Welcome to Vermont Emergency Medical Services District No. 5

Updated 07/20/2010:

Methamphetamine Use in Vermont - Health Advisory - see files for Memo

DISTRICT 5 EMS TRAINING FOR INTERMEDIATES

REMINDER UPCOMING AIR Q LMA TRAINING NEXT WEDNESDAY JULY 21ST 1900HRS NVRH CON 126

PLEASE make sure your crews know 12 LEADS strips MUST BE LABELED AND PLACED ON PROGRESS NOTES NOT (OR JUST PLAIN PAPER) or they will be tossed!  We do need them for patient records but without a name and DOB on it we can not "guess" who they belong to. 
 
Thanks, Deb

EMS District # 5 Use of Paramedic Resource:

Paramedic intercepts may be a useful resource for EMT-I and EMT-B crew offering ALS care in a variety of clinical situations:

Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Major Trauma, Pain Control, Anaphylaxis, Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest, Advanced Airway Management, Seriously ill Pediatric patients

Given that adult medical patients can be difficult to evaluate, if grossly abnormal vital signs are obtained in a patient:

1)      Pulse greater than 140 or less than 40

2)      Blood pressure less than 100 systolic

3)      Respiratory rate greater than 30 or less than 10

4)      Oxygen saturation less than 88%

EMT-I or EMT-B level crews should consider involving paramedics in the care of these patients, given the response time and distance to the Emergency Room.

Stanley Baker, MD
District # 5 EMS Medical Director

Training Updated 06/16/2010

Course information under the EMT-B Course tab!

District 5 EMT-B Course -

Fall course start date Sept 7th
Tues/Thurs 1800-2100
Location - Union Baptist School, Waterford 
Those interested please email Deb Bach, Course Coordinator dbach915@hotmail.com

Prehospital 12 lead - "STEMI ALERT" will be effective Monday June 7th

STEMI QA forms are available in box in ED break room.  Please complete and return to ED Secretary immediately after call.

POSTED Under files

INTERSTATE 91 VSP MM Exit Fire Rescue 2009 document - post under files

VCOMM NARROWBANDING - next Meeting - July 15, 2010 1830hrs  CHARLES BUSINESS CTR, LYNDON

Maintain your AED's  - View link below

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Vermont Emergency Medical Services District No. 5      Includes the emergency medical service agencies which serve the towns designated by the Vermont State Department of Health Emergency Medical Services. EMS District 5 serves to coordinate the training, license review, medical direction, and local protocols for this district as well as to promote the field of EMS to the public. [Map of District 5 area within Vermont.]