A teenager who traveled to Italy on a high school school trip in mid-February became the second victim of coronavirus in Rhode Island, state health officials announced Sunday night. And a woman in her 30s, who was on the same trip, is being tested.
Lynn Arditi
Lynn joined The Public's Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series "A 911 Emergency," a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020.
A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washington, D.C., where she did story development for 60 Minutes. When the T.V. market imploded in 1987, the D.C. office of CIR closed and within a year she moved to Massachusetts to take a reporting job at the former Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, a small daily newspaper.
A year later, she moved to Providence, R.I. to work at The Providence Journal. There, she worked for several years as a bureau reporter covering schools and local issues, before she began covering statewide beats including higher education, the economy, housing and health care. During those years, she also honed her skills in narrative journalism, and served as chairwoman of the newspaper’s writing committee. Her work has been recognized by New England Associated Press News Executives Association and the Society of American Business Editors & Writers.
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Rhode Island 911 Emergency Center delays call taker training program
The 911 center’s new emergency medical dispatch program — which was expected to be up and running this month — now probably will not launch until the fall or winter.
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More Than Two Dozen Rhode Islanders Have Voluntarily Quarantined Themselves While Being Monitored For Coronavirus
More than two-dozen Rhode Islanders who have recently traveled to China have agreed to stay home from work or school and limit their travel while they’re being monitored for the novel coronavirus, a state health official said Thursday
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Lifespan Finds A New Partner: Coastal Medical
Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest hospital group, has negotiated a deal with Coastal Medical that will expand its network of primary care providers in the state.
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This Former Firefighter Has A Criminal Past. Now, He’s On The Board That Advises The State On Its EMS System.
Albert F. Peterson III has been disciplined by state health regulators, and he has a number of criminal charges. “I’m not that person anymore,” he said of his past.
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Providence Fire-EMS Credited With Helping Save A Man’s Life
Federico Pellegrino was working at the Providence Water Supply Board last October when he suddenly collapsed. Pellegrino, 60, was in cardiac arrest; his heart had stopped and he wasn’t breathing. On Wednesday, nearly a dozen members of the Providence Fire Department were recognized for their role in saving Pellegrino’s life during ceremony at Community College […]
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A Misplaced Breathing Tube Can Be Fatal. New Studies Suggest They Should Be Used Less Often
EMS agencies perform intubations to help restore breathing to cardiac arrest patients. New studies show patients fare as well or better with less-invasive alternatives.
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EMS Crews Brought Patients To The Hospital With Misplaced Breathing Tubes. None Of Them Survived.
In the world of emergency medicine, an unrecognized esophageal intubation is a “never event,” meaning that it shouldn’t happen under any circumstances. In Rhode Island, it’s occurred 12 times in the last three years. In each case, the patient died.
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For Sisters Selling Turkeys, Thanksgiving Day Is For Sleeping.
One Thanksgiving, sisters Roslyn and Phyllis Dickens were so exhausted from filling customers’ orders that they didn’t have the energy to cook their own turkey dinner. When a friend stopped by the house Thanksgiving Day and discovered that the sisters hadn’t eaten, she “made us hot dogs!” Phyllis Dickens said. The annual turkey-to-table marathon at […]
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Utah-Based Company To Train 911 Call Takers In RI
The state Department of Public Safety has selected a Utah-based company to train Rhode Island’s 911 call takers in responding to medical emergencies.
