The below video ran on the local news station July 7, 2011
The American Red Cross is in the midst of a campaign to educate five million people about a simpler form of CPR called hands-only or bystander CPR. The American Heart Association is promoting the shift to the hands-only technique. There's no mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and no number of compressions to remember in the rush of an emergency. That's why the Red Cross is making a push for people to learn hands-only CPR. Doctors do warn that this bystander technique is no replacement for full CPR but your hands can jumpstart a heart until the medical pros get to the scene. This CPR video ran on the local news station July 7, 2011.
July 4th, 2011
On July 4, Washington Post writer Dan Zak wrote a very interesting story about the night shifts and EMTs. The story really gives an insight into the volunteer rescue squad, no matter your location. You can find the story by going to the highlighted text below
The Madison County Rescue Squad wants to share this information with all our friends. These stories contain information about our MCRS members and news of note involving Emergency Medical Services from across the nation.
The below story was reported by Julie Bercik of NBC 29 the local news station on July 18, 2011
Audrey Snyder, EMT-P for Madison County Rescue Squad, is an Associate Professor in Nursing and Nursing Coordinator at UVA and a winner of the UVA Community Service Award.
UVA Volunteers Head to Wise to Provide Free Medical Care
An annual tradition of care in southern Virginia is off to a good start. The Wise County Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic starts seeing patients this Friday. The University of Virginia Medical Center will provide assistance by sending an army of volunteers and equipment.
"We wish that we could just take the whole hospital with us," said Nurse Coordinator Audrey Snyder
Audrey Snyder, MCRS Member, EMT-P with pony tail and her husband Evan in back in Orange shirt. Evan is a MCRS member also and is a EMT-I.
July 21, 2011
Trying to save troops' lives with flying hospital
A row of C17 Globemaster airplanes are seen at the US military airbase in Ramstein, southwest Germany. Planes like these have been converted into flying intensive care units to evacuate the war zones' most seriously wounded for advanced care
<Click on the C17 for the story of these aircraft>
Click on the picture for more of the story about RAM and Audreys work
July 26, 2011
Governor McDonnell Signs "Ashley's Law"
– Law requires emergency vehicles proceeding through a traffic intersection to flash emergency lights
and either sound a siren or horn, or yield the right-of-way, before proceeding –
All Madison County Rescue Squad personal, especially our drivers, need to be aware that Governor Bob McDonnell , on July 26, 2011, ceremonially signed SB 762, also known as "Ashley's Law," which requires emergency vehicles proceeding through a traffic intersection to flash emergency lights and either sound a siren or horn, or yield the right-of-way, before proceeding. For more on the bill, click here on SB762
August 6, 2011
Reducing Fever in Children: Safe Use of Acetaminophen
You’re in the drug store, looking for a feverreducing medicine for your children. They range in age from 6 months to 7 years, and you want to buy one product you can use for all of them. So you buy liquid acetaminophen in concentrated drops for infants, figuring you can use the dropper for the baby and a teaspoon for the oldest.
This could be a dangerous mistake....
Read this FDA Consumer Update: Safe Use of Acetaminophen
Martha Jeffferson Hospital Moves
August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011 was moving day for Martha Jefferson Hospital. The Madison County Rescue Squad was asked to participate in this historic move. We provided 1 medic crew and our own Unit 384 to help in this move.
After more than 100 years on Locust Avenue in downtown Charlottesville, ambulance trucks lined the entrance to Martha Jefferson Hospital ready to help move patients to the new hospital on Pantops. Here are a few videos from the local news station on the move.
This video shows Madison County Rescue Unit 384 under the portico of the old hospital ready to accept a patient for the move to the new hospital. Some MCRS members are in the background with the stretchers at the staging area.
This video is a followup with some general information on the move.
November 1, 2011
The Greene Care Clinic has been serving the county's uninsured for more than six years. MCRS member and Driver Bill Deisbeck and his wife Evelyn, also an EMT-I with MCRS have been volunteering with the Greene Care Clinic for years. Check out this video on the clinic and you can see Bill all over the video. Check the article and video out here!
