Emergency medical responders

There are several opportunities that improve the operations of the medical services and address the weaknesses described above. As the region grows and the population increases , there are challenges to the county’s EMS division due to a straining of resources. Clearly, increasing the number of EMS staff would facilitate medical operations and emergency responses. Hiring and training more EMS personnel would mean that emergency medical resources would stay readily available. As the population grows

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS Education and Training Required • Education Requirements: o High school diploma. • Training Requirements: o 150 hours of training o How to treat trauma emergencies. o Clearing airways. o Preparing for emergencies. o In hospital or ambulance. Responsibilities and Daily Activities • Determined the treatment on patients. • Respond to 911 calls for emergency assistance. • Help put patients on backboard. • Help transfer patients to the hospital. • Create a patient care

is called the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS). The MPDS is a recognized system used to dispatch appropriate aid to medical emergencies and is used in almost 3000 jurisdictions. The main change made was downgrading 74 different patient acuity classifications, such as serious falls and some motor-vehicle injuries from emergency dispatch to routine dispatch. These changes were implemented in an effort to get to critical calls faster. William Dick, the vice-president of medical programs at B

burden of diseases is caused by injuries and other life threatening emergencies. Over two hundred patients with road traffic injuries are received in the health facilities for definitive treatment in a year as per the occurrence register at the County Ambulance Call Centre. The accidents are mainly along the major roads such as Nairobi-Mombasa highway, Makindu-Wote road and Wote-Machakos roads. Although the patients who need emergency care are often handled by the bystanders who come to their aid, some

following an illness or injury. The emergency scene(s) that EMT’s and Paramedics respond to can often be chaotic; a scene that can be unsafe and/or have multiple patients. Upon arrival the first priority for each provider will always be the safety of the responder and then that of bystanders. An injured responder can be detrimental to a successful resolution to the incident. Once the scene is determined safe or as safe as possible, the highest trained medical professional will assume

The use of paramedicine plays an important role in the care of individuals in need of emergency medical services across the United States. Paramedics, in quick response situations, use paramedicine to treat these individuals in the pre-hospital setting. Many individuals, families, and communities rely on these paramedics to provide accurate treatment and pain management in a timely manner. The two most common pain management options available to paramedics in the pre-hospital setting are Morphine

University Abstract Mutual aid agreements are essential for allocating resources, equipment, and personnel between jurisdictions through intrastate, interstate, private organizations, and nongovernmental organizations agencies in the event of an emergency situation that exceeds the capabilities of the local agencies. Intrastate agencies mobilized by a mutual aid agreement consist of resources within the state that can provide support to the requesting department. During catastrophic events, interstate

The beginning of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) started in the early 1970’s when “people believed more could be done in the out-of-hospital setting.” When the EMT was first introduced to the people of the United States of America, the curriculum to become an EMT included “400 hours of class, lab, and clinical rotations in various hospital settings followed by a 100-hour field internship.” 1970 had also included the very first National Registry of EMTs (NREMT), which in 1971, “1,520 personnel

before, first responders and partnering agencies were facing an unfamiliar incident. In the hours post-collision a number of major tasks were achieved. The Oxnard Fire Department (OFD) responded and the Battalion Chief assumed Incident Command (IC), he immediately declared a level 3 Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) and set up a unified command structure, requesting numerous additional resources (National Transportation, 2016c, p. 10). In accordance with the Ventura County Emergency Medical Services (VCEMS)

programs such as: reducing congestions, improving operations, creating a foundation for 21st century operations, improving global connectivity by enhancing contents management and operations, and finally improving mobility and security through better emergency management. The programs begin policies and programs,