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This Week:
New Carry-In
Equipment Bag 2
Mandatory FIT
Testing 3
EMS Week 2011
Schedule of Events 4
Did You Make the
Deadline? 5
Medic InService
Schedule 6
FREE All-Star
Race Tickets 7
Training Schedule 8
Medic Calendar 8
News From The Front Line May 9, 2011
The MEDIC Dispatch
Mecklenburg
EMS
Agency
Dates to
Remember:
May 10th
May InService
1800—2200
May 12th
May InService
1200—1600
Submission Deadline
for 2nd Batch of
EMS Week Gift
Selections
May 13th
May InService
0800—1200
This year, several new awards have been added to Medic’s
Annual Employee Recognition Event. For the past few weeks,
we have asked employees for Unsung Heroes nominees, now
we are reaching out to you again.
Two awards are nomination based this year, the Unsung Hero
and now the Top Calls for 2010! The Employee Recognition
Team, along with the Lead Team, will select 3 Top Call’s
from the nominations received from employees. All three
Top Calls will be highlighted at the Employee Recognition
Event and the top selection will be announced during the
evening.
The Employee Recognition Committee is asking employees to recall the Top Calls from
2010. A Top Call would be something above and beyond a “normal” call for
service. Nominations will be based upon performance either on scene or over the phone – a
call with outstanding scene/phone management. Nominated calls should be the most notable
calls from the past year.
If you would like to nominate a call for a 2010 Top Call, please provide the following to your
immediate Supervisor by 5 pm, Friday, May 13th! All Top Call nominations will then
be reviewed by your supervisor before being submitted to the Employee Recognition Team for
approval.
Your Name
Contact Phone/Contact Email (if we need further clarification)
Nominee or Nominees Name (please list all employees involved)
Run Number (if known)
Briefly describe the call
Briefly describe why the call should be selected for a 2010 Top Call
If you have any questions for the Employee Recognition Team, please direct them to Kristin
Young at [email protected] or ext. 6165.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Top Call Award
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Performance Pay Update
Over the past several months, the Equipment Committee has received resounding comments
surrounding the possibility of changing to a new carry-in bag. Good news! The Agency has
purchased new bags for every unit in the fleet as well a few new spares for future use.
Operations Supervisors will also incorporate a new bag (identical in layout, but different in color)
for easy identification. With the mindset of being good stewards of the resources we have,
the current bags utilized by Operations Supervisors will be converted for usage by the upcoming
911 BLS team. This maneuver will avoid the Agency from having to purchase any additional
resources while providing the 911 BLS team with equipment they may need and allowing for
future expansion.
The new carry-in equipment bag will replace the current gray drug box and eliminate the large
red O2 bag (by combining it with equipment in the new bag). The Agency has also taken delivery
of a new ‘sleeve’ that will fit over our current oxygen bottles. This sleeve will carry a small
assortment of supplies and will complement the new carry-in equipment bag.
Lastly, the Agency is also examining the possibility of switching the style of oxygen bottles we currently use. The bottles
under consideration are a combination bottle / regulator / cage and will eliminate the need for the three separate pieces
we currently carry. This change is aimed at not only making our O2 delivery process simpler, but to save money in the long
run by no longer having to replace regulators as they break and /or wear out. The new carry-in equipment bags will be
reviewed during May InService and will be scheduled for deployment upon completion of the InService rotation.
For questions about the new carry-in bag, please contact a member of the equipment team: Don Shue at
[email protected], Chris Simmons at [email protected] or Bryan Edwards at [email protected].
New Carry-In Equipment Bag
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Based on results from our voluntary inspection from
OSHA, Medic is required, as an Agency, to complete the
following processes below:
Every Medic field employee is required to complete a
Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire. After
completing the Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire,
field employees must get FIT Tested. To get FIT Tested,
please report to the Special Operations department at Post
101 (aka the new building) by entering the lobby of Post
101. Please be sure to take your half-faced and full-faced
respirators with you. FIT Test hours are seven days a week
from 0630 to 1745. The final deadline for the FIT Testing
is Friday, May 20th.
Each FIT Test will last approximately five minutes and
should be completed just prior to or after your shift. Please
report to your FIT Test on-time as you will be expected
to leave in your truck from Post 100 as scheduled for your
shift.
Please contact your immediate Supervisor, Mike Stanford,
Jacob Brod, Chance Osborne, Josh Stiller, Justin Pfund or
Amy Johnson with any questions about the FIT Test
process.
Mandatory: FIT Testing
Operations would like to proudly announce and congratulate the nine new Operations Relief Supervisors. The new
Relief Supervisors were selected based on an intense assessment process and competed amongst many outstanding and high
performing candidates within the Agency. Please join the Operations division in congratulating the following new Relief
Supervisors:
Mike Gilmore
Ken Murray
Charles Horne
Sam Pendlay
Mike Sherriff
Drew Smith
Stacen Smith
John Stroup
Scott Wilson
Congratulations again to the new Operations Relief Supervisors as well as all the candidates who applied and participated in
the process.
Promotion Announcement
The North Carolina Office of EMS will conduct the 21st
Annual Paramedic Competition this fall at its annual EMS
conference.
Each EMS service in the state is allowed to send up to two
teams of paramedics to compete. If you are interested in
competing as a team, you must send an e-mail with both
team members’ names along with cell phone numbers to
Sam Barnes at [email protected]. If more than two
teams sign up to compete at the preliminary competition
on July 22nd, an internal process will be conducted to select
the two teams to represent Medic.
The July preliminary competition will determine who
competes at the Finals on Sunday, October 2nd.
NC Paramedic Competition
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EMS Week 2011 Schedule of Events
Event Day Time
Kickoff Breakfast (AM Shift)
Post 100—Bay Area Monday, May 16th 3:30 am—8:30 am
Ice Cream Social
Post 100—Bay Area Monday, May 16th 2:30 pm—7:30 pm
Kickoff Snack Items (PM Shift)
Post 100—Bay Area Monday, May 16th 2:30 pm—7:30 pm
EMS Cookout
Post 101—Employee Parking Lot Tuesday, May 17th 11:30 am—8:00 pm
Medic Arcade
Post 101—Bay Area Tuesday, May 17th 11:30 am—8:00 pm
Medic Store Open House
Post 101—Bay Area Tuesday, May 17th 2:30 pm—7:00 pm
Kickoff Breakfast (AM Shift)
Post 100—Bay Area Wednesday, May 18th 3:30 am—8:30 am
Ice Cream Social
Post 100—Bay Area Wednesday, May 18th 2:30 pm—7:30 pm
Kickoff Snack Items (PM Shift)
Post 100—Bay Area Wednesday, May 18th 2:30 pm—7:30 pm
EMS Cookout
Post 101—Employee Parking Lot Thursday, May 19th 11:30 am—8:00 pm
Medic Arcade
Post 101—Bay Area Thursday, May 19th 11:30 am—8:00 pm
Medic Store Open House
Post 101—Bay Area Thursday, May 19th 2:30 pm—7:00 pm
Basketball Tournament Game
Post 101—Employee Parking Lot Friday, May 20th 3:30 pm—5:30 pm
The PR department has put together the following schedule to help Medic employees stay in the loop of all the pre-planned
activities for the EMS Week 2011 extravaganza. EMS Week 2011 activities will take place at Medic Post 100 as well as Post
101 (also known as the new building). The lineup has been set, the activities are in place...are you ready for EMS Week
2011?
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Option#1:
MedicLogoTumbler
andThermosGiftSet
On Friday, May 20th
Medic employees and their
families are invited to play
in the EMS Week 2011
Basketball
Tournament. That’s
right, basketball and
everyone is welcome to
play!
To make it easier for those
that are interested, the basketball tournament area will be
setup adjacent to the Medic Arcade and Cookout areas!
No off-site travel required! All you need to bring is your
game and a pair of tennis shoes!
Basketball Tournament
Medic has begun to collect submissions for the 2nd batch of
EMS gift options. If you have not already made your EMS
Week gift selection, please be sure to visit
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMK5R5Z and select TWO of the following EMS Week gift options
listed below. You must select TWO gift options when
completing the online form. **Please note that 2nd batch gift
selections will not be distributed during EMS Week.**
Employee gift options MUST be selected no later
than 12:00 pm THIS Thursday, May 12th. Contact
Nikkie Perry at [email protected] if you have any
questions about the EMS Week 2011 gift options.
Thank you.
Did You Make the Deadline?
How about a game of foosball?
Maybe a little ping pong? What
about a round of air hockey or
Ms. Pacman?
Sound good? All these games
will be featured and ready for
you and your family to play as
part of the Medic Arcade
attraction returning for EMS
Week 2011!
Be sure to bring your family and
enjoy some of the cool and fun games we will have for
everyone to play.
The Medic Arcade will be setup in the new building out
back closest to MED-2 parking lot and will be adjacent to
the EMS Cookout tent on Tuesday, May 17th and
Thursday, May 19th from 11:30 am—8:00 pm.
The Medic Arcade
It’s that time of year again! The 9th annual MAD (Medic
Ambulance Drivers) golf outing will take place on Monday,
June 6th. Join us as we tee off in support of a good cause.
For the first time ever, players can pre-register for the
outing via check at a cost of $50/per person. Players may
also register at the door the day of the event at a cost of
$60/per person.
When: Monday, June 6th
Shot Gun Start at 12:00 pm
Where: Emerald Lake Golf
Course
9750 Tournament Drive,
Matthews, NC 28104
For more information, please contact Tom Porcelli at
[email protected] or call 704.577.9087.
Dust Off Your Clubs!
Option#2:
MedicLogo
Lunchbox
Option#3:
MedicLogoPadfolio
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Please be advised of the following dates and times have been scheduled for Medic InService. Be sure to
register for ONE of the following dates and times for each InService month listed below.
Dr. Doug Swanson will be in attendance to the May InService dates to talk about protocols. A protocol
version 3.8 will be handed out to all field employees.
All employees must be in uniform and all sessions will be held in the Medic Auditorium.
Please contact a member of the Learning & Development department if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Upcoming Medic InService Schedule
May
May 10th 1800—2200
May 12th 1200—1600
May 13th 0800—1200
May 16th 0800—1200
1800—2200
May 18th 1800—2200
June
June 21st 1800—2200
June 23rd 1200—1600
June 24th 0800—1200
June 27th 0800—1200
1800—2200
June 29th 1800—2200
August
August 16th 1800—2200
August 18th 1200—1600
August 19th 0800—1200
August 22nd 0800—1200
1800—2200
August 24th 1800—2200
Introducing the new Medic Spin
Wheel Prize Drawing! The spin
wheel prize drawing will make its
grand debut at this year’s EMS
Week. The Spin Wheel gives you
yet another opportunity to win
even more cool prizes including VISA Gift Cards,
Smoothie King Gift Cards and more cool prizes!
During EMS Week, all Medic employees will have the
option to enter their raffle tickets into the general prize
drawing and/or the spin wheel prize drawing.
EMS Week 2010 Raffle Ticket Distribution
Kickoff Breakfast = 3 Tickets Ice Cream Social/PM Snack Items = 3 Tickets EMS Cookout = 1 Ticket Bring a Guest to the EMS Cookout = 1 Ticket per
additional guest
Medic Arcade = 1 Ticket
Participate in the Basketball Tournament = 2 Tickets
Spin Wheel Prize Drawing
Want the
chance to
win some
really cool
prizes?
Keep reading and see how!
During this year’s EMS Week, we are focused and
committed to having the greatest participation in Medic’s
EMS Week history!
That’s why every event during EMS Week 2011 will have a
raffle ticket or number of raffle tickets attached to it. The
more EMS Week events you attend, the more raffle tickets
you will accumulate. At the end of EMS week, you have the
option to submit your raffle tickets into general prize
drawing for the chance to win some really cool prizes like
the ones seen in this article. So, attend all that EMS Week
has to offer and be sure to hold on to your raffle tickets!
Limit one prize win per employee. Stay tuned to the
Dispatch for more details!
Prizes, Prizes and More Prizes!
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As part of our EMS Week Special Edition, the Medic Store will host an open house on
Tuesday, May 17th and Thursday, May 19th from 2:30 pm—7:30 pm. Krystal Swayze of
K&S Image Solutions, along with a member of the PR department will be on-hand to take your
orders!
During this time, employees can select to purchase both new and currently in-stock items.
Many different types of samples and sizes will be on display for employees to try on and/or
choose from. The list of featured items will include: hats (adjustable and fitted), polo shirts,
t-shirts, jackets, pens, duffle bags, coffee mugs, lunchboxes and much more, all complete with
the Medic logo!
If you are planning to purchase from the Medic Store during EMS Week, please be reminded that employees are no longer
able to have the items deducted from their payroll. Cash or check will be the only acceptable forms of payment.
We hope to see you at the Medic Store on Tuesday, May 17th and Thursday, May 19th from 2:30 pm—7:30 pm
during EMS Week. If you have any questions, please contact Nikkie Perry at [email protected] or ext. 6178. Thanks!
Coming Soon: The Medic Store Open House!
SLEEP NUMBER is proud to announce their first-ever First
Responder Discount.
SLEEP NUMBER will honor First Responders throughout the
month of May by offering special discounts on selected beds
to any First Responder with a valid ID. Stop into a Select
Comfort or SLEEP NUMBER store at Concord Mills
between May 1st—June 5th, show your Medic ID and
receive a special $50.00 discount off a SLEEP NUMBER
Classic Special Edition bed set purchase. This discount can
be combined with a current in-store offer for a total
savings of $550.00
To take advantage of SLEEP NUMBER’S First Responder
discount, please stop by the Sleep Number store in Concord
Mills or call 704.979.1360.
The store address is 8111 Concord Mills Blvd., Concord, NC
28027.
First Responder Discount
The Charlotte Northlake location of the Drury Inn & Suites is
pleased to offer Medic employees as well as their friends and
family a corporate discount rate of $79.99 for any hotel
room (with the exception of the two-room deluxe suites for $99.99)!
The discounted rate includes the following FREE amenities:
Wireless Internet Access
Hot Breakfast
Exercise Room
Microwave and Refrigerator
To take advantage of this discount rate simply reference “Medic
911” or Corporate ID 320327 when making your reservation
at 800.378.7946. Please note the Medic Corporate Discount rate
does not apply to rooms during the CIAA Basketball
Tournament nor the Democratic National Convention. Please
contact Nicole Singletary at 888.593.6681 for any questions
about the Medic 911 Corporate Discount rate.
Medic 911 Corporate Discount
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Visit Us on the Web!
www.medic911.com
MEDIC Mecklenburg EMS Agency
4525 Statesville Road
Charlotte, NC 28269
Tel: 704-943-6000
Fax: 704-943-6001
In-Service
Training
Medic Events
Holidays
Recertification Testing
May 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 B 2 A
Live Shift Bid
0800—1800
3 A
Live Shift Bid
0800—1830
4 B 5 B 6 A
7 A
8 A
9 B
10 B
May InService
1800—2200
11 A 12 A
May InService
1200—1600
2nd Batch EMS Gift Option Deadline
13 B
May InService
0800—1200
14 B
15 B
16 A
2011 EMS Week May InService
0800—1200
1800—2200
17 A
2011 EMS Week
18 B
2011 EMS Week
May InService
1800—2200
19 B
2011 EMS Week
20 A
2011 EMS Week
21 A
22 A
23 B
24 B
25 A
26 A
27 B
28 B
29 B
30 A
Memorial Day Holiday
Medic Offices Closed
31 A
2011 Training Schedule
AHA Refresher Class Schedule at CPCC
CPR
JUL - 18 (EMT 7402 05), 20 (EMT 7402 07) 1300—1700
19 (EMT 7402 06), 21 (EMT 7402 08) 1800—2200
OCT - 17 (EMT 7402 09), 19 (EMT 7402 11) 1300—1700
18 (EMT 7402 10), 20 (EMT 7402 12) 1800—2200
PALS
AUG - 22 (EMT 7208 05), 24 (EMT 7208 07) 1300—1700
23 (EMT 7208 06), 25 (EMT 7208 08) 1800—2200
ACLS
SEPT - 19 (EMT 7207 05) , 21 (EMT 7207 07) 1300—1700
20 (EMT 7207 06) , 22 (EMT 7207 08) 1800—2200
PRE-REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR ALL CLASSES. ALL AHA CLASSES HELD AT CPCC.
Important Notes about 2011 AHA
Refresher Classes at CPCC
To register, call CPCC at 704.330.4223
All classes will be held at CPCC’s CENTRAL
CAMPUS in the BELK Building.
Actual classroom number will be given at time of pre-
registration
A minimum of 10 students is required for each class.
ACLS & PALS classes will only be HELD TWICE A
YEAR
PALS will be held in the months of FEB & AUG
ACLS will be held in the months of MAR & SEPT
There will be NO CPR Classes in APRIL