EMS Recognition Awards 2016

August 12, 2016 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• Senior Injury Prevention Program – Educational Forum 2016 - April 13, 2016
• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

The Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency is hosting the County’s annual EMS Recognition Event. Our event is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, 2016 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm at the “Casa Real” venue in Pleasanton. The goal of the event is to recognize our EMS champions and outstanding colleagues who have demonstrated exemplary skill as a prehospital provider, leveraged significant improvements in the EMS system and / or conducted themselves as leadership role models in our EMS community. Continue Reading…

Documentary Film – In The Red

September 10, 2015 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

THE GRAND LAKE THEATER

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 at 7:00 PM

Introduction by Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson

Music courtesy of Raphael Saadiq

Free popcorn that night

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EMS Recognition Awards Banquet

August 20, 2015 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

EMS Banquet Nominations

Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency is hosting its annual EMS banquet luncheon to honor emergency medical services personnel for their hard work and dedication to the communities they serve. This could be your partner, a nurse or doctor from a hospital, or a private citizen that has taken on a special interest relating to EMS.  This years’ celebration luncheon will be Wednesday, October 14th. See the EMS website for more information— www.alcoems.org

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Urban Shield 2015 Participation

July 4, 2015 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• EMS Recognition Awards 2016 - August 12, 2016
• Senior Injury Prevention Program – Educational Forum 2016 - April 13, 2016
• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

Urban Shield is the largest full-scale exercise in the country with the mission to prepare local (and not local) First Responders for mass casualty acts of violence. The EMS Branch exercises the integration of EMS and medical responders with law enforcement to respond to these incidents to mitigate loss of life. This year we also have the opportunity to practice managing a treatment area of a large MCI to include triage, re-triage, treatment, reassessment, patient tracking, patient distribution and transport ingress/egress considerations.

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Paramedics Plus Crew Visits Proctor Elementary

July 30, 2014 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

On May 14, 2014, Paramedics Plus crew Keir Pausch and Eric along with Field Supervisor Frank Intelisano went to Proctor Elementary School in Castro Valley to present a “show & tell” of the ins and outs of the ambulance to a class of 75 Kindergarteners.

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Thank you EMS professionals

July 18, 2014 / No Comments

In 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the first EMS Week proclamation, designating a time for the nation to celebrate the critical role of EMS in the community.  This year marked the 41st annual recognition of National Emergency Medical Services Week.   EMS week affords our agency the opportunity to recognize EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and other EMS partners for their day to day dedication to working the “front line”. Continue Reading…

EMS Corps in the Spotlight

February 7, 2014 / No Comments

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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• EMS Recognition Awards 2016 - August 12, 2016
• Senior Injury Prevention Program – Educational Forum 2016 - April 13, 2016
• System Leadership Changes - January 8, 2016

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Paramedic Heroics

November 17, 2013 / 1 Comment

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Alameda County EMS is a high performance EMS system located in the Bay Area of Northern California.There are over 140,000 9-1-1 call each year in the system.

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It isn’t often we get to take the time to recognize a crew for truly heroic actions in saving a life – let alone the lives of an entire family.  Below are the details of an incident directly reported and written by one of the Paramedics Plus crew members involved, paramedic Rebecca Foster. Ironically, this incident occurred on Father’s Day – which, under other circumstances, could have turned out very differently for this family of four.

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