EMT Noah Waldron has been accepted to this fall’s paramedic class at Central Washington University.

Born and raised in Friday Harbor, he began with San Juan Island Emergency Medical Services in 2008. He is a second generation EMT and was honored earlier this year as the 2011 EMT of the Year.

Noah Waldron is also a Wilderness EMT and wilderness officer, instructing Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder and Wilderness EMT courses.

Larry Wall, BA/BSN, RN, CFRN, CEN has accepted the newly created position of Director of Critical Care Transport for Island Air ambulance and will add to the existing administrative team in June.

Larry will be coming from the Chicago, IL area where he worked as the Chief Flight Nurse and Base Manager for a regional air medical service.

Larry began his medical career as a Ski Patroller and Wilderness First Responder. The outdoors continues to be a great passion for him, and he looks forward to all of the opportunities that exist here in the San Juan Islands along with his wife who is also an RN, their 1 year old son and 14 year old daughter who loves horses.

Larry will oversee our CAMTS accreditation process across the agency with specific attention on our fixed wing air medical operations.  He will also manage the daily operations of Island Air Ambulance and provide patient care during critical care transports when needed.  Welcome Larry and family to the island!

Life’s lessons are best learned through experience. Unfortunately, when the target audience is teens and the topic is drinking and texting while driving, experience is not the teacher of choice.

The Every 15 Minutes Program offers real-life experience without the real-life risks. This emotionally charged program, entitled Every 15 Minutes, is an event designed to dramatically instill teenagers with the potentially dangerous consequences of drinking alcohol and texting while driving. This powerful program will challenge students to think about drinking, texting while driving, personal safety, and the responsibility of making mature decisions when lives are involved.

• Place night lights in your bedroom, bathroom and hallways.
• Place a lamp within reach of your bed for middle-of-the-night needs.
• Make clear paths to light switches that aren’t near room entrances. Consider trading traditional switches for glow-in-the-dark or illuminated switches.
• Turn on the lights before going up or down stairs.
• Store flashlights in easy-to-find places in case of power outages.

This is a website dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty of providing air medial services. A local Friday Harbor artist will be designing a statue for the garden.  Please visit their website and consider giving a generous contribution to help make the Air Medical Memorial a reality.