Three Forks Area Ambulance Update
Author: Barbara Mutter, Coordinator Three Forks Area Ambulance
Three Forks Area Ambulance Community Update
Barbara Mutter, Coordinator Three Forks Area Ambulance
February was a considerably slower month for calls. Three Forks Area Ambulance (TFAA) responded to 19 calls. 9 of these were transports to Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.
2 of these hospital transports were assisted by American Medical Response, Bozeman, and paramedics due to the severity of the calls.
The rest of the calls were refusals, canceled prior to arrivals, and a standby for basketball at the Three Forks High School.
In February the TFAA Crew received training in HIPPA, Professionalism, Bloodborne Pathogens, and doffing. Doffing is the removal of personal protective gear safely so as to avoid an exposure to the EMT and this gear also protects the patient. This training was presented by Riesa Overstreet RN.
We began the Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder Course in mid-February. The EMR course is 56 hours of classroom and 10 hours of practical hands-on training. This class, with three students, will be completed in mid-March.
TFAA hopes to gain several new trained EMRs that will be able to aid our EMTs on emergency calls.
Later in the summer, we will offer an Emergency Medical Technician Course. These new folks will be able to bridge the course and move up to EMTs!
We hope more folks in our community can step up and take the full Emergency Medical Technician Course. More information on dates and prices to follow in the future.
Our EMTs attended 4 days of training with Jefferson Valley Emergency Medical Service. February 22 to February 25. AMR covered our service area for those days.
We thank AMR for their coverage of our emergency calls while our folks were at training.
Three Forks Area Ambulance Community Update
By Barbara Mutter, Coordinator
