The “Prepper” Issue Greetings everybody! It’s been a long winter and everybody is by now deeply entrenched in planning for warm weather activities. That crazy groundhog in PA didn’t see his shadow this year, which allegedly means no more “Bad” winter. I have always been skeptical about the groundhog day thing and seeing as how we just saw some of the quickest snow accumulation all winter in recent weeks, I think I’m in the right for a change! The focus of this issue of Lights & Sirens will be preparation. Preparing for warm weather, for certain types of EMS calls, and for upcoming education offerings. As we enter spring of 2013, plans for the new Genesis Medical Center are on track and EMS figures heavily into the design from traffic flow to parking accommodations at the ED. The new lounge will be spacious, if not palatial and the entire layout will certainly be state-of-the-art. Plans are done. Acton will soon begin and its an exciting time to be involved in EMS. As technology figures more and more heavily into the delivery of healthcare, computers are penetrating front-line EMS and not only at paid services, but also in the Fire Service based Municipal and Volunteer EMS agencies. Computer based documentation offers not only the promise of increased quality through expanded charting, but also increased capture of demographic information, which is crucial to timely reimbursement of service fees. In the past, I witnessed much resistance to computer technology among the more seasoned of our profession (read: “the old people”), but now I see more and more of these same opponents of technology now embracing it with open arms. So indeed, the word “Preparation” fits here, and so let’s get on with the good stuff! New Patient inflow planned for Good Samaritan Campus Beginning April 15th, EMS transports to Genesis will become simpler due to the onset of construction at the Bethesda Campus. On that date, EMS will no longer be transporting any patients to , Bethesda except for O.B. patients in labor, those patients will be transported directly to Labor & Delivery on 2 West. This is in preparation for the construction of the new Medical Center facility to begin. Meanwhile, Genesis Good Samaritan Campus will be seeing a renovation to expand the patient treatment area of it’s ED and improve patient flow from triage to admission or discharge. Volume 3 • Issue 2 March/April, 2013 News for EMS Professionals Lights & Sirens is a monthly publication for EMS providers in the Muskingum County and surrounding areas. To submit an article for inclusion, please contact Joel Dickinson, EMS Consultant at Genesis HealthCare System, (740) 454-7657 or at [email protected]
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The “Prepper” Issue
Greetings everybody! It’s been a long winter and everybody is by
now deeply entrenched in planning for warm weather activities.
That crazy groundhog in PA didn’t see his shadow this year, which
allegedly means no more “Bad” winter. I have always been
skeptical about the groundhog day thing and seeing as how we just
saw some of the quickest snow accumulation all winter in recent
weeks, I think I’m in the right for a change!
The focus of this issue of Lights & Sirens will be preparation.
Preparing for warm weather, for certain types of EMS calls, and
for upcoming education offerings.
As we enter
spring of
2013, plans
for the new
G e n e s i s
M e d i c a l
Center are
on track
and EMS
f i g u r e s
heavily into
the design
from traffic flow to parking accommodations at the ED. The new
lounge will be spacious, if not palatial and the entire layout will
certainly be state-of-the-art. Plans are done. Acton will soon begin
and its an exciting time to be involved in EMS.
As technology figures more and more heavily into the delivery of
healthcare, computers are penetrating front-line EMS and not only
at paid services, but also in the Fire Service based Municipal and
Volunteer EMS agencies. Computer based documentation offers
not only the promise of increased quality through expanded
charting, but also increased capture of demographic information,
which is crucial to timely reimbursement of service fees. In the
past, I witnessed much resistance to computer technology among
the more seasoned of our profession (read: “the old people”), but
now I see more and more of these same opponents of technology
now embracing it with open arms.
So indeed, the word “Preparation” fits here, and so let’s get on
with the good stuff!
New Patient inflow planned for Good Samaritan Campus
Beginning April 15th, EMS transports to Genesis will become
simpler due to the onset of construction at the Bethesda Campus.
On that date, EMS will no longer be transporting any patients to ,
Bethesda except for O.B. patients in labor, those patients will be
transported directly to Labor & Delivery on 2 West. This is in
preparation for the construction of the new Medical Center facility
to begin. Meanwhile, Genesis Good Samaritan Campus will be
seeing a renovation to expand the patient treatment area of it’s ED
and improve patient flow from triage to admission or discharge.
Volume 3 • Issue 2 March/April, 2013
News for EMS Professionals
Lights & Sirens is a monthly publication for EMS providers
in the Muskingum County and surrounding areas. To submit
an article for inclusion, please contact Joel Dickinson,