Emergency Medical Services in Miami Township is corner stoned by the professional, experienced paramedics and EMT's of IAFF Local 3768.  Part time EMT's and paramedics supplement the fulltime staff bringing the daily staffing to twelve in three stations.  There are thirteen fulltime union employees assigned to each of three 24 on/48 off crews, one of which is the shift captain.  The central station houses three administrative officers on the weekdays.  The north and south stations each have a union member weekday captain to supplement staffing. 

Miami Township maintains two paramedics per ambulance and generally have each engine company staffed with two paramedics.  Engine companies respond with ambulances to EMS calls when the dispatch nature indicates a possible critical patient and when the primary district ambulance it out of station.  All engines carry a full compliment of paramedic equipment.

IAFF 3768 paramedics pride themselves on aggressive training and the state of the art protocol we operate under.  View our protocol  Our protocol is in line with the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines released in mid 2000.  

The highlights of our program are as follows; 

• 12 Lead acquisition and interpretation training program 

• Aggressive Acute Coronary Syndromes (Chest Pain) protocol

• Ambitious Respiratory Care protocols

• Airway control utilizing multiple advanced airway procedures

• Including Blind Nasotracheal Intubation and

• Rapid Sequence Intubation with paralytics 

• Zealous Pain Management program 

Our pharmacy list includes the following;

• Atrovent

• Solumedrol

• Etomidate

• Succinylcholine

• Norcuron

• Vasopressin

• Amiodarone

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Our Medical Control process includes the following;

• Miami Township Paramedic Protocol

• Physician Medical Director who meets with us monthly and reviews 10-15% of run reports on random audit

• A Continuous Quality Improvement committee that meets monthly and reviews every run report completed

• Weekly EMS training topics

• Monthly trainings that alternate between fire and EMS topics

• Quarterly trainings that alternate between fire and EMS topics

• Annual Acuity testing that includes a written exam and practical stations

• Patient response cards sent to 10% of our patients requesting a rating for our service in 6 key areas.

• DNR Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care Policy

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