Airlift Northwest medical helicopters will again stage in Friday Harbor during the summer of 2011. As a continued partnership with Airlift Northwest, the medical helicopter (normally staged at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham) will stage in Friday Harbor with the assistance of San Juan Island EMS. If weather and call volume permits, the helicopter…
The San Juan Department of Emergency Management now has a tool in place that allows islanders to enroll their email, cell phone, and home phone in the emergency notification system. In a critical emergency, they can use this tool to reach out to residents via email, text message, or in some cases, recorded messages sent…
The Remember Alex Brown Foundation was established to teach teenagers about the dangers of distracted driving by the surviving parents of a girl who lost her life to texting while driving. A local student at the Friday Harbor Elementary School saw this family’s efforts on the TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and wants to help…
Check out the STORY online for information on this great fundraiser and memorial. Proceeds benefit the San Juan Island EMT Association.
The 2010 San Juan Island EMS Awards Banquet took place at the Paradise Lanes in Friday Harbor on January 15, a very entertaining evening. Humberto Orozco was acknowledged by his peers who voted him the EMT of the Year. Humberto also received the Frank Wilson Service Award chosen and presented by the Inter Island…
San Juan Island EMS has partnered with Island Air to provide Island Air Ambulance since 2007. In these past three years, Island Air Ambulance has become a FAA and State of Washington verified air medical service capable of transporting advanced life support patients to the mainland. Beginning in 2011, there will no longer be any…
The Safety Committee of VALMARK (King’s Market, Market Place, King’s Video, and King’s Marine Center) was presented with the San Juan Island EMS Community Safety Partner Award by EMT Lainey Volk on December 14, 2010. The company trained all of their employees in CPR/AED use and purchased 3 AEDs (automatic external defibrillator) for quick access…
Thank you, Veterans for your sacrifice and leadership in keeping us free. We are humbled by your service. ~ The EMTs and Paramedics of San Juan Island EMS
San Juan Island EMS is pleased to award Village at the Harbour the recognition of our first Community Safety Partner award for their continuing efforts of providing proactive education, training, and best patient practices in the areas of cardiac resuscitation response and fall and injury prevention. “We were pleased to grant the Village at the Harbour Assisted Living…
The new CPR guidelines are now available, and it turns out that simple is best.
Dr Michael Sullivan and Chief Jim Cole, as well as Paramedic Patrick Shepler from Orcas Fire, have completed the Resuscitation Academy in Seattle. This week long academy presents and trains individuals in the latest science and practice of successful out of hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Current science and operational best practices are taught and enabled…
San Juan Island EMS has been re-accredited by the American Heart Association as a Community Training Center (CTC) for another 2-year period. 2010-2012 SJIEMS operates the only American Heart Association Community Training Center (CTC) in San Juan County serving as a Community Training Center for Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)…