The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
Left to right: Mikey Neilen, Flight Nurse for Black Hills Life Flight; Kenny Weaver, EMT-I; Lynn Weaver, EMT-I; Bob Hart, RN Trauma Coordinator; Sylvia Dial, RN; Marsha Erickson, Radiology Supervisor; Candy Collins, RN; Stormy Fanning, Flight Paramedic for Black Hills Life Flight; Oren Pedersen, PA-C; Jay Kenealy, Paramedic EMS Division Chief; and Dr. Heith Waddell, Medical Director.
Local medical staff have been training alongside Black Hills Life Flight to improve transport protocols when a patient needs to be airlifted to another facility.
"We're doing more regular training with them to streamline hand-off with the ER providers and the Black Hills Life Flight crew and improve patient care and the timeframe for transports," says EMS Division Chief Jay Kenealy, Crook County Medical Services District.
The training includes all aspects of the hand-off procedure, he says, from medications and equipment to communication and reports.
"It's familiarization as far as what their...
