EMS Call Scenarios drill
 
By Vista Fire Department
March 24, 2015
 

For this week's drill we gave our EMT's and Firefighters an opportunity to train at one of our member's houses to give a realistic feel on how an EMS call would go.

Led by EMS Captain Judy Saslow & Chief Jeff Peck, Vista EMT's & Firefighters would respond from our Firehouse to the dispatched location for a specific type of EMS call. To make things more realistic, the drill instructors would stagger the other members response times and send them in their personal operating vehicle (POV) as if they were responding from their home/missed getting on the Ambulance at our Firehouse.

From there the Vista FD crews operated for the given dispatched call as if it was the real thing by parking the Ambulance correctly at the house, getting the necessary equipment needed for the given call, assessing the "patient" correctly as per the "drill dispatch" and placing the "patient" in our Ambulance for transport to a local hospital. This type of training is vital for our members as this is the closest thing our volunteers will receive to it actually being the "real thing" regarding EMS calls.

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FF Ron Egloff & EMT Olive Gonzalezz practice operating the stretcher
FF Ron Egloff & EMT Olive Gonzalezz practice operating the stretcher
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice operating the stair chair
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice operating the stair chair
 
FF J.T. Bowensmith & Foreman Peter Gomez practice operating the stair chair
FF J.T. Bowensmith & Foreman Peter Gomez practice operating the stair chair
Ambulance Driver Rich Aloia, FF Ron Egloff and FF Mark Albert practice operating the stretcher
Ambulance Driver Rich Aloia, FF Ron Egloff and FF Mark Albert practice operating the stretcher
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare transport a "patient" from the stair chair to our stretcher
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare transport a "patient" from the stair chair to our stretcher
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare transport a "patient" from the stair chair to our stretcher
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare transport a "patient" from the stair chair to our stretcher
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare the "patient" on the stretcher to be placed in the Ambulance
Vista Firefighters & EMT's prepare the "patient" on the stretcher to be placed in the Ambulance
Vista Firefighters & EMT's place the "patient" in the Ambulance
Vista Firefighters & EMT's place the "patient" in the Ambulance
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
 
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go
Vista Firefighters & EMT's practice EMS call scenarios at a member's house to give a real feel of how an EMS call would go