Fisher Road in Berlin has been closed for the foreseeable future.
VAD 6 News Flash
Fisher Road in Berlin is closed
Fisher Road in Berlin is closed
Fisher Road in Berlin is closed
Fisher Road in Berlin has been closed for the foreseeable future after a structurally compromised culvert failed recently.
Mad River Valley AEMT is the Recipient of the 2019 Virginia Caffin Award
Berlin VT, August 12, 2020–Longtime MRVAS AEMT Howard “Howie” McCausland was recently presented with the Virginia Caffin Award. This award, crea
Fisher Road in Berlin has been closed for the foreseeable future after a structurally compromised culvert failed recently.
Mad River Valley AEMT is the Recipient of the 2019 Virginia Caffin Award
Berlin VT, August 12, 2020–Longtime MRVAS AEMT Howard “Howie” McCausland was recently presented with the Virginia Caffin Award. This award, created to honor the memory and dedication of Virginia Caffin one of the founders of modern EMS in Vermont and a founding member of Vermont EMS District 6, is presented annual to the Vermont EMS District 6 EMS Provider of The Year.
An AEMT with MRVAS for the past 7 years, Howie began his career with Bristol Rescue in 1994 but his interest in emergency medicine began in his youth when he was a Boy Scout and also a Lifeguard. In addition to his AEMT duties, Howie also serves as MRVAS ALS officer as well as its representative to VT EMS District 6.
“Howie has dedicated a good portion of his life to pre-hospital emergency medicine as well as serving his community. He has an intense interest in the delivery of nontraditional EMS education such as the design and execution of Tabletop and Full Scale Exercises intended to offer responders training in areas not often seen in the field ” stated Mark Podgwaite, Chair of Vermont EMS District 6 .
Virginia Caffin, along with her husband Frank, starting Cabot Ambulance Service in 1966. She served Vermont EMS District 6 as EMS coordinator, trainer, and board member from its inception in 1972 until her death on March 29, 1999.
From Medical Director
Fisher Road in Berlin is closed
Fisher Road in Berlin is closed
The ER is seeing an increase of patients coming in by wheelchairs via EMS. I'm told providers are choosing to transport the patient in a sitting position and not on the stretcher, and are then walking or pushing the patient in the ED by wheelchair. Reportedly, this is to avoid having to clean stretchers. Specifically, I'm told providers a
The ER is seeing an increase of patients coming in by wheelchairs via EMS. I'm told providers are choosing to transport the patient in a sitting position and not on the stretcher, and are then walking or pushing the patient in the ED by wheelchair. Reportedly, this is to avoid having to clean stretchers. Specifically, I'm told providers are covering the stretcher with an open sheet and just changing that single sheet.
Please advise your crews that this practice is in violation of protocol #8.18, which states, "Patients should be secured to the stretcher with all available belts -- i.e. chest/shoulder harness, lap, and leg belts. Do not leave belts unused."
I know this all can be particularly onerous, given extra Covid precautions, especially in light of the recent uptick in our area.
Let's stick to the protocols and continue providing the best care we can to our patients.
Please stay safe and healthy out there!
In good health,
Sarah Sliva, MD
CVMC Emergency Department
Medical Advisor, Vermont EMS District 6
Recent Non COVID NEWS and updates
VAD #6 announces new Medical Director: Sarah Silva MD
As most have probably heard, Dr. Jared Blum will be leaving his post as Medical Director for VT EMS District 6 at the end of the month. I will be stepping up to take over his post. My name is Sarah Sliva, and I have practiced at CVMC ED for the past four years. I’ve enjoyed working with and getting to know many of you thus far, and am excited to assume this new position.
Sincerely,
Sarah Sliva, MD
Central Vermont Medical Center Emergency Department
VT EMS District 6 Medical Director
2020 protocols released
VT EMS,
I am happy to announce that the Vermont Statewide Emergency Medical Services Protocols - 2020 are now posted to the Vermont EMS web site and available for download. (The initial version will not be hyper-linked, but a hyper-linked version will be posted shortly. In addition, the protocols will be available on the VT EMS App in the next month).
The training process is all explained in a document posted to the Vermont EMS website entitled, "Vermont EMS Statewide Protocol Resource Kit 2020", and the training material is all available on CentreLearn in the catalog titled, "2020 Protocol Education Catalog."
EMS Services and districts are authorized to begin training their personnel. Before an agency may begin to use the new protocols, all of the agency’s operational providers must be trained on the new protocols. Once an agency has trained all of their providers, they may begin to use the new protocols as of 00:01 hours on May 15th, 2020. All agencies must begin to use the new protocols no later than 23:59 hours on September 30, 2020.
VTEMS is planning several virtual meetings to answer questions on the new protocols and highlight some of the most important changes. More details on those meetings will be available next week.
If there are any questions, please feel free to contact our office.
All the best,
Dan Batsie
Dan Batsie
EMS Chief
Division of Emergency Preparedness, Response and Injury Prevention
Interhospital Transfer subcommittee
Completed a unified PCS for interfacility transports. See PCS_Orders_D6_2019, (link below)
New STEMI protocols
Requested - If possible, call from the field to advise ED that you sent an EKG strip from the field and they will look for it. See protocol: listed below in Recent downloads.