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This Week:

Earn a $3,000

Referral Bonus 2

Agency-wide

FISDAP Testing 3

Scope of Practice

Testing 4

July

Commendations 5

First Responders

Month 6

Million Step

Challenge 7

Training Schedule 8

Medic Calendar 8

News From The Front Line August 22, 2011

The MEDIC Dispatch

Mecklenburg

EMS

Agency

Dates to

Remember:

August 22nd

PALS Training

1300—1700

August 23rd

PALS Training

1800—2200

August 24th

PALS Training

1800—2200

August 25th

PALS Training

1800—2200

August Makeup InService

Session

1200—1600

The next simulation center rotation will begin on Thursday,

September 15th. All Medic EMTs and Paramedics as well as all

Mint Hill Fire Department Paramedics are required to complete

this simulation rotation.

In order to make the experience in the simulation center as

realistic as possible, it will be necessary for full-time employees of

both Medic and Mint Hill to schedule an appointment to go

through the simulation center with their partner (if one is

currently assigned).

If you are a new employee riding in a third-person status, you

should plan to go through the rotation with your current crew.

Part-time employees of Medic and/or Mint Hill may schedule

themselves to go through the simulator with another part-time

employee or can schedule to fill an existing simulation center

appointment vacancy. EMT personnel with Mint Hill Fire

Department are welcome to accompany a Mint Hill Paramedic

through his/her simulation rotation.

All certified personnel with Medic and Mint Hill Fire Department must contact Sam Barnes

(ext. 6143), John Bobbitt (704.618.0057), Brian Shimberg (ext. 6142), Trevor Taylor

(704.618.0040) or Tom Porcelli (704.618.0023) to schedule an appointment. The deadline to

schedule an appointment is Tuesday, September 13th. Attendance is mandatory and

provides (10) hours of continuing education toward your recertification. In addition, please keep

the following in mind:

Do not sign up within two (2) hours of your 10-42 time.

Operations will follow the disciplinary process for a no call/no show to your scheduled

simulation appointment.

If you cannot attend the time slot that you signed up for, it is your responsibility to do a

switch and a find a replacement for your time slot.

A simulation center rotation schedule will be posted in Operations. You must schedule

by phone. Please be sure to remember the date and time that you sign up as we will

not be sending out appointment reminders.

Be dressed in your Medic/Mint Hill Fire Department uniform for your simulation.

Please contact a member of Medical Services if you have any questions about the upcoming

simulation center rotation.

Simulations Begin in September!

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Do you know a recent or soon-to-be graduate from an

accredited Paramedic training course?

Do you know of a certified Paramedic interested in

working at Medic and/or who would be willing to

relocate to work at Medic?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, refer a

certified Paramedic to work at Medic and you could earn

a $3,000 referral bonus! Assessment Centers are

occurring twice a month, so encourage interested

applicants to apply now!

Applicants should visit www.medic911.com/

hiringprocess_careers to access Medic’s employment

application and all required documents. **Make sure your name is listed on their

application.**

For more information on the certified Paramedic recruitment process or to suggest a

good website to post Paramedic job opportunities, please contact a member of the

Agency’s Human Resources Department today at jobs@medic911.com.

Earn a $3,000 Referral Bonus

It’s that time of year again! The start of a new school year also signifies the start

of Friday Night Football games.

The Scheduling Department would like to announce that sign-ups are available

for Medic standby trucks for Friday Night Football game coverage. The football

season began last Friday, August 19th.

Paramedic Crew Chiefs, EMT Crew Chiefs (BLS-911) and BLS-Team

Leaders can fill the Crew Chief slot, while any field employee can fill

the non Crew Chief slot.

Please contact a member of the Scheduling Department or an OA if you are

interested in signing up for a Friday Night football standby truck.

Friday Night Football Standby Sign-Ups

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As discussed during June’s InService, Medic will begin administering the FISDAP written test for all employees who currently

function at the Paramedic level on September 6th. The purpose of this test is to assist in the creation of more focused

educational and training opportunities by establishing a didactic baseline for all patient care providers. This will be the first

stage of testing which will later include all employees who are involved in the delivery of patient care. All scores will be

held in the strictest of confidence and will only be available to the employee through a face-to face-request

with Medical Services.

Paramedics are now able to pre-register for the FISDAP written test. Registration must be completed no later than

September 5th. Exams will be administered at 0900 hrs, 1300 hrs and 1800 hrs. Individuals will be given three hours to

complete the examination. If you have taken the FISDAP exam within the past six months, you are exempt from re-taking

the exam. However, you may take the examination again in an attempt to improve your score.

To pre-register for the FISDAP written test, please contact a member of Medical Services:

Johnathan Bobbit – 704.618.0057

Trevor Taylor – 704.618.0040

Tom Porcelli – 704.618.0023

Brian Shimberg – 704.943.6142

Sam Barnes – 704.943.6143

Please remember FISDAP testing is MANDATORY for all functioning Paramedics. Please contact a member of

Medical Services using the information provided above if you have any questions about the upcoming FISDAP written test.

FISDAP Testing

The YMCA was recently recognized by the Lucky Hearts Campaign as a

Heart Smart organization. The YMCA received the Lucky Heart’s Heart

Smart award for having multiple AEDs in every branch and for its

emergency training for all staff since 1999.

To honor the Y for its emergency preparedness, on Wednesday, August

17th, the Lucky Hearts Campaign and YMCA President Andy Calhoun

donated two AEDs to Reverend Tony Marciano, Executive Director of

the Charlotte Rescue Mission, on behalf of the YMCA of Greater

Charlotte.

“The Y exemplifies what it means to be prepared for a cardiac related

emergency,” stated MMAE President JoAnn MacDonald. “We are

extremely honored to highlight the Y as an AED prepared organization and raise the awareness for the need for public use

AEDs by donating two AEDs to the Charlotte Rescue Mission.”

Marciano believes that Charlotte Rescue Mission’s clients are at risk of a cardiac event because many have neglected their

health. He says they’ve experienced emergencies in the past, but did not have AEDs present. The donation of two AEDs

and staff training provided by Mecklenburg EMS Agency (Medic) will prepare the Charlotte Rescue Mission’s men’s and

women’s program centers for possible life-threatening emergencies.

Lucky Hearts Campaign Donates Two AEDs to Charlotte Rescue Mission

From left to right: Kristin Young (Public Relations Manager, Medic & the Lucky Hearts Campaign); Reverend Tony Marciano (Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission); JoAnn MacDonald (President, MMAE & Lucky Hearts Campaign) and Andy Calhoun (President, YMCA of Greater Charlotte).

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Please be advised that Medic does not stock

PEDIATRIC AED pads on our ambulances. There

have been recent instances where pediatric multi-function

pads have been given to First Responders for their AEDs.

The pediatric multi-function pads can be forced into the

AED connector. These pads do not have the circuit to

reduce the AED’s voltage to pediatric levels as

actual pediatric AED pads have. The use of pediatric

multifunction pads in an AED creates a potentially

critical hazard.

The pediatric multi-function pads are in a green package, are

plainly marked as multi-function pads and do not have a

AED symbol on the package. They are intended to be used

with cardiac monitors that allow the joules to be selected

by the user. Pediatric AED pads are packaged in a blue

wrapper marked FR2 and Heartstream. The ADULT pads

that we trade out with First Responders are multi-function

pads. The adult multifunction pads do not present any

hazards. ** Again, PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT

PEDIATRIC MULTIFUNCTION PADS**.

Please contact Operations Manager, Bob Francis at ext.

6251 or via e-mail at bobf@medic911.com if you have any

questions regarding this urgent request.

Pediatric Multi-Function Pads

We have begun the process of issuing the new outerwear to all field employees. As we issue the outerwear, all field

employees will need to return any Agency issued outerwear (blue outerwear, blue winter jacket, blue parka, etc.). Once you

receive the new outerwear, it will be the only approved outerwear for use while on duty. Please bring your Agency issued

gear bag and all PPE equipment, we will inspect all issued equipment and you must complete a new equipment checklist.

Due to the number of employees that we must process please follow the schedule below:

Week Dates Assigned Supervisor

Week 5 August 22nd – August 28th Simmons, C / Phillips, K

Week 6 August 29th – September 4th Stanford, Jamie

Please report to the new building, enter from the front door into the lobby. Outerwear issuance will be available from 05:00

– 22:00 seven days a week. Please allow up to ten minutes for this process as we have over 300 employees with new

outerwear.

If you have any questions or concerns about Medic’s Outerwear distribution process, please contact Michael Stanford via

e-mail at michaels@medic911.com or at ext. 6230. Thank you.

Medic Outerwear

Please be advised that the dates and times for Scope of

Practice testing will soon change. The Learning and

Development department will dedicate two days out of

every month for Scope of Practice testing, rather

than conducting them on a quarterly basis. Scope of

Practice testing should be completed within 90-days from

your expiration date in order to meet the North Carolina

Office of EMS standards. Completing the Scope of Practice

within this timeframe will provide Medic employees with

the opportunity to test up to two months before your

expiration date. Notices will be sent out approximately 120

days prior to your expiration, encouraging you to schedule

your appointment for testing. However, we strongly

encourage to sign up the first month you are eligible rather

than waiting. Below are the new dates for Scope of Practice

Testing, here at Medic:

September 13th, 14th

October 11th, 12th

November 8th, 9th

December 13th, 14th

Please contact Sam Barnes at ext. 6143 or via e-mail at

samb@medic911.com if you have any questions about the

new Scope of Practice testing schedule.

Scope of Practice Testing

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Congratulations to the following employees who received commendations during the month of July!

July Commendations

Ben Astrike David Garber Jeremy Murphy Ashley Smith

Jeff Bailey Jeff Glenn Ken Murray Brian Smith

K.C. Bernesser Hannah Gompers Thomas Nagel Stacen Smith (5)

Terran Berry Julio Gonzalez Arthur Nolan Benjamin Specht

Angela Breeden-Alvarez Robert Graf Lester Oliva Ian Starkey (2)

Verna Brooks (3) Kristi Grimland Don Overcash Matthew Stegall

Lincoln Brown (2) Sarah Hinson Pat Pariso Richard Steinbroner (2)

Michelle Caldwell Charles Horne Mark Peck Vincent Thompson

Ed Clay (2) Timothy Ireland Shante Rivers Andrew Tucker

Marie Colbert (2) Hannah Kimbrell (2) Amanda Rothbauer Doug Valot

J. Conroy Daniel LeGault Chris Scata-Penny Troy White

John Crunk Malcolm Leirmoe Michael Schmidt (2) Daniel Yi

Ashley Cummings Emily Little Nicholas Sheets

Katherine Edgell Ronnie Martin Mike Sherriff (2)

Yolanda Edmonds Gabe McGaha Andrew Smith

Anthony Carriker Robin Hyatt Beth Rimmer Courtney Todd

Effective immediately, the initial assignment for an

ALERT II response will be as follows:

1 ALS Ambulance

1 Supervisor

MCI Unit (M701)

The supervisor can add additional resources if they feel it is

needed based on the information received during the

incident. All units responding should switch to the Medic

Operations Channel assigned by CMED.

Please note that CFD now utilizes CFD-OPS-J (Zone 4,

Position 10) for all responses on airport property (medicals,

fires, aircraft emergencies, etc.). Please contact Michael

Stanford via e-mail at michaels@medic911.com or at ext.

6230 if you have any questions.

Signal 41 Aircraft Emergency

Please be advised that the

remaining makeup session for

August InService is as

followed:

Thursday, August 25th

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (New Building, Classroom B) Please contact Sam Barnes at

samb@medic911.com or via

ext. 6143 if you have any

questions about the August

InService makeup sessions.

Makeup InService Sessions

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All Medic employees are reminded not to release the

code to the ambulance entrance to patients or

family members. Presbyterian Hospital has recently

experienced more and more instances of people

coming in and out of their Emergency Department

entrances area knowing the code and stating they got it

from the Medics.

Please contact your immediate Supervisor if you have

any questions regarding this request.

Presbyterian ED Entrances

Construction of Post 50 is underway. The expected date of

completion is still several months out. Please be sure to

check back to the Medic Dispatch for continued updates on

the construction progress of Post 50.

Post 50 Construction Update

NASCAR Hall of Fame: First Responders Month

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We have two more grand prizes to give away (three private sessions with a personal

trainer at the Medic Fitness Center) so keep stepping!! In addition, we have prizes for

when you reach the 250,000 level, the 500,000 level and the 750,000 level. Just e-mail

me at lindah@medic911.com when you reach a prize level.

Top 10 (as recorded on Wednesday, August 17th)

From USA TODAY - A new study confirms that activities as simple as brisk walking can boost weight loss while

trimming dangerous belly fat and overall body fat.

Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle followed 102 men and 100 women for a year. At the

beginning, the participants, ages 40 to 75, were sedentary and unfit. They were divided into two groups: One was

encouraged to do 60 minutes of physical activity a day, six days a week; the other was given no specific exercise advice.

There was no diet plan.

Among the findings, presented in Phoenix at last month's annual meeting of the Obesity Society, a national group of

weight-loss researchers and professionals:

Women who increased their activity level by an additional 3,500 steps a day lost 5 pounds during the year.

Men who added that many steps lost 8½ pounds in a year.

The exercisers who did the most — 60 minutes, six days a week — decreased their

belly fat by 10% to 20%.

Those same exercisers trimmed 10% to 15% of their overall body fat without losing muscle

mass. In addition to lowering the risk of many serious medical conditions, regular physical

activity also improves quality of life by reducing stress, depression and anxiety, and by

improving bone and joint health, sleep and memory.

Million Step Challenge

Don Shue 1,090,839 recorded steps

Ron Martin 1,052,769 recorded steps

Rob Graf 1,000,009 recorded steps

Jonathan Wise 734,810 recorded steps

Brent Cail 627,294 recorded steps

Julio Lizarazo 554,285 recorded steps

Ray Kirby 530,888 recorded steps

Cynthia Jefferson 521,329 recorded steps

Chris Alaimo 504,207 recorded steps

Gary Moore 463,798 recorded steps

Winners!

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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

August 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 B 2 B

August InService

1800—2200

3 A 4 A

August InService

1200—1600

5 B

August InService

0800—1200

6 B

7 B

8 A

August InService 0800—1200 1800—2200

Submission Deadline for Mini-Shift Bid

9 A

Assignments Posted from Mini-Shift Bid

10 B

August InService

1800—2200

11 B

12 A

13 A

14 A

15 B

16 B

17 A

Signup Deadline for Charlotte Knights

Baseball Game

18 A

August Makeup

InService Session

0800—1200

19 B

20 B

Charlotte Knights Baseball Game

7:15 pm Game Time Start

21 B

22 A

PALS Training

1300—1700

23 A

PALS Training

1800—2200

Assignments from Mini-Shift Bid Begin

24 B

PALS Training

1800—2200

25 B

PALS Training 1800—2200

August Makeup InService Session

1200—1600

26 A

27 A

28 A

29 B

30 B 31 A

2011 Training Schedule

AHA Refresher Class Schedule at CPCC

CPR

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), 1300—1700

23 (EMT 7208 06), 24 (EMT 7208 07)

and 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