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Dodd taps Helen Pierson as Solano Woman of the Year
Helen Pierson: Medic Ambulance
VALLEJO Helen Pierson, whose company, Medic Ambulance Service, has been on the front lines of the novel coronavirus pandemic, transporting some of the first people exposed to the virus on the Princess Cruise ship and later organizing mobile testing and vaccine dissemination, has been named Woman of the Year for Solano County by state Sen. Bill Dodd.
“Helen stepped up in a major way, helping to keep our community safe during one of the worst public health crises the world has ever seen,” Dodd said in a press release. “She leads a dedicated team that Solano County and the surrounding region has come to depend on. She also volunteers her time and energy for numerous community organizations. I couldn’t be more proud to recognize Helen for her important work.”
Hall Ambulance Service, Inc., which provides 9-1-1 paramedic service to a majority of California’s third-largest county (Kern), celebrated its 50th anniversary on February 10, 2021.
Harvey L. Hall founded the company in 1971 from his residence in Bakersfield with a $15,000 bank loan and two ambulances. He built the company based on his ideals of care, compassion, and community.
His success derived from providing exemplary service and building relationships with his customers (the term he preferred to call patients transported by his ambulance service), local healthcare providers, and public safety agencies.
In July 2020, on the 50th anniversary of the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act, the California Ambulance Association, in partnership with the National EMS Museum, profiled Hall as one of 17 native Californians for their impact on shaping EMS in the United States. In addition to introducing several patient care enhancements, Hall was the driving force in making Bakersfield one o
How bad is LA County s hospital crisis? Paramedic gives frontline view of desperate situation
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) Tanya Crabbe has been with the Los Angeles Fire Department for 12 years and a paramedic for four.
Crabbe says the job has its challenges, but our current COVID-19 surge has her hanging on by a thread. It s a tremendous amount of pressure. I only have so many resources with my knowledge and experiences and certifications and my equipment, but if the hospital is unavailable, I just don t have the resources that that patient may need, said Crabbe. They need a doctor, a hospital bed to be taken care and how do you explain that to the patient, they don t understand that. How do you explain that to the patient s family. I only have so much I can do for you at this moment.
New protocol allows saturated SD hospitals to temporarily turn away ambulances
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Following a surge in 911 calls from COVID-19 patients, the County of San Diego is now allowing hospitals to divert ambulances if their emergency rooms are already too full. The County reports that the new protocol was tested last weekend and proved to be successful.
The County reports that this new type of diversion goes above and beyond the routine ambulance diversion of only a subset of patients that hospitals use on a regular basis.
Hospitals across San Diego that are saturated are now allowed to request total ambulance diversion, meaning ambulances have to stop bringing in more patients. A letter posted this Tuesday from the County s Director of Emergency Medical Services details how the new protocol will help area hospitals recover from the rapid influx of patients.