3rd Annual MID CAPE CLASSIC
We proudly announce the Third Annual Softball Tournament to benefit Cape & Islands Emergency Medical Services System, Inc. (CIEMSS) and their new training facility. The Mid Cape Classic is an organized group of concerned volunteers coming together for the sole purpose of assisting CIEMSS in its fundraising efforts, for the much needed training facility for our Paramedics and Emergency Medical …
Required Medications on ALS Ambulances
ADVISORY 16-09-01 TO: All MA Licensed Ambulance Services and MA Accredited EMT Training Institutions CC: EMCAB Members FROM: Dr. Jonathan Burstein, State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Director DATE: September 16, 2016, updated January 19, 2017, September 26, 2017 and October 26, 2017 RE: Required Medications on ALS Ambulances per Statewide Treatment Protocols, v. 2016, including v. 3 In order …
Cape Cod Disaster Animal Response Team seeks volunteers
The Cape Cod Disaster Animal Response Team (CCDART) is embarking on a campaign to recruit volunteers to serve in the pet sheltering component of the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Shelter System. Holly Rogers, founder and president of CCDART, said, “The hurricanes in Texas and Florida remind us that Cape Cod is not immune to such disasters and highlight the importance …
On the front lines in the ER and in the field
It was a day meant for fun and sun in Stage Harbor. But, suddenly, the boat outing turned into tragedy. The vessel’s propellers accidentally ran over both legs of a 27-year-old woman swimming by its side. Fortunately, one of the first responders was a trained Emergency Medical Technician working that day for the harbormaster. “He was smart enough to put …
This baby had her own idea of where to be born
They’re always ready for the next heart attack, stroke or car accident. But, a baby köpa levitra på nätet? David Gelinas, Jason Travis and Louis Sassone boasted decades of experience as paramedics, but on this summer morning, they would encounter among the rarest of contingencies. They would be delivering a newborn in their ambulance. The rescuers from the combined fire …
Nurses and Paramedics – a team approach to saving lives
Edna Wall has been an emergency room nurse for more than three decades, responding to thousands of ambulances rushing patients through the doors, many times in a life-and-death situation. As a clinical leader, she is part of a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week world that may care for more than 300 patients daily arriving with maladies as minor as sunburn and as traumatic …
Dealing with life and death daily
Tom Brady and his New England Patriots teammates know they must be in peak physical and mental shape the minute the whistle blows during the season. But, the nearly 1,000 paramedics and EMTs – who simultaneously are the Cape’s firefighters – must be on top of their game every minute, every day. While a flat performance for the Patriots may …
“A helicopter has crashed in my backyard!”
Helicopter – Dive TeamThe Chatham Fire Department responds to 2,700 calls a year, most requiring paramedics and EMTs to rush in ambulances and trucks to the scene. But, rarely do they get a call like this. The 911 alert came in June 2016 from a woman who had just watched a helicopter crash behind her house at the edge of …
Cape’s aged population keeps paramedics and EMTs busy
The call came from a Chatham address that the rescue team recognized immediately. An elderly woman was having serious trouble breathing. It was another in a series of cascading medical crises for the woman. When Lt. Gerard Smith, joined by paramedics Rachel McGrath and Scott Long, arrived at her home, they discovered her upstairs in a room populated by medical …