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CONTACT: Paula Lineberry, PTAR Chief EMAIL: lineberry747@northstate.net PHONE: 336-887-3411 PTAR Members Win Trophies At NCAREMS Convention ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Two teams from Piedmont Triad Ambulance & Rescue (PTAR) won trophies at the 53rd Annual North Carolina Association of Rescue & Emergency Medical Services (NCAREMS) Convention, which was held at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, N.C. on June 26-28, 2009. PTAR Chief Paula Lineberry and Field Supervisor Patsy Hege won 1st Place in the Basic Life Support (BLS) competition. EMT Tabitha Story and EMT Whitney Kirk took 5th Place in the same competition. The rescue competitions are an important part of the training process for PTAR personnel, where EMTs and Rescue Technicians put their skills to the test, doing pre-transport patient rescue, evaluation and treatment in simulated emergency exercises. This year's BLS competition consisted of a 2-Part scenario, where teams of rescue personnel worked to free a "victim" of a simulated logging accident, where the "victim" was crushed by a large tree which had fallen on them. Once each rescue team extricated their "victim", and secured them onto a backboard, they turned the "victim" over to a different team of EMTs who performed assessments of the "victims" and then worked to stabilize them, bandage and treat their injuries, and prepare them for transportation to a hospital. Each exercise is closely judged to determine the winners. PTAR members EMT-I Lindsay Crater, EMT-I Janice Pearn, RN Phillip "Skip" Bradford and PTAR Chaplain Patsy Whitfield, served as judges during the BLS competition, along with a couple dozen other judges from Rescue Squads all across the State of North Carolina. Each judge must attend special training classes and become certified in order to judge the NCAREMS events. Other PTAR members who competed in some of the exercises were Captain Dwight McDowell, EMT-I Lane Doby and EMT-I Bradley Stowe. In addition, EMT-I Crystal Pate, EMT-I Robin Brown and Monica Stowe (wife of PTAR EMT-I Bradley Stowe) assisted in the BLS competitions by playing the role of "victims" during the exercises. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the photographs contained within this press release. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Formed in 1971 as the High Point Rescue Squad, PTAR is a private non-profit organization which provides all levels of emergency medical assistance, as well as rescue service, transportation for convalescents and wheelchair-bound patients, and "stand-by" service for special events in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. PTAR's local service area includes High Point, Greensboro, Jamestown, Archdale, Trinity, Asheboro, Thomasville, Lexington and other areas of Guilford, Davidson and Randolph counties. The organization also provides transportation outside its normal service area, including many out-of-state trips. PTAR's Administrative Offices are located at 1422 South Main Street, High Point, North Carolina. PTAR currently operates out of four Base Stations, with their Headquarters Station located at 901 South Elm Street in High Point. They have other Base Stations at 300 Concord Street in southern Greensboro, and at 600 Huffine Mill Road in northeast Greensboro. Their fourth Base Station is located at 2011 Sandy Ridge Road, in the Colfax community. In addition, PTAR operates two other ambulances on a daily basis from temporary quarters in Asheboro, and Lexington. Their fleet has grown to now include 16 ALS Licensed Ambulances, 1 Rescue Truck, 3 Boats, 1 Wheelchair Van, 1 Emergency Support Vehicle for disasters and mass casuality situations, and 3 Staff Vehicles. They have a staff of roughly 70 full-time and part-time employees, including several office staff members, plus about 25 Volunteer members. "37 Years of Serving Our Community" To Provide The Best Possible Care For Our Patients By Providing The Best Equipment And Training For Our Personnel |
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