Often described as the first, first responders. Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) can work long hours, during holidays, and navigate stressful situations to make sure that our patients and our communities needs are met within a moment’s notice. They are the unsung heroes in the chain of EMS that starts with a phone call and can …
At Covalent Health, we celebrate Women’s History Month by recognizing the efforts and achievements of the phenomenal women that work in Emergency Medical Services. Recently we sat down with our own Critical Care Nurse Manager Kathryn Pish BSN, RN, MICN, at ProTransport-1 and asked her to tell us about her experience and journey in EMS. …
Each year during the month of February we celebrate National Cancer Prevention Month. This is important to highlight because it is determined that with the medical knowledge we have today, about half of all deaths in the United States resulting from cancer are preventable. Let’s take a look at a few lifestyle adjustments that you …
Over the past several years Emergency Medical Service Agencies have become increasingly reliant on interagency deployments to meet the demands of our communities when the systems reach critical breaking points. Deployments are an all-out call for action directed by agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and State or Local County EMS agencies. Reasons …
At Covalent Health we understand that it is our privilege to serve the communities in which we operate. We genuinely care about the wellbeing of all people and seek to find new ways to forge relationships in order to build a better future for our communities. It is through this belief that we have committed …
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Paramedics Jamal and Sherrie were posted in their ambulance in a parking lot outside of the high school football stadium when out of nowhere they heard several large cracks ring out in the night. Looking over towards the entrance they started to hear screams and yells from the crowd at the game. Guessing what was …
Food! Who doesn’t love it? In honor of World Food Day on October 16th we decided to write this month’s blog all about it. One of the very first health lessons that we learn in school is of the five basic food groups: Vegetables, Fruit, Dairy, Meats, and…….? Whole grains! We are taught this lesson …
When Julia, a 21-year-old EMT left for work early one October morning she had no idea that day she would be faced with the biggest mental challenge of her career. After receiving a call from dispatch, she and her partner responded lights and sirens to a residence where a young father had taken a full …
In 2001 while working at a needle exchange for the Salvation Army in Melbourne, Australia, it occurred to Sally J. Finn that families of drug overdose victims had no common outlet to share their grief and celebrate the lives of their loved ones. On a deeper level she realized that this was largely due to …
Most people are aware of or have taken a CPR course at one point or another in their life. But a lesser-known program called “Stop the Bleed” is gathering steam and is also considered a bona fide life saver. The National Stop the Bleed program was created in 2015 by the White House in response …
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