Annual Awards

It is that time of year to make nominations for Paramedic, EMT, Rookie, Employee and, PRN of the Year. This year the rules are:

Any employee may be nominated for the appropriate category
Attention should be paid to employees that have gone “above and beyond” during the year
Nominee must be in good standing
Medic is defined as Paramedic
EMT is defined as EMT
Employee is defined as any full time employee who does not work as an EMT or Paramedic. (Salary/management staff are not eligible)
Rookie is defined as a Paramedic or EMT hired between October 1 2007 and October 01 2008. (See list)
Dispatcher is defined as any PRN or fulltime dispatcher.
PRN is defined as any EMT or Paramedic that has met the minimum number of hours (260 per year) to be compliant with our PRN policy. (See list)
Nominations will be taken from all staff with final selection from the top three made by management.

Deadline is Noon November 7 2008

ONE nomination vote per employee PLEASE


Ballots available at:
Station one supply room, or at Conway Central Station.

New Secondary Airway

The health department has mandated that EMS services carry a secondary airway.

We are now introducing this device into our protocol. This device will be the King Airway and will be considered the secondary airway of choice at MEMS. Included in your packet you will find the updated protocols to support these changes, MIF information, as well literature written on the King Airway.

This is mandatory training required for all paramedics that must be completed prior to using this new airway. There is a 6 minute training video available at http://www.medic.metroems.org/ If you are new to the medic site please register and then log on to view the video. Available for check out are DVD / CD from your supervisor or please see the Echo on duty. We will also be placing DVD/CD at each outlying station. Also included in your packet is a 10 question exam that must be completed and turned into the on-duty supervisor, Echo (C. Spychalski or C. Goddard) or Foxtrot in order to receive credit for this training. The deadline to complete and turn in exam is October 31, 2008. The exam must be turned in by this day or you will be ineligible to work until training is complete. You can also fax your completed test to 301-1485.

If you have any questions regarding this new device please contact Captain Janelle Johnson in training 301-1464.