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Second Wave Michigan — “Community paramedics can help high-risk, high-utilizing patient populations, who are going to be older; have one, two, or more comorbidities; and have been seeking care through the emergency department or other means,” says Andrew Brown, vice president of stakeholder integration for Medstar, southeast Michigan’s largest EMS and mobile health provider, serving Bay,…

Crain’s Detroit Business — Ambulance services can transfer patients only to or from a community in which they are licensed. Those licensed service providers are also usually required to maintain dedicated ambulances in a given community around the clock for 911 calls, said Kolby Miller, CEO of Medstar. Rural communities may not need another truck…

ABC 12 — ”It’s not a vaccine, but it builds up the immune system so the patient or the person who is exposed can safely get through whatever period that is,” said Medstar Ambulance CEO Kolby Miller. A Mid-Michigan ambulance company is changing the way COVID-19 patients are treated. Most people think the only way…

NBC 25/Fox 66 — There’s a growing demand for monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID-19 patients in Genesee, Lapeer and Bay counties. Paramedics with Medstar EMS provide the infusion treatments, which then reduce COVID-19 symptoms and lower the chances a patient will have go to the hospital. According to Medstar CEO Kolby Miller, requests are doubling each…

WNEM TV 5 — Paramedics are now administering a covid-19 treatment proven to reduce symptoms and hospitalizations from the virus inside patient’s homes. “We’re preventing the emergencies from happening in the first place,” said Kolby Miller, the CEO of Medstar of Michigan. Normally ambulances respond to an emergency and transport the patient to the hospital.…

Patch Detroit — MedStar said Monday it will provide monoclonal antibody infusion treatments at a person’s residence to reduce COVID-19 symptoms and the risk of hospitalization, according to a news release. Monoclonal antibodies are lab-engineered immune system proteins that can help trigger a healthy immune response against a COVID-19 infection. The announcement comes on the…

EMS 1 — Paramedics are traveling to patient’s homes to administer monoclonal antibody therapy treatments for COVID-19.   Medstar of Michigan providers are delivering the doctor-prescribed antibody treatments to patients’ homes, which help reduce the chance of contracting the virus and fight it, WNEM TV5 reported.   “Monoclonal antibodies are something that is used for a patient who either…

The Oakland Press — The Michigan Association of Ambulance Services recognized the life-saving work of 21 EMS practitioners across the state, including seven first responders in Macomb and Oakland counties. The recognition was part of the biennial Stars of Life ceremony, which took place Sept. 21 in Lansing, to celebrate ambulance professionals who go above…

The Davison Index — Communities that have signed exclusive contracts with EMS providers will be allowed to resume those agreements, per a recent decision from the Genesee County 911 Consortium Board. At a Sept. 14 executive board meeting, the Consortium Board narrowly passed a measure to recognize contracts signed between EMS provider Medstar and several…

NBC 25/Fox 66 News – Back in January, Mid-Michigan NOW first introduced you to a new program to help boost recruitment. Now our Remi Murrey is circling back to see how recruitment and staffing have been in the face of the pandemic.