Adult Protectives
When filing a Special Report for Social Services or Adult Protectives, please try to obtain as much information possible. The information they are looking for are names, phone numbers of care takers and, family members that they can get in contact with to follow up with them.
Garage Doors
The Chili Ambulance garage door remotes will open bay # 3 at the Henrietta Station. The Henrietta Ambulance garage door remotes button # 3 will open up the garage door at the Chili Station.
Supply Exchange with 4th Batt. FD
Apparently Chili Ambulance was supplying equipment and supplies to the fire departments on scene. If they used a cannula, c-collar, etc. they would exchange one for one. I let the 4th Batt Fire Chiefs (Chili, Gates, Clifton, Churchville, and Mumford) that we will not be continuing that practice. If you are asked for equipment / supplies at the scene, politely decline. We will continue to fill oxygen cylinders, exchange will occur at the CHS ambulance station in Chili.
Bryx app Beta - SMH
CHS providers have been chosen as the exclusive beta test site for the next roll out of Bryx and URMC- Strong Hospital alerting system, which is an extension of the current trauma notification functionality. Beginning at 0900 on Wednesday 1/18/2017 beta 2.0 will go live. A few notes from Dr. Cushman: - The Bryx App should be used to provide prehospital notification for ALL patients going to SMH and SMH ONLY. (Adult and Pediatric); - Performing prehospital notification using the... read more
Recording On Scene time when Staging
If you are staging for a call, such as a potentially violent MHA, etc. You should record your on-scene time as the time you arrive at the staging location. You record time at patient as the actual time you make patient contact. Whenever you stage, for a call you are dispatched on, (this doesn’t include our internal staging or staging for Brighton) you need to indicate that you were staging and the reason on your PCR.
Additions to Paramedic Gear
We are adding a few new items to our gear on the ambulances: As of January 1, 2015: Adding (1) ondansetron to tackle boxes in the IV drawer As of January 15, 2015: Adding (1) pressure bag infuser to primary response bag Adding (1) 14 gauge “short” IV catheter to the IV kit in the primary response bag Adding (1) 22 gauge “long” IV catheter to the IV kit in the primary response bag
Annual Updates & PPD's
Our annual updates and PPD's are scheduled for Tues. April 7th (our Staff Meeting) from 4:30 - 7pm and Tues. May 5th (our training meeting) from 4:30 - 6pm. There will be sign-up sheets in the dispatch as we have done in previous years. This is mandatory for all members, except anyone who is new as of January 1, 2015. Failure to get this done, whether at one of these 2 dates we provide here at the base or on your own time by May 31, 2015 will result in disciplinary action.
Priority 1 or 2? Step Lively!
The expectation for all priority 1 and 2 calls is that you stop what you’re doing and walk with purpose to the vehicle. Since you will be moving swiftly to the vehicle, you can acknowledge the call in the rig. Also, remember that the closest in-service unit should respond to these level calls.
CORRECTION: Calling In Service from RGH
There was a typo in News You Can Use. When returning from RGH, call in service at 590 & 490 (not 390). Thank you.
A Message From The Chief
As we begin 2015, I find myself reflecting on this past year and looking eagerly towards the New Year. This year we responded to just over 5900 calls for service and each of those patients was treated with kindness and high quality medical care. I know this because I see it happening and we receive hundreds of unsolicited thank you letters every year from our patients. The success of our organization is a direct result of your dedication to Henrietta Ambulance and the communities that we... read more