FLIGHT NURSE JOB DESCRIPTION: The Critical Care Transport Nurse CCTRN provides high quality pre-hospital advanced life support including assessment, triage, and treatment utilizing standards and guidelines established by Island Air Ambulance/ San Juan Island EMS Chief, Director of Critical Care, and the Medical Director(s) within scope of practice. The CCTRN assesses the nature and extent…
What is Charity Care? Help for low income individuals and families with EMS expenses. Charity Care is either free care or reduced-price care, depending on income level for EMS charges. Who is eligible? Non District Resident Individuals and families within the stated income guidelines if: Demonstrated inadequate financial resources to pay for care; and Out of…
San Juan Island EMS and Medevac honors your medical directives and end-of-life choices. We have put up a web page up at https://www.sanjuanems.org/patients/medical-directives/ to help you have the tools and resources to make those decisions and then have those conversations with your primary practitioner. After your decisions are finalized, have your care provider fax a copy…
Ashley Sullivan, NREMT is one of our newest EMTs and a former banker. She is already a skilled EMT and also possesses a lot of experience as a boat captain. We welcome Ashley to EMS!
Island Air Ambulance MedEvac Membership is now available online. Go to www.medevacmembership.org to sign up or give a gift of membership to someone who needs it. Look in your mailbox in the coming few weeks for your brochure to sign up!
NOTE THE TIME WHEN ANY SYMPTOMS FIRST APPEAR. If given within three hours of the first symptom, there is an FDA-approved clot-buster medication that may reduce long-term disability for the most common type of stroke. There are also two other types of stroke treatment available that might help reduce the effects of stroke. Read more about stroke treatment. Learn…
The beautiful weather and our islands bring many children to the water’s edge for recreation, boating, surfing, fishing, and beach combing.
National Safety Council encourages Americans to become safety leaders this June.
We are honored to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom on this Memorial Day Weekend. We are humbled by their service to our country and by all of those who have served. Please join us this weekend in honoring their memory.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) kicks off the 40th annual Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week starting May 19th with events in communities across the nation, as well as several national events organized around the theme “EMS: One Mission. One Team.” EMS for Children (EMSC) Day, focusing on EMS response to children, child safety…
Today we thank and celebrate National Air Medical Communication Specialist Day with our amazing dispatch partner at Northwest Medstar! These professionals are truly the wind beneath our wings, keep us safe, and make all of the work possible. Northwest Medstar is the 2012 Air Medical Program of the year and is also home to Stephen Johnson,…
On Saturday May 11, a multi-agency mass casualty exercise was held on San Juan Island. Participants included San Juan Island EMS, Island Air Ambulance, San Juan Island Fire, San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, and the Peace Island Hospital Emergency Department.