AirCare - University of Mississippi Medical Center

Sending a big shout out to yet another one of our great community partners, ASAP EMS! This photo is from a scene we worked together in Copiah County.

Flight scene with AmeriPro EMS. We have the BEST community partners.

Great job today by all involved!

Had this awesome photo sent to us from ASAP EMS Paramedic Preston Dedeaux featuring one of our newest additions to our fleet alongside AirCare - University of Mississippi Medical Center. Thank you all for what you do day in and day out to serve the citizens of our communities.

If you are a first responder, paramedic, EMT, emergency department provider, or critical care nurse, then you need to download the MCES Mobile App. It includes learning guides and useful resources all at your fingertips.

Download it from the App store or Google Play today!

Sign up for our FREE STORK classes for all first responders and any emergency healthcare providers.

Pre-registration link below:
https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4I0dYoksRVlQMvQ

STORK teaches healthcare professionals how to recognize and manage the most common obstetric and neonatal emergencies. Whether you work in a hospital or in the field, STORK is the hands-on training you’ll need to help save the lives of moms and babies.

Classes are taking place on August 28th in Meridian, MS at Rush Hospital.

Come out and join us tonight if you’re in the Laurel/Jones County area for some LZ training!

LAST CLASS OF 2024!! DON’T MISS OUT!

First Voice is a free, online course to help emergency dispatchers understand and improve medical communications during disasters, helicopter callouts and emergency medical situations. This online course can be taken anytime between August 6th-21th, 2024 and is approved for 1 elective credit through BETST. Check out the First Voice course sponsored by MCES by scanning the QR code in the graphic or clicking on the registration link below.

https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZbvsQZkN2SDsa2

Our team was honored to be able to attend and be a part of today at Mississippi State University

Happy, Happy Birthday to our amazing team members at MCES!!

Life-saving spotlight👏

On Thursday, July 25, 2024, CTED Officer Casey Dale was working near Collins, MS, when he received a call from Troop J dispatcher Wayne White.

White informed Officer Dale that the UMMC Children’s Transport Team ambulance was disabled in Collins and was needing to transport a child to Laurel.

When Officer Dale arrived at the scene, UMMC Nurse Karen Simon and Officer Dale immediately recognized each other from a previous encounter when Dale’s son needed medical care a year prior!

This medical emergency was a matter of life and death, requiring immediate attention for the child. CTED Officer Dale jumped into action and swiftly transported the UMMC Children’s Transport Team in his patrol vehicle from Collins, MS, to the child in Laurel, MS.

The quick response from dispatcher White and the decisive actions of Officer Dale and the UMMC Children’s Transport Team were instrumental in providing life-saving care to the child.

Thank you to Officer Casey Dale and the University of Mississippi Medical Center Children’s Transport Team. Their swift response played a critical role in saving this child’s life and making Mississippi a safer place.

A recent scene with Paratech EMS and Clarke County first responders!

REMINDER! First Voice is a free, online course to help emergency dispatchers understand and improve medical communications during disasters, helicopter callouts and emergency medical situations. This online course can be taken anytime between July 9th-24th, 2024 and is approved for 1 elective credit through BETST. Check out the First Voice course sponsored by MCES by scanning the QR code in the graphic or clicking on the registration link below.

https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZbvsQZkN2SDsa2

📲The MCES Mobile App is a great pocket resource for emergency medical personnel.

You will gain access to videos, blue crew medicine podcasts, resource guides and much more! If you haven’t already, download the app today in the App Store or Google Play.

On Saturday several of our team members across MCES were able to participate in the 2024 National EMS Memorial Service Moving Procession in Jackson at the State Capitol. The memorial is moving through several states on the way to Arlington, Virginia. The memorial honored 36 members of the EMS community who died in the line of duty, four of which were from Mississippi. These included Robbie Pearson of Pafford EMS (father of one our own Chris Pearson), Mack McCann of AAA Ambulance Service, John Crowe of Acadian Ambulance Service, and Mary “Katie” Pipkins of ASAP EMS.

We are grateful to everyone who helped to honor our fallen colleagues across our EMS industry.

First Voice is a free, online course to help emergency dispatchers understand and improve medical communications during disasters, helicopter callouts and emergency medical situations. This online course can be taken anytime between July 9th-24th, 2024 and is approved for 1 elective credit through BETST. Check out the First Voice course sponsored by MCES by scanning the QR code in the graphic or clicking on the registration link below.

https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZbvsQZkN2SDsa2

Interested in attending our First Hands and Narcan class? It is FREE training for first responders!

Each participant will receive a bleeding control kit, opioid resuscitation kit and naloxone at training's end.

Our next class is being held on July 23, 2024 @ 6pm at
Co-Lin Community College.

Preregister here:

https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cwrQEpPP9RlWYvQ

All first responders all welcome!

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Fourth of July!!

🥳 Happy July Birthday to all of our amazing team members at MCES!!

Another day in the office!

AirCare's medical flight teams operate throughout the state of Mississippi and transport all ages including neonates.

For Dispatch or to request AirCare, call Mississippi Medcom.

For more info. on Landing Zone Resources click on the link:

https://umc.edu/UMMC/Outreach-Programs/MS-Center-for-Emergency-Services/Critical-Care-Transport/Resources.html

This information and so much more can also be found in the MCES app.

Thank you to our partners in Lawrence County!

Photo courtesy of a recent on-scene response.

Beautiful sunrise this morning courtesy of 1

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Did you know all the resources our teams bring to the patient when it comes to trauma care?

Blood:
-Whole blood (Another first in Mississippi)
-Packed Red Blood Cells
-Liquid plasma

Anticoagulant/blood thinners reversal or mitigation:
-kCentra for patients on Xa inhibitors (Elliquis, Xarelto, etc.) and Coumadin. We are told we are one of the only teams in the country to carry pre-hospital.
-Desmopressin (DDAVP) for anti-platelet mitigation
-Protamine for heparin

Trauma Specific Specialty Equipment:
-Pelvic binders
-Junctional tourniquets
-Thoracostomy (Chest tubes) including pigtail catheters for pediatrics
-Surgical airways
-Point of Care Ultrasounds

In addition, all of our clinicians are required to maintain national trauma certifications and annually complete multiple hands on and didactic training sessions with UMMC trauma surgeons, our emergency medicine physician medical directors, and EMS Fellows.

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