A Request from KAPA
Tonya Chang with the American Heart Association is looking for personal stories and known instances where individuals in their communities have been saved by bystander CPR (before EMS arrived on the scene). They are looking …
Category: Re-post
Community Paramedicine in Washington state
Community paramedic visits people before they need 911 again REPOSTED from HeraldNet.com, Thursday, September 18, 2014 By Eric Stevick, Herald Writer EDMONDS – At 89, Rosemary Walters looks forward to Shane Cooper’s visits. Their banter …
How EMS can clear community paramedicine roadblocks (re-post)
State-specific restrictions, Medicare reimbursement, turf battles and public and patient acceptance must be tackled for any program to be successful By Cate Lecuyer, EMS1 Editor EMS may sit at the kids’ table of health care, …
Important Information for West Virginia EMS Squads…
West Virginia Pushes Toward Interoperability TINA ALVEY SOURCE: THE REGISTER-HERALD, BECKLEY, W.VA. CREATED: JULY 9, 2014 State wants more backup and redundancy for its emergency communications. July 07–UNION — West Virginia’s inexorable move toward a completely inter-operable …