Dauphin County Emergency Medical Services Council

06/12/2022

PA Ambulance Providers Plead for Legislative Action on Revenue, Staffing

PA Ambulance Providers Plead for Legislative Action on Revenue, Staffing

EMS providers warn that Pennsylvania's ambulance system is on the verge of collapse.

12/18/2021

Happiest Time of the Year

This is a difficult time of year for many of us. Experiencing family tragedies, su***de, loneliness and trauma at work takes a toll at any time of the year but it seems worse over the holidays. If you know or love an emergency worker, give them some extra time to adjust and process after their shift. Transitioning from catastrophe to the happiest time of the year with our own family takes some time.

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Merry Christmas everyone, be safe and let's look out for each other.

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07/31/2021

Last Call for EMT Jacob Dindinger

Last Call for EMT Jacob Dindinger

06/16/2021

Contact your Representatives to Support the Medicare Ambulance Relief Bill

Contact your Representatives to Support the Medicare Ambulance Relief Bill

Contact your Members of Congress Today!Yesterday, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S.B 2037, the Protecting Access...

04/08/2021

03/22/2021

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12/30/2020

EMS Personnel Experience Substantial Exposure to COVID-19 Patients in Confined Spaces, ESO Data Show - JEMS

EMS Personnel Experience Substantial Exposure to COVID-19 Patients in Confined Spaces, ESO Data Show - JEMS

ESO today shared insights from more than 9,900 EMS encounters for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between October 1 to November 30, 2020.

12/09/2020

Lehigh Valley EMS community honors one of its own

Lehigh Valley EMS community honors one of its own

At the age of 63, Lehigh Valley MedEvac paramedic Don Shambo passed away December 7, after a short battle with illness.

08/19/2020

Ambulance Association of PA - EMS Continually Responding Constantly Forgotten

Ambulance Association of PA - EMS Continually Responding Constantly Forgotten

03/07/2020

Home Maintenance & Repair Tips : How to Test Your Smoke Detector

Home Maintenance & Repair Tips : How to Test Your Smoke Detector

Testing a smoke detector involves climbing up a secured stepladder, hitting the test button on the device and holding it down until it sounds the alarm. Disc...

03/07/2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

06/14/2018

“TPE” Audits: Three Strikes and You could be Out (Of Business)!-

“TPE” Audits: Three Strikes and You could be Out (Of Business)!-

Medicare Administrative Contractors (“MACs”) are sending out letters to ambulance service suppliers across the country. These letters indicate that

06/07/2018

Great news! On the heels of our press conference to rally support for bills to boost reimbursements for ambulance services, the state Senate today approved legislation that will require insurance companies and Medicaid to reimburse emergency medical services agencies for services provided when transport to a hospital does not take place but care is rendered.

Senate Bill 1003 (sponsored by Sen. Don White of Indiana County) will ensure that EMS agencies are properly reimbursed for their services when called out to provide care. Currently, insurance companies and Medicaid are only required to reimburse EMS organizations for services when they include transportation to a hospital.

11/06/2017

http://abc27.com/2017/11/02/state-commission-to-study-fire-ems-issues/

06/06/2017

Opioid Crisis at an all-time high in the Midstate

Opioid Crisis at an all-time high in the Midstate

According to Goodwill EMS in 31 days of May, they treated 22 patients with 43 doses of Naloxone.

03/08/2017

Ambulance Services in Pennsylvania ‘in crisis’

http://fox43.com/2017/03/08/ambulance-services-in-pennsylvania-in-crisis/

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Members of the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania say there is an EMS crisis in the state. Since 2004 there has not been an increase in medical reimbursement rates. Despite not being reimbursed fully ambulance services are required, by law, to respond to calls regardless of a pa...

12/07/2016

Congratulations Paramedic Craig Chandler on receiving the Craig Webb Award (Dauphin County Commissioners)

12/06/2016

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07/13/2016

Congress expected to green-light opioid epidemic bill

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/07/congress_expected_to_green-lig.html#incart_river_home

The House already approved the bill, dubbed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

07/13/2016

Rise in overdose deaths blamed by some on stronger form of he**in

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/07/rise_in_overdose_deaths_blamed.html#incart_river_index_topics

Cumberland Goodwill EMS in Carlisle has seen seven he**in overdoses since July 1, and some believe a stronger form of the drug could be to blame.