was pronounced dead at the scene, Jackson said.</div>
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Three were hospitalized Saturday afternoon after an ambulance, with a patient inside, collided with a pickup truck, police said.</center>
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Police responded to the intersection of Route 37 and Colonial Drive for a report of a motor-vehicle crash involving an ambulance and a pickup truck.</div>
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When police arrived, they found a Quality Medical Transport Ford E-Series ambulance on its side just east of the intersection. They also saw a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado in the eastbound lanes of Route 37 with extensive front-end damage, police said.</div>
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The driver of the ambulance, 25-year-old Jennifer Garelick of Barnegat, and a rear passenger in the ambulance, 22-year-old Nicole Christiano of Toms River, were flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. The patient in the ambulance, 73-year-old Marie Hilton of Whiting, was transported by ground to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.</div>
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They all remain in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries as of Saturday night. </div>
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The driver of the pickup truck, 40-year-old Dajuan Smith of Toms River, sustained minor injuries and declined medical attention at the scene, police said. </div>
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A Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health EMT was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after his ambulance was involved in an accident on Communipaw Avenue Monday night, police said.</div>
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Police said the EMT suffered a minor head contusion and was brought to JCMC, where he was treated and released, hospital spokesman Mark Rabson said. </div>
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The EMT who was driving the ambulance told police they were responding to an emergency on Communipaw Avenue shortly before 6:50 p.m. and parked the vehicle facing west in the eastbound lane, according to an accident report.</div>
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The EMT who was riding in the passenger seat told police he opened his door after seeing it was clear, but a Nissan Maxima driven by a 19-year-old Jersey City resident immediately struck the ambulance door, the report states. </div>
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However, the driver of the Nissan told cops that she was attempting to pass the ambulance, which was parked, when the side door swung open and struck her vehicle, the report states. </div>
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It was supposed to be one of Patel's final calls. Saturday was her last day of work and she was scheduled to start graduate school next month, according to her friends and family.</div>
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A few minutes before 8 a.m. the call went horribly wrong, when the ambulance, a 2008 Ford, was struck by a Toyota Prius as it went through the intersection of Cranbury Road and Ryders Lane, East Brunswick Police Lt. Kevin Zebro said in <a href="https://local.nixle.com/alert/5460926/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(185, 225, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #0088ee; text-decoration: none;"><strong>a news release</strong></a>. The ambulance overturned and slid into another car.</div>
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Bianca Patel, no relation, said she was Hinal's best friend, attending Piscataway High School and Rutgers with her. Earlier Saturday, Bianca said, she received a note and a picture from Hinal.</div>
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"She had said 'Today's going to be a long day,'" Bianca said. "That was her Snapchat. It was supposed to be her last day on call."</div>
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Friends and relatives said Hinal was starting graduate school next month at Rutgers-Newark, with an eye toward attending medical school. Rutgers University spokesman Greg Trevor said Patel had graduated from Rutgers this year with a degree in biological sciences and was enrolling in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.</div>
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A city man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Route 440, State Police said.</center>
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Maximino Murrieta-Sanchez, 26, of Perth Amboy, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 1:47 a.m., State Police spokesperson Trooper Alina Spies said.</div>
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The crash occurred at about 1:30 a.m. when a silver 2000 Volkswagen Jetta operated by Murrieta-Sanchez exited the State Street south ramp onto Route 440 north, Spies said.</div>
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Murrieta-Sanchez lost control of his vehicle near milepost 4 on Route 440 and struck the curb and the metal bridge guardrail before overturning, Spies said.</div>
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A Honda Accord traveling north on Tennant Road ran off the road to the right for an unknown reason and crashed into several trees at about 1:10 a.m., Marlboro Police Capt. Fred Reck said. At least one of the occupants was partially ejected from the vehicle, he said.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The federal government's four-month <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Monitoring-Programs/Medicare-FFS-Compliance-Programs/Prior-Authorization-Initiatives/Prior-Authorization-of-Repetitive-Scheduled-Non-Emergent-Ambulance-Transport-.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crackdown on ambulance companies</a> that fraudulently bill Medicare to take patients to non-emergency dialysis, chemotherapy and wound care is continuing to have a dual impact: reducing the number of ambulance carriers and confounding patients and their families.<br />
The New Jersey Department of Health this week reported that 11 ambulance providers have given up their licenses since the beginning of the year, although surviving operators say the actual number of shuttered businesses may be twice that or more.<br />
"What I keep hearing is it's 20 to 25 that are closed," said John Bush, owner of On Time Ambulance in Roselle. "I think there's a few more that are on their heels right now."<br />
Still, even 11 closures are well above levels from recent years, when health department officials said at the most three closures a year would be the norm.<br />
Ambulance companies and patients complain that the sweep of the program entangles legitimate operators and patients who truly need their services, as well as those gaming the system.<br />
The decision to shut down can happen abruptly to patients and caregivers.<br />
Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck heard one day in late March that Aaron Ambulance in Hackensack would not make its scheduled runs the following day. That following day, it called to say it was closing for good, spokeswoman Katherine Emmanouilidis said.<br />
She said the hospital worked with another company out of Hackensack to cover Aaron's former patients.<br />
Phone numbers for Aaron have been disconnected.<br />
Health department spokeswoman Dawn Thomas said the 11 companies that have closed since Jan. 1 reported that Medicare's pre-authorization requirements, instituted in New Jersey in mid-December, are the primary reason for the closures.<br />
Medicare began the crackdown after <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-12-00350.pdf" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a government audit</a> of New Jersey revealed that from 2002 to 2011 the growth in ambulance transports was nearly twice the national average and the number of trips per patient was up about 60 percent.<br />
Overall, Medicare during that period saw billing for non-emergency transportation increase 130 percent to $4.5 billion a year nationally.<br />
Medicare pays for non-emergency transportation only when a patient must be carried on a stretcher. If the patient can be moved in a wheelchair or can walk, Medicare does not pay.<br />
The pre-authorization program has clamped down, according to patients and ambulance companies. Throughout 2015, patients and ambulance companies have said that people whose doctors determined that they qualified for stretcher service found the Medicare program administrator for New Jersey, Novitas Solutions, routinely denying authorization.<br />
Applications continue to be denied for any number of reasons, including illegible doctor's notes, ambulance companies say.<br />
"We have found that one of the hardest things is the notes that are required now to substantiate medical necessity are poorly written or you can't read them," Bush said. "Legibility is a huge one."<br />
Without authorization, patients and ambulance companies are left with a choice: Find another way to get to life-sustaining treatment, use the same provider and hope to gain authorization on appeal or pay out of pocket.<br />
Watchung resident Eunice Aridi said Medicare has declared that her father qualifies for Medicare-covered transport to get to his thrice-weekly dialysis, but still has been denied because his documentation lacks details.<br />
"It has gone unbelievably terrible," she said. "I have all kinds of doctor certification statements, therapist notes, hospital records describing the reason my father needs a stretcher transport and Medicare has not given the approval."<br />
She said she's paying $300 a week to transport him while she waits on appeals. Without dialysis, Aridi said, "he will surely die within weeks."<br />
Bush said that he has hired a nurse full-time to educate patients and doctors about the requirements for authorization.<br />
The goal of pre-authorization is not to put companies out of business, said William Polglase of the office of communications at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It's to tighten oversight, he said.<br />
He also said CMS has no plans at this point to expand the program past New Jersey and the other two states that had excessive billing, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.<br />
Another ambulance operator, who did not want NJ Advance Media to use his name because he fears retribution, said most of his Medicare authorization requests have been denied and eventually end up before an administrative law judge, who he said approves them.<br />
"I have a ton of claims that have to go through this process," he said. "We're basically hanging on by a thread."</span></div>
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Tighe joined the all-volunteer rescue squad in 1997. He has held many squad operational officer positions in his nearly two decades of service.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">In addition to his EMT volunteer work, Tighe also volunteers his time serving military veterans. He is a previous commander of the Westfield American Legion and served in the U.S. Marine corps from 1982-1986.</span></div>
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Martha Gonzalez was charged with theft by deception and falsification of government records earlier this month, said Nicole Brossoie, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services.</div>
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Gonzalez worked at both the Woodbridge Developmental Center as an EMT and at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel as a medical technician, Brossoie said. Gonzalez allegedly would make her shifts overlap between the two jobs, meaning she would collect pay for performing both jobs even though she was only at one of the facilities, authorities said.</div>
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Gonzalez earned an annual salary of $48,209 to serve as an EMT at the Woodbridge center, according to public records.</div>
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The developmental center is scheduled to close in January, <a href="http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/christie_defends_closing_developmental_centers_in_woodbridge_and_totowa.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one of two centers for persons with developmental disabilities</a> that Gov. Chris Christie announced plans to shut down earlier this year. Relatives of several residents at the homes have filed a federal lawsuit hoping to block the move.</div>
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As part of the EMT probationary process, Durso was asked by squad supervisory personnel to provide a copy of his New Jersey Department of Health Emergency Medical Technician certification card, the statement said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Durso provided a photocopy of a certification card, and he then acted as an emergency medical technician for the squad starting in December 2013, the statement said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">
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The news comes five months after the city set in motion a plan to award the ambulance contract to hospital chain CarePoint Health and McCabe Ambulance over the Jersey City Medical Center. The switch has been on hold since December as federal officials review the deal.<br />
Senior hospital management has been notified that the city will issue a new request for proposal (RFP), city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill confirmed.<br />
"The RFP is similar to last time and provides for flexibility," Morrill said in an email, adding that the RFP hasn't been finalized yet.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Sources tell The Jersey Journal that the move is Mayor Steve Fulop's attempt to stem<a href="http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/12/war_over_jersey_city_ambulance_contract_escalates_with_charge_that_jcmc_diverts_patients_against_the.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the controversy that erupted</a> when Fulop announced last December that he wanted to award CarePoint/McCabe the ambulance contract. JCMC has provided the service for over 100 years.<br />
Fulop administration officials started floating a proposal about a month ago that would allow CarePoint/McCabe to provide ambulance service for one half of the city and JCMC to provide it for the other half, say the sources, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential administration discussions.<br />
Morrill declined to comment.<br />
Restarting the RFP process will likely cheer JCMC supporters. In December, JCMC officials delivered to the mayor petitions with 14,000 signatures of residents urging the city to stick with JCMC.<br />
"We are pleased to learn of the city's decision to rebid the contract for EMS services," said Tim White, spokesman for JCMC's EMS. "We look forward to submitting a thorough and competitive bid response."<br />
Mickey McCabe, founder of McCabe Ambulance, could not be reached to comment.<br />
CarePoint spokesman Spencer Baretz said "we will respond in due course" to the new RFP.<br />
"We look forward to receiving it and reviewing it and hope that it's fair," Baretz told The Jersey Journal.<br />
CarePoint owns Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City and Hoboken University Medical Center.<br />
Back in December, the ambulance contract appeared to be all but finalized – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/McCabeAmbulance/posts/10152028048999360" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">McCabe even announced on Facebook it won the contract</a> before the City Council was scheduled to vote on it. New equipment was purchased and a hiring process set in motion in preparation for CarePoint/McCabe taking over the service on Jan. 1.<br />
But the change – <a href="http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/12/jersey_city_committee_ranked_mccabe_first_over_jcmc_for_ambulance_contract.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">recommended 3-2 by a panel of city officials</a> – never happened. The council was scheduled to vote on awarding the contract on Dec. 18, but the city<a href="http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/12/mccabe_supporters_pack_jersey_city_council_chambers.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">pulled the item from consideration at the last minute</a>, with Morrill saying the city asked the federal Office of the Inspector General to review CarePoint/McCabe's proposal.<br />
Dozens of McCabe supporters appeared at the meeting to urge the council to switch ambulance providers.<br />
JCMC has continued providing the service for free on a month-to-month basis as the city awaited a decision from the OIG.<br />
Yesterday, Morrill told The Jersey Journal the city has called off the OIG review as it prepares the new RFP.<br />
Both CarePoint/McCabe and JCMC offered to provide ambulance care at no cost for the duration of the proposed three-year contract. In its most recent contract, JCMC charged the city about $4 million annually.<br />
JCMC supporters have been particularly critical of CarePoint/McCabe's offer to reimburse Jersey City for costs associated with city first responders, such as firefighters, who provide EMS care. The city said it expected to receive up to $2.6 million annually in reimbursement.<br />
JCMC officials told the city they believed the city sided with CarePoint/McCabe purely for this financial benefit, at the expense of patient care. At the time, Fulop said the added revenue would indeed be a boon to taxpayers, but he added that there would be no change in the quality of service from JCMC to CarePoint/McCabe.<br />
In <a href="http://media.nj.com/hudsoncountynow_impact/other/CPH%20-%20Letter%20to%20Hospital%20Staff%20VF.pdf" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a letter to CarePoint employees</a> sent last December, Christ Hospital CEO Peter Kelly said that McCabe would provide "fast response times and outstanding patient care."<br />
Morrill said the city will be "less aggressive" in the new RFP when seeking reimbursement for city-provided EMS care. Asked to elaborate, she declined.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">"We will assess the bids based on the responses," she said.</span></div>
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But when the Moorestown cop renewed his certification as an emergency medical technician that fall, he checked "no" in the box asking whether he had ever been charged with a crime, and nobody questioned it. It took another two years before the health department suspended EMT privileges for Melia, who was convicted of sexual abuse and other crimes four months ago. And the state’s action came only after a member of the public alerted officials. <br />
In New Jersey, EMTs and people applying to become emergency responders are not required to undergo criminal background checks — the only emergency health professional that escapes this kind of scrutiny. Unless someone tips off the state, EMTs can hide their questionable baggage.<br />
State health officials and ambulance companies say only a fraction of New Jersey’s nearly 29,000 certified EMTs have committed crimes or violations that would jeopardize their status. But some health care advocates and lawmakers want a tougher law, saying New Jerseyans don’t realize the people answering a call for help and entering their home might not be properly vetted.<br />
Over the past dozen years, the state disciplined 104 people, detailed on a list field professionals call the "wall of shame." They include: <br />
• 26 people caught impersonating an EMT, including one woman who used five aliases;<br />
• 17 EMTs charged with sexual assault and other sex crimes, nine involving minors;<br />
• 10 EMTs charged with possessing, manufacturing or distributing child pornography;<br />
• Seven EMTs charged with theft;<br />
• Seven EMTs who caused or contributed to the deaths of five people — some while on duty, others in connection with unrelated crimes.<br />
"We do these checks of police and firefighters. We shouldn’t put people in positions of incredible trust without some sort of check on that," said David Knowlton, president and CEO of New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a research and consumer advocacy group.<br />
The group launched a push for these checks after it learned in May that New Brunswick police had arrested an EMT from a private company for publicly masturbating outside Saint Peter’s University Medical Center, after delivering a patient there. The man’s name wasn’t on the state list of certified EMTs, but is on the state Corrections website that says he served eight years in prison for robbery, and weapons and drug possession.<br />
The Legislature last year passed a bill overhauling the state’s emergency response system that would have required background checks for all emergency responders and given the department more authority to more closely monitor EMTs on the job. But Gov. Chris Christie vetoed it in January, saying he was concerned about costs and the impact on volunteer squads whose leaders fear more restraints could put them out of business. The bill (<a href="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1650_R1.HTM">S1650</a>) has been reintroduced and passed one round of committees.<br />
Even without a state mandate, many hospitals and private ambulance companies already conduct background checks on the EMTs they employ, for liability reasons, said health department spokeswoman Donna Leusner. <br />
"New Jersey residents should have confidence in their EMTs," Leusner said. "Fewer than 0.01 percent of the nearly 29,000 certified EMTs have received disciplinary action over the past decade, and these are not representative of New Jersey’s emergency medical services professionals."<br />
The department’s Office of Emergency Services relies on anonymous tips, news websites and referrals from hospitals, firefighters and others to discipline EMTs. <br />
The most common infractions involved people caught impersonating an EMT while never completing the necessary training. Records show one wanna-be came to the aid of a water skier on Lake Mohawk in Sussex County 10 years ago and shooed away an EMT from a local volunteer squad by telling her he was a paramedic and "that there were enough highly trained people around and her services were not needed," according to the August 2002 cease-and-desist letter from the state that told him: "You are not currently, nor have you ever been certified as an EMT or paramedic." <br />
A Camden County 911 dispatcher was arrested in March on child pornography, sexual assault and other charges for allegedly using an alias on Facebook to convince a teenage girl to send him naked photos and meet him for sex. The state caught up to him about three weeks later and suspended his EMT certification <br />
One paramedic — on probation for assaulting a patient at Jersey City Medical Center in 2010 — was accused of assaulting a nursing home patient in Cape May County in April. He has been suspended indefinitely. And in two separate incidents in 2000 and 2006, the state revoked EMT privileges of three people who declared two newborns dead when they were still alive. Both babies later died from lack of medical care. <br />
While no system is foolproof, Knowlton, a former EMT, said tougher requirements could provide residents more protection. <br />
"The biggest push-back is maybe one in 10,000 EMTs have done something wrong and all the rest are fine," he said. "But you can’t put people in that position of vulnerability."<br />
Before 2012, emergency medical technicians certified to provide basic medical care were required to complete 110 hours of instruction, plus a minimum of 10 hours in a clinical setting. This year, the total training program is 150 hours.<br />
They are expected to know how to perform CPR, provide initial wound care, stabilize a broken bone, and extricate a victim at the scene of an accident. Paramedics certified to provide advanced life support must complete more in-depth training.<br />
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"Put yourself in the patient’s seat — you already expect a background check has occurred," said Andy Lovell, chief of the Gloucester County EMS. "If you are unable to be a baseball coach, a nurse, a school board member without a background check, (an EMT) shouldn’t be able to come into a house without a background check.<br />
For decades, much of New Jersey relied on volunteer emergency squads. As their ranks thinned in the 1990s, many communities hired private ambulance services to help out. The firms also saw an opportunity to expand to provide nonemergency transportation to doctor’s offices and hospitals. <br />
A private consultant studying the state’s system in 2007 declared it "in a state of crisis," saying the quality of training, equipment and accountability varies by town, and squads are short-staffed. An internal health department summary of the report warned that without an overhaul, "the state will no longer be able to guarantee the responsive, pre-hospital and trauma care necessary to avoid death or serious impairment and disability."<br />
A coalition of paid and volunteer EMS professionals, nurses and 911 dispatchers came up with a plan that would put the state in charge of the system, giving it the power to set universal hiring, inspection and training standards. The plan formed the basis for the bill that passed last year. <br />
It was supported by private ambulance firms but opposed by the New Jersey First Aid Council, which represents volunteer squads. <br />
"We are not against background checks in any way, shape or form. We are concerned what it will cost the volunteer members," said Edward Burdzy of Holland Township, the council’s executive director. "A lot of our member squads already have background checks done through local police departments." <br />
The Office of Legislative Services pegged the cost of providing state and FBI checks for the roughly 20,000 volunteer EMTs at $1.4 million when it did an analysis last year. Although the bill says volunteers won’t have to bear these costs, the State Police "has nothing budgeted for that," Burdzy said. And the legislation doesn’t say whether the state or the municipalities will get stuck with the tab, he said. <br />
First Aid Council lobbyist Nancy Pinkin said other requirements in the bill would make it hard for volunteer squads to survive. She said it’s a David-and-Goliath battle, with big private firms trying to expand their turf at the expense of volunteers "who, if you read the newspaper, do great things every day."<br />
The bill creates broader training standards, but the training fund is "bankrupt," she said. "First-aiders have to raise money, and it’s very difficult to raise money."</center>
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In a 6-1 decision, the court found Vineland police violated Cesar Vargas' rights protecting him against unreasonable search and seizure in 2008 when officers entered his apartment after his landlord, who was owed a monthly rent check, called 911 because Vargas had not been seen in weeks.<br />
Though the officers were dispatched simply to check on Vargas, once inside they found jars of marijuana and Vargas was indicted on charges including money laundering, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and unlawful possession of firearms.<br />
The court, in reversing a prior Appellate Court ruling and agreeing to suppress the drug evidence, rejected arguments by the state that the officers were allowed to enter without a warrant as "community caretakers" and did not need evidence of an emergency.<br />
"We do not question the good motives of the police officers in this case," Justice Barry Albin wrote for the majority. "But, based on the findings of the trial court, the police did not have an objectively reasonable basis to believe that an emergency threatening life or limb justified the warrantless entry into Vargas’ apartment."<br />
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Anne Patterson said "absent clear signs of an emergency," a police officer may be unable to satisfy the standard required to enter a home when immediate action "may be essential to save lives."<br />
"When a law enforcement officer is asked to check on the welfare of someone who is reported missing, as was the officer summoned by the landlord here, it may be impossible to determine whether the resident is in danger without entering his or her home.</div>
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According to Bernardsville Fire Chief Randy Steinkopf, two women in the car and four fire company volunteers were taken to Morristown Medical Center for treatment of injuries after the two-vehicle accident.
Steinkopf said all four volunteers were treated for minor injuries, most cuts and bruises, and released the same day. He was not sure of the status of the two women, but said he did not believe any of their injuries were life-threatening.
The names of the individuals involved have not yet been released.
Police at the scene said it appeared that the car, a black Volkswagen, was traveling south toward Far Hills and turned left into the train station parking lot when it was hit by the ambulance that was headed in the opposite direction.
The ambulance was responding to a fire alarm activation at a home on the Bernardsville Mountain, Steinkopf said.
The front-seat passenger of the Volkswagen had to be extricated from that vehicle. The car was towed from the scene.
Steinkopf said the ambulance was driven from the scene but sustained extensive front-end damage and will be out of service for repairs. While the town only has two ambulances, he said the fire company will be able to coordinate with other towns to provide coverage.</center>NJ EMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913658287169133239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791627114034382448.post-10937465729760143592013-01-08T07:30:00.002-08:002013-01-08T07:30:31.992-08:00<CENTER>Ambulance careened into a pole on Stillwater Road, near Fredon Road, in Stillwater NJ.</CENTER><center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The ambulance careened into a pole on Stillwater Road, near Fredon Road, in Stillwater.
The emergency vehicle was transporting a person pulled from the fire to a nearby landing zone for a medivac helicopter.
The 68-year-old victim was transferred from the crashed ambulance to another ambulance and taken to the hospital in unknown condition.
One person died in the fire, in a house on Potters Road, that broke out shortly after 4:30 a.m.
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<center>Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant which may be surprising since users often exhibit hyperactive traits. However, when taken in excess, alcohol depresses involuntary muscle contractions such as breathing or gag reflexes. Gag reflexes are crucial because they prevent aspiration or the act of inhaling fluids into the lungs. Without the gag reflex, individuals vomiting during unconsciousness will choke on their own vomit which may lead to death.
The most common symptoms of alcohol poisoning include slow or irregular breathing (less than 8 breaths per minute), cool/clammy skin, unreactive or sluggish pupils, and extreme confusion.
To determine respiration rate, one can count the number of breaths taken over a period by 30 seconds and multiply by 2 to get the breaths per minute. Irregular breathing is determined by listening to the consistency of breaths – this includes periods between breaths as well as inhalation volume (shallow or deep).
Pupils constrict in the presence of light and dilate in the presence of darkness. Using a flashlight, one can test for eye reactivity by shining light into pupils. In most alcohol poisoning cases, pupils will remain dilated even in the presence of light.</center>
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<center>Morris County Wednesday: What's open and closed, roads, power, shelters, more Hurricane Sandy aftermath</center>
<center>Hurricane Sandy may have passed, but its effects remain.
Most of the county's still without power, roads are still treacherous, most towns are calling off trick-or-treating, and there's damage everywhere.
MORRIS COUNTY: We'll be continuously updating the live blog below with updates as we get them. Bookmark this page to stay up to date through the recovery.
<center>WEDNESDAY</center>
• 11:12 a.m.: Katie Zawistoski said Budd Lake has been without power as of 7 p.m. Monday and says its unclear when power will be restored. Zawistoski says she has not seen JCP&L truck, only tree trucks.
• 10:58 a.m.: Kelli Hunter said there is partial power in Florham Park. According to Hunter, her townhouse development on Park Street has not had power since 8:30 p.m. Monday, but traffic lights are functioning about two blocks away.
"Hoping power travels our way soon," Hunter said. "It's so cold!!"
• 10:55 a.m.: The Butler Electric Department, which also supplies Kinnelon and Bloomingdale with power, and the Madison Electric Utility have suffered complete outages in their coverage areas since Monday.
• 10:55 a.m.: Downed wires on Route 206 in both directions between CR 512/Pottersville Road in Peapack-Gladstone and NJ 24/CR 513/West Main St in Chester Township have been cleared.
• 10:50 a.m.: Tim Lake said Lake Hiawatha has been completely without power including street lights and traffic lights since Monday around 7:30 p.m. No sight of JCP&L trucks at all since the storm hit, he said.
• 9:45 a.m.: Devin Leigh Michaels of Bloomingdale uses Butler Power and Light, a municipal power utility, and says the "entire town is currently out of power and has been since 6:41 P.M. on Monday."
• 9:15 a.m.: Morristown police say to avoid Morris Street due to heavy congestion, possibly storm-related.
• 9 a.m.: Parsippany has lifted its state of emergency, but is still banning motor vehicle traffic. Police say if you must travel to get food or for an emergency, you should travel during daylight hours and be extremely cautious. Live wires are still down, trees are still falling, and many traffic signals are out.
• 8:45 a.m.: You may have seen an update saying we were putting this live blog aside. Change of plans. We're still getting a lot of urgent news that we want to get to you quickly, so we're keeping this running through Wednesday, maybe beyond. Sorry for the confusion.
• 8:40 a.m.: The Rockaway Township Police Department advises residents to plan alternate routes around the following streets, which remain closed until further notice.
• 8:09 a.m.: The Stop and Shop Supermarket in Madison is now open for business and is expecting regular food deliveries, according to the Madison Police Department.
• 7:15 a.m.: Updated power outages: Jersey Central Power & Light's outage map indicates that 166,000 Morris County customers are still without power — approximately 85 percent of customers within the county. Towns reporting 100 percent outages Wednesday morning through JCP&L include Chatham Borough, Harding, Lincoln Park, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Netcong, Mine Hill, Mount Arlington and Victory Gardens. Only a handful of customers from Butler, Kinnelon and Madison use JCP&L, instead residents of those towns utilize smaller, municipal utilities for power. Public Service Electric & Gas has not indicated any changes in East Hanover and Lincoln Park on their power outage map, where less than 500 customers in each municipality use the utility.
• 6:20 a.m.: Updated school closings. Police reported yesterday that Rockaway Township schools and the Morris Hills Regional School District would be closed Wednesday.
• 5 a.m.: Various roads have reopened in Jefferson, Boonton, Chatham Township and Morristown, according to the Morris County Office of Emergency Management.
• Midnight: Morris Township, like many other communities, is asking trick-or-treaters to hold off until Saturday because of downed trees and power lines. Officials plan to issue a new advisory Friday, saying whether it's safe.
TUESDAY
• 9:15 p.m.: Jefferson man killed when tree falls on his house
• 9:15 p.m.: Police ID couple killed in Mendham Township crash as Richard & Elizabeth Everett
• 9:15 p.m.: About 166K still in the dark in Morris County, thanks to Hurricane Sandy
• 9:14 p.m.: Denville, too, is asking residents to delay trick-or-treating until Saturday.
• 9:10 p.m.: The Morris Plains Community Center, on Jim Fear Drive is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily as a warming and charging center. For more on shelters and warming or charging centers, see here.
• 6:50 p.m.: Sarah Deaton of Cedar Knolls says she has power — and supplies she doesn't need. If you have need of any of the following, e-mail morris@nj.com, and we'll pass the word along. Be warned, though — it might not take long before someone lays claim to these helpful goods: We have 10 gallons of unopened drinking water, 18.5 gallons of tap water, 21 pounds of ice and 20 pounds of propane."
• 6:20 p.m.: And here it is: (Mostly) complete list school closings for Morris County Wednesday
• 6:10 p.m.: Parsippany schools will be closed tomorrow. We're working to bring you a comprehensive list of school closings any minute now, as well.
• 6:05 p.m.: We're continuing to make updates and tweaks to our shelters list. If you think we missed one, click through and tell us in the comments.
• 5:50 p.m.: Madison is asking residents to be off of roads by 8 p.m. Borough Hall is open as a warming and charging center.
• 5:40 p.m.: Lots of roads are closed in Rockaway Township. See our running list.
• 5:10 p.m.: Parsippany residents had to evacuate the Lake Hiawatha School, which was being used as a shelter, after half of one wing lost its roof from Hurricane Sandy's winds.
• 5:05 p.m.: We're continuing to add road closures to our running list. Click through and tell us what you're seeing.
• 5 p.m.: All Rockaway Township schools are closed Wednesday, as is Morris Hills Regional School District.
• 5 p.m.: Rockaway Township is asking residents to put off trick-or-treating until Nov. 3. Dangerous wires may still be down, so police ask parents to complete trick-or-treating that day by sundown.
• 5 p.m.: Rockaway recycling will resume on your the scheduled pick up date
• 5 p.m.: Montville Police will be opening comfort stations at the local firehouses. The buildings are generator-equipped and capable of providing charging for electronic equipment. The stations are located at Montville Fire Department Station No. 1, 106 Taylortown Road, and Towaco Station No. 1 at 27 Whitehall Road, Towaco. There will be overnight accommodations for residents in dire need at Pine Brook Fire Station No. 1, 47 Old Bloomfield Ave. Space is limited. A pet-friendly comfort station will be available at Cedar Hill School, 46 Pine Brook Road, Towaco. Residents can stay and charge their devices as well as relax with their pets. All of these stations opened today at 2 p.m.
• 4:50 p.m.: Madison Water Department reports the water is safe throughout town
• 4:40 p.m.: Madison police say not to place brush, trees and limbs curbside for the next two weeks. Streets need to be clear for electric utility repairs.
• 4:40 p.m.:Madison police have also announced Halloween trick-or-treating is postponed. They're aiming to reschedule for Saturday, 2 to 6 p.m.
• 4:40 p.m.: From Wharton PD: "Halloween has been postponed to Friday the 2nd as a result of downed wires. The safety of our children comes first. We are hopeful that all live downed wires will be resolved by Friday. The School will also be providing information through the school notification system."
• 4:20 p.m.: Parsippany remains under a state of emergency, and driving on township roads remains restricted, likely through tomorrow. Halloween trick-or-treating has been postponed until further notice. There will be no garbage, recycling or yard waste pickup on Wednesday. All township pffices will be closed on Wednesday. Non-essential township employees are not to report for work on Wednesday. Parsippany water department is still operating using backup generators. Residents should conserve water until full power is restored to the infrastructure. Call 911 only if you have an emergency.
• 4 p.m.: Chatham Township Halloween Trick or Treating has been rescheduled for Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., police say.
• 4 p.m.: Chatham borough refuse collection will resume normal pickup on Thursday and Friday.
• 3:30 p.m.: All Roxbury Township Public Schools and offices will be closed Wednesday.
• 1:19 p.m.: Kiel School in Kinnelon has been opened as a shelter for phone charging, warming, hot beverages, sanitary and sleeping facilities. Enter around back through glass doors. Donations of K cups, air mattresses and sleeping bags would be helpful at Kiel school.
• 12:50 p.m.: Parsipanny schools will remain closed Wednesday.
• 12:46 p.m.: A downed tree on Route 80 West at the ramp for Exit 42 — Route 202/Littleon Road in Parsippany has been cleared.
• 12:40 p.m.: The shelter at Lake Hiawatha Elementary School has been closed, but a warming/portable electronics shelter has been set up at Littleton School at 51 Brooklawn Drive as of 12:30 p.m. Parsippany Animal Control is also standing by at that location and are prepared to take care of pets of Parsippany residents. Enter the center by accessing the gymnasium entrance in the rear of the building. The center will remain open as long as Parsippany residents require any assistance. If you are traveling to the center, be careful as there are still many uncontrolled intersections and live wires as well as trees in the roadway.
• 11:42 a.m.: Madison schools will remain closed tomorrow following Hurricane Sandy's devastation. Residents are advised to stay indoors, according to the Madison Police Department.
• 11:20 a.m.: Fallen trees have closed lanes on Route 124 in Madison, Route 46 in Roxbury and Exit 1W on Route 280 in Parsippany.
• 11:15 a.m.: Morristown's planning a press conference at noon. We'll be there to catch up on how things are in the county seat.
• 11:15 a.m.: We're still hearing from multiple towns urging everyone to stay off the roads. Things are rough out there.
• 11 a.m.: Shelter at Mennen arena waiting for onslaught â if it comes.
• 10 a.m.: Dover lifted its state of emergency but approximately 60 percent of the town is without power, Public Safety Director Richard Rosell said. The Rockaway River did not flood, he said.
• 8:44 a.m.: Municipal officials in Morris County indicated that the area did not suffer significant flooding during Hurricane Sandy, unlike Tropical Storm Irene, but were instead devastated by punishing winds.
• 8:22 a.m.: Dover Public Safety Director Richard Rosell said the town had closed its shelter at the high school.
• 8:09 a.m.: About 2.4 million New Jersey residents are without power Tuesday morning following heavy winds and rain which toppled trees, knocked over utility poles and downed power lines. In Morris County, 172,000 out of 198,000 JCP&L customers are without power, while PSE&G reports a smaller number of outages in East Hanover and Lincoln Park.
• 6:30 a.m.: The Morris County OEM and the Montville Police Department have released an updated list of shelters operating within the county. However, Morris Knolls High School in Denville is currently inaccessible due to road closures.
• 6:30 a.m.: A state of emergency remains in effect in Parsippany. Driving is prohibited by order of the police department due to fallen wires, downed trees and hazardous roadway conditions.
• 5:30 a.m.: More updates on road closures and advisories as of 5:30 a.m.
• 5:00 a.m.: We're working on an updated list of shelters and road closures for you. The winds have died down significantly, but most authorities still advise or require staying off the roads. Downed wires, including live wires, are still everywhere, and wind gusts are strong.
• 4:50 a.m.: JCP&L was showing 86 percent of its Morris County customers affected Monday morning â nearly 167,00 of the 196,000 people it serves in Morris. Most towns. PSE&G, however, showed only very small outages in the small parts of Morris it serves, focused in Lincoln Park and East Hanover.
• 4:50 a.m.: Hurricane Sandy: Morris County's 911 center got 3,000 calls Monday
• 11:58 p.m.: Montville has opened its shelter at Montville High School, police said. However, it's limited, and should be considered a last-resort, police said.
• 11:21 p.m.: More than 24 Morristown homes have been damaged by falling trees.
• 9:50 p.m.: A man and a woman were killed when a tree fell on their pickup truck in Mendham Township. Two children in the backseat survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
MONDAY: New Jersey newspapers suspend Tuesday delivery as Hurricane Sandy nears
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NJ EMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913658287169133239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791627114034382448.post-30106424724553013702012-09-23T17:51:00.000-07:002012-09-23T17:51:17.533-07:00In an explosive lawsuit filed in Hudson County Superior Court, a Jersey City Medical Center EMT who is Arab claims that over the past four years he's been bombarded with ethnic slurs and taunts from coworkers.<br /><br />"You have no idea how hard I tried to show them I was working hard, educated, intelligent, willing to help," Nader Mousa, 45, of Jersey City.t was nice and fine until Sept. 11. I mean, I don't blame people, but I'm working with you. I'm your partner. We are saving people. Are you going to treat me like Bin Laden?" added Mousa, who was hired as an emergency medical technician at the hospital in August 2006.<br /><br />According the 23-page lawsuit originally filed in July 2010, but amended three weeks ago, "upper management" of the Medical Center "failed to respond to the plaintiff's email and failed to prevent continuing discriminatory conduct against plaintiffNJ EMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913658287169133239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791627114034382448.post-109839632453512652012-09-23T17:42:00.001-07:002012-09-23T17:42:47.440-07:00<center>An Oradell 17-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle on Route 4 Saturday night, Teaneck Patch reported.</center><center>
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