Three Forks Area Ambulance Update
Author: Barbara Mutter, Coordinator Three Forks Area Ambulance
Three Forks Area Ambulance
Barbara Mutter
Three Forks Area Ambulance (TFAA) Coordinator
March ended with 19 emergency responses.
Five transports to Bozeman Deaconess Hospital (BDH) were aided by American Medical Response (AMR) paramedics due to needed pain management. AMR operates from Bozeman.
Three Forks Area Ambulance (TFAA) emergency medical technicians (EMT) did six more transports to BDH. TFAA did two standbys at fires to support the Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department.
The rest of the calls were for refusals of transport and unfortunately one death.
This past month the crew trained and reviewed the NARCAN protocols and crew members trained at Willow Creek Fire Department in conjunction with Gallatin County Sheriffs on the proper use of restraints.
The emergency medical responder class finished and TFAA gained 4 emergency responders (EMR). These folks will respond with an EMT and provide patient support.
This summer we hope to offer an emergency medical technician course and these new EMRs will have the opportunity to bridge to an EMT level.
April training this month will focus on triage training for major incidents. TFAA EMTs and EMRs will be training at the Amsterdam Fire Department. Three Forks Ambulance will present a mass casualty incident training later in the month at our station. TFAA has invited Three Forks Fire and Willow Creek Fire to participate.
One of our EMTs became a state instructor so now we have two state instructors. We hope to offer more community classes soon. We will keep you posted as we develop a class schedule.
We will try our best to keep the cost down for these classes and the QUALITY of TRAINING HIGH!
GIVE BIG, a Gallatin County event to raise money for nonprofits will be happening on Main Street in Three Forks on May 2, 2024. This event will benefit non-profit organizations in need of funds to continue their efforts in our community.
Please come out and support our efforts to provide emergency care to our Three Forks Community. Please look for more information concerning the GIVE BIG EVENT in town.
TFAA hopes more folks in our community will step up and become involved with our ambulance service.
If interested in being a driver we are hoping to offer a traffic incident management course soon, which is a requirement for all drivers of ambulances.
If you are interested in joining our team, please reach out. Our email is 3fkamb@gmail.com Or phone 406-209-3417.
