Ambulance district encourages collaboration
John Miller of Shoshone County Fire District No. 1 sets up the LUCAS automatic CPR device. The new machine can apply consistent CPR even in the back of a moving ambulance. Performing CPR in a moving vehicle is extremely inconsistent, and Scott Dietrich credits the tool with already improving several patient outcomes since it was added to the ambulance tools available to them.
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Fire Chief Scott Dietrich powers up the LUCAS automatic CPR machine at Shoshone County Fire District No. 2.
Staff from the two fire stations in Shoshone County have made up the Shoshone County Ambulance Service District since the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners signed the new agency into reality in June 2020.
But even though the former version of EMS services, the Emergency Medical Services Corporation, worked together to cover the county medical calls, the Shoshone County Fire District No. 1 and No. 2 always kept their fire/EMS staff separate.
Shoshone County Fire District No. 2 Chief Scott Dietrich and Shoshone County Fire District No. 1 Chief John Miller sat down Monday to go into what they’re calling a “big culture shift” for the way they’re coordinating emergency services in the county.
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