Annual Health Updates
Make sure you take a look at the signup sheet in dispatch to sign up for our mandatory annual physicals. Northern Star will be on site on both April 4th & May 2nd. These dates are designed to center around our Training and Staff meeting. We have time slots listed on the signup sheet for you to plug in your name where the time is most convenient for you. If you do not attend one of these nights you will be responsible to reach out to Northern Star and make an appointment with... read more
Congratulations — Per Diem BLS Promotions
Please welcome Marina Brace and Adam Lawrence as our newest BLS per diem employees!
Adult Protectives
When filing a Special Report for Social Services or Adult Protectives, please try to obtain as much information possible. The information they are looking for are names, phone numbers of care takers and, family members that they can get in contact with to follow up with them.
Garage Doors
The Chili Ambulance garage door remotes will open bay # 3 at the Henrietta Station. The Henrietta Ambulance garage door remotes button # 3 will open up the garage door at the Chili Station.
Supply Exchange with 4th Batt. FD
Apparently Chili Ambulance was supplying equipment and supplies to the fire departments on scene. If they used a cannula, c-collar, etc. they would exchange one for one. I let the 4th Batt Fire Chiefs (Chili, Gates, Clifton, Churchville, and Mumford) that we will not be continuing that practice. If you are asked for equipment / supplies at the scene, politely decline. We will continue to fill oxygen cylinders, exchange will occur at the CHS ambulance station in Chili.
Bryx app Beta - SMH
CHS providers have been chosen as the exclusive beta test site for the next roll out of Bryx and URMC- Strong Hospital alerting system, which is an extension of the current trauma notification functionality. Beginning at 0900 on Wednesday 1/18/2017 beta 2.0 will go live. A few notes from Dr. Cushman: - The Bryx App should be used to provide prehospital notification for ALL patients going to SMH and SMH ONLY. (Adult and Pediatric); - Performing prehospital notification using the... read more
Recording On Scene time when Staging
If you are staging for a call, such as a potentially violent MHA, etc. You should record your on-scene time as the time you arrive at the staging location. You record time at patient as the actual time you make patient contact. Whenever you stage, for a call you are dispatched on, (this doesn’t include our internal staging or staging for Brighton) you need to indicate that you were staging and the reason on your PCR.
Additions to Paramedic Gear
We are adding a few new items to our gear on the ambulances: As of January 1, 2015: Adding (1) ondansetron to tackle boxes in the IV drawer As of January 15, 2015: Adding (1) pressure bag infuser to primary response bag Adding (1) 14 gauge “short” IV catheter to the IV kit in the primary response bag Adding (1) 22 gauge “long” IV catheter to the IV kit in the primary response bag
Annual Updates & PPD's
Our annual updates and PPD's are scheduled for Tues. April 7th (our Staff Meeting) from 4:30 - 7pm and Tues. May 5th (our training meeting) from 4:30 - 6pm. There will be sign-up sheets in the dispatch as we have done in previous years. This is mandatory for all members, except anyone who is new as of January 1, 2015. Failure to get this done, whether at one of these 2 dates we provide here at the base or on your own time by May 31, 2015 will result in disciplinary action.
Priority 1 or 2? Step Lively!
The expectation for all priority 1 and 2 calls is that you stop what you’re doing and walk with purpose to the vehicle. Since you will be moving swiftly to the vehicle, you can acknowledge the call in the rig. Also, remember that the closest in-service unit should respond to these level calls.