Sheriff’s
Ambulance Newsletter
MAY 5th 2010
Thank you to all who participated in the
“Colville Electric Mock Accident”
set up by Avista last week. The
scenario was two linemen on a pole in “contact” with high energy
electricity. Both were rescued
from the pole by Avista personnel and CPR was being performed on both
victims when Fire District #5 (Addy) First Responders arrived.
The accident was staged in a remote area making access difficult.
Agencies participating included FD #5, SCSA, Medstar (they actually
brought in a helo!), Stevens County Sheriff’s Office, KHQ 6 News, Stevens
County 911 Dispatch and Avista Safety Personnel and Linemen.
The Avista evaluators were very impressed and stated that they were
“overwhelmed” by the number, quality and timeliness of rural EMS responders
to this mock event.
Training this month includes
EMS Live @ Nite (Splinting) May
11th at 1845 hrs. And
SCSA’s monthly In-Service (OTEP – Patient Assessment-Trauma) May 12th
at 1830 hrs. This will be the last scheduled OTEP from INHS until September.
Welcome aboard;
Lisa Robinson SCSA’s newest
Primary Crewmember and Congratulations
Joe Pittelkow on your successful
campaign to become the newest member of SCSA’s Advisory Board!
The SCSA
Pearson VUE Testing Center is now operational!
This means that people completing EMS classes like First Responder,
EMT-B and EMT-I will not have to travel to Spokane to take the final test.
WESAVE news; the annual
Yard Sale will be Saturday June
19th still time and room for dropping off items for this sale.
There is a signup sheet in the crew locker room for volunteers to
work the yard sale, please sign up if you can help out it’s a great fund
raiser for the WESAVE program.
Also, Donkey Softball is back!
The game (EMT’s vs. the Eagles Club) is June 5th at Vaagen
Field beginning at 1600 hrs and will be followed by the
SCSA Annual
BBQ
&
Picnic. This
is a family event, so
please plan on bringing your family to the game and the picnic.
Please sign up for playing the game (It’s always a “kick”, pardon the
pun) and the BBQ in the crew locker room
as well.
There are a few
special events still open
including Stock Car Races May 9th & June 6th, DNR Pack
Test June 10th and the Tiger Triathlon July 17th.
If you are interested in attending any of these events please sign up
in the crew locker room.
Thank you for volunteering with your local EMS agencies,
Bill Beusan
Coordinator, SCSA