Carroll County Times: EMS technology extends careers at the Westminster Md Vol
Fire Co
EMS technology extends careers at the Westminster Md Vol
Fire Co http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/03/carroll-county-times-ems-technology.html
Retrieved Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Volunteers at our local fire companies sometimes put their
lives on the line battling blazes, but a majority of the calls these
departments receive are to respond to medical emergencies. While — for the
volunteer responders at least — they aren't facing a life or death situation
for these calls, they are often putting wear and tear on their bodies, which shortens
careers.
So we were happy to see the Westminster Volunteer Fire
Department demonstrate last week the latest technology to be deployed by the
department, Stryker Power Load System stretcher, which allows patients to be
loaded and easily put into ambulances, saving the stress on volunteers' limbs
and spines.
Fire Department Lt. Brett Pearce told us that about half of
the department's line-of-duty retirements for emergency medical service workers
each year are due to back injuries, which occur when lifting and carrying
people out of their homes on a stretcher.
[…]
Yet, that's exactly the situation volunteers at some of
these companies are facing. Westminster Volunteer Fire Department alone
responded to 5,743 EMS calls last year, making it one of the busiest volunteer
agencies in the state, according to the department's Public Information Officer
Kevin Dayhoff. For almost every EMS call, a paramedic is lifting a stretcher
four times — in and out at the scene and again at the hospital. While we'd like
to think they follow proper form every time, we know that isn't realistic,
especially when time is of the essence for the patient.
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