LifeFlight Air Medical Training Part of Medstar’s Free Emergency Medical Responder Course for Firefighters
Medstar, Michigan’s most integrated EMS and mobile healthcare provider, is conducting air medical training:*
Thursday, July 8, 2021
6 pm
Bentley High School
1150 N Belsay Rd, Burton, MI 48509
The exercise is part of a 61-hour Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) course Medstar is providing to 28 Genesee County firefighters. The Medstar LifeFlight team will teach attendees how to secure the scene for a safe landing and assist air medical providers when a patient needs to be transported via helicopter.
“Medstar supports communities in their roles in the EMS system whenever we can,” said Kolby Miller, Medstar CEO. “This air medical training prepares firefighters in the EMR program to serve critically ill and injured patients who require helicopter transportation.”
Medstar provides the EMR training at no cost to fire departments or their personnel. The Burton Fire Department donated the classroom space to host the course.
*The training is weather-dependent.
About Medstar
Medstar is Michigan’s most integrated 911 EMS and mobile healthcare provider, serving more than 190,000 patients annually throughout lower Michigan. Created in 1993 by two local hospitals committed to quality EMS, the nonprofit agency serves communities in nine counties. Healthcare stakeholders include Ascension-Michigan, Henry Ford Health System, and the McLaren Healthcare Corporation. For more information, visit www.medstarambulance.org.
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Contact
Anne Hein
ahein@medstarambulance.org
586-980-1043