Posted On: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 2:12pm
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a pretty well known fact. A lesser known fact is that October is Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirt Month at Samaritan Care! During the month of October, our crews, van drivers, and office staff ditch the normal navy blue uniform shirts and don black t-shirts with bright pink stars of life and the phrase “EMS For a Cure”. It’s a nice change from...
Posted On: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 11:30am
Part of what we do here at Samaritan Care, includes standing by at numerous events. We donate our time to be at the events, both as educational outreach, and to provide basic first aid. Our most recent event was the Great Strides Walk in Wooster on Sunday, May 4th, 2014. The Great Strides Walk benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. One of our EMTs took our new squad to the event which raised an...
Posted On: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 11:28am
The only thing constant in EMS is change. We upgrade our equipment, we upgrade our protocols, and we upgrade our vehicles. In February we purchased two new transit style ambulances. The transit style looks different than what everyone is used to from an ambulance, but it comes with many benefits. If anyone has ever ridden in an ambulance, you know they're not designed for comfort. The transits...
Posted On: Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 10:20am
One of my favorite websites to visit, besides samcareambulance.com, is brownielocks.com. On this site, you can find the significance of any month, day, or week. I was looking at April to see what we’re supposed to be celebrating, or aware of this month…and the answer is, quite a bit! There was a list of maybe 80 titles that April holds. Some of them are familiar, like Autism Awareness Month,...
Posted On: Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:25pm
After years of working with LIfePak 12s we have upgraded our entire fleet to LifePak 15s. We are very excited to be able to do this!
There are some very nice features on this model. For starters, the screen can be displayed in color or high resolution black and white. There is a CPR metronome, to ensure compressions are done at a rate of 100 per minute and breaths are given at the correct time....
