A very visible part of our organization, Campbell County Health Emergency
Medical Services' cares for the sick and injured in Northeastern Wyoming
(and beyond) through prevention, response, intervention, and transport
to a medical facility. Every day, our EMS crews are called upon to help
others through one of what may be the most frightening times of their lives.
The EMS department at CCH is a group of professionals who are staffed in
Gillette and Wright, Wyoming. From May 2017-April 2018, EMS responded
to more than 3,458 dispatches. Last year, our EMS staff helped with 191
chest pain and heart related problems, 28 cardiac arrests (with three
lives saved), six STEMI’s, 39 strokes and 65 traumas.
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AED Notification
Emergency Medical Services keeps a list of the Automated External Defibrillators
(AED) located in Campbell County, Wyoming. Wyoming law requires all persons
or agencies (facilities, businesses or organizations) that acquire an
AED to notify their local EMS office, and emergency communications centers.
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EMS also provides standby services for special events such as sporting
events for an hourly fee. Charges are based on the level of service provided
such as critical care transport, advanced life support (emergency or non-emergency),
or basic life support (emergency or non-emergency), and with mileage. Call
307-688-1161 for more information.
EMS Staff
The public can be assured that the crews responding on ambulances have
passed rigorous training standards to become licensed and complete 100’s
of hours of additional training each year to ensure they are providing
up-to-date competent emergency medical care.
Becoming an EMT requires completion of a 150-hour long course that includes
classroom time, ambulance ride time, clinical time in an emergency department
and successful completion of a written test and skills verification. To
become a paramedic our staff must first be a licensed EMT for a minimum
of one year. Then, they must complete a 1,800-hour long course that includes
classroom time, clinical rotations in an emergency department, ICU, cardiac
cath lab, surgery unit, and behavior health unit. They also have to successfully
pass a written test, skill verifications, and oral cardiology scenarios.
Once staff is licensed, they have to recertify their license every two
years, which requires approximately 100 hours of continuing education
each year. In additional to taking care of approximately 3,500 patient
each year, our staff attend monthly EMS training, regularly train while
on duty, attend classes on various topics offered through the hospital,
and attend our three-day EMS University each year. All staff is also required
to maintain Healthcare Provider level CPR and EMT-Intermediates and Paramedics
must maintain certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric
Advanced Life Support.
CCH EMS staff consists of:
EMT-Paramedics (> 1800 hour education programs - none available locally)
EMT-Intermediates (32-240 hours beyond EMT-Basic, a modular format)
EMT- Basic Attendants (160 hour - local class offerings)
EMT-Paramedic/RN
EMT/RN
EMT/Pharmacist
Nurse (RN)
National Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Technicians with Safe Kids Campbell County
Emergency Medical Services professionals (EMTs and Paramedics), are always
on the go, but what does a typical day in the life of one look like?
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Safe Kids Campbell County
Safe Kids Campbell County provides our community with free car seat checks
by appointment, safety seat events, bike rodeos and much more to help
educate our children.
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Survey
How you were cared for is very important to Campbell County Health Emergency
Medical Services. Please consider taking a nine question confidential
survey to let us know how we are doing.
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