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Updated
Policies & Procedures Manual |
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CVAC will
no longer hand out printed copies of the Policies &
Procedures Manual. You may download a PDF version of
the document from the
Important Information
page. |
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Important
Numbers |
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If you have a
smart phone, you can access important numbers such as the
DPW, local PDs, and hospitals from your phone. See the
Members Only Useful Info page for instructions. |
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EMTS - CME
Training at Bedford FD |
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See the
EMT page for the schedule and contact information.
For more details, check with Florence. |
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Under
Appreciated EMS People Should Read This |
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Feeling
under appreciated for all that you do? Mike found this
blog post, worth reading:
http://glassheel.com/work-life-balance/time-thank-those-ems-providers |
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EMTs and Drivers |
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Please remember to
periodically check the EMT and the Driver pages for updates
and new information. |
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Adult Rig Check Duty
Schedule |
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You may now see the Adult
Rig Check Duty Schedule, accessible from the Members Only
section of this site. Please check and if you have a
Tuesday night assigned, make note in your calendar.
Thanks!
Schedule through
June 2013 now posted --
Click here to see the schedule: |
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In-House
Training - Alternating Mondays |
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There will be
in-house training alternating Mondays -- watch for updates
from the Training officer. |
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Medical
Reserve Corps |
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This information
provided by Adam Salberg ... thanks Adam!
When you
sign up, it asks for your EMT number. It will then
confirm with the state EMT database that you are
certified, and enter you into the system. You can select
which counties you want alerts for, and then you'll
receive notification emails whenever those counties
require emergency help. There is no obligation to
respond. If you volunteer, you are technically working
for the New York State Dept. of Health and receive a
certain degree of liability coverage and indemnification
from them.
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Calls
During House Duty |
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If a call comes
in during the weekly rig check, at House Duty, please take
the secondary (standby) ambulance, not the primary. This
will give us less to repack and minimize any delay. Upon
return it will remain secondary. The secondary
ambulance should always be in the center bay. |
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West Nile
Advisory |
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Read the
West Nile Information for Emergency Services Sector
advisory |
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Epi Pens
in Greater Use - Becoming More Readily Available |
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From The New
York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/business/mylan-invests-in-epipen-as-child-allergies-increase.html?hp |
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Longer CPR
Efforts May be Beneficial, Study Says |
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From The New
York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/health/research/doctors-may-be-ending-cpr-efforts-too-soon-study-says.html?hp |
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WMD Online Training /
CME Available |
NIMS ICS-100 is an
introduction to "Incident Command Systems," a nationwide
program created by the Bush Administration to facilitate
agencies being able to work together without stepping on
each others' toes in the event of an MCI. Some of you will
remember this, because when originally rolled out, every
member of an agency like ours was required to take it. The
course has been revised to "reflect lessons learned since
its release in 2006" so you might even want to take it
again. If you haven't, it's worth going through.
You can register and take it online (at no charge). The
whole thing takes about an hour and a half, but you can
pause when you like and come back to it. After you pass, you
get a nice certificate which we will put into your file or
you can hang on your wall. If you're an EMT, turn it in to
the training officer, and this will count toward WMD CME hours.
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100b.asp |
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House Duty - Every
Tuesday at 7PM |
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A great way to learn more
about CVAC for members and the public alike.
Every
Tuesday at 7PM, CVAC's Youth Corps and adult members make sure the
CVAC ambulances and fly car are ready to respond to
emergencies in our community. |
