[Scan-DC] Walter Reed Fire/EMS

[michael rumberg]

the short answer is yes.

from the Walter Reed EMS page  http://www.dcmilitary.com/special_sections/sw/012507_wrac/ss_182410_31950.shtml
Water Reed Army Medical Center
						
						

						
 
 
 Health Care Services
 
 Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007


Emergency and Operational Medicine


Emergency and Operational Medicine is composed of the Emergency 
Department and Emergency Medical Services. Besides its daily clinical 
focus, the service also specializes in preparation for response to 
chemical or biological incidents and other weapons of mass destruction. 
The military staff takes part in all emergency-preparedness exercises in
 the region to ensure Walter Reed’s readiness for mass casualty 
situations.


The Emergency Department provides emergency care 24 hours a day, seven 
days a week, to all patients who need treatment. All physicians are 
board certified in emergency medicine, and the nursing staff has special
 training and experience in emergency nursing care. Consultants from all
 medical specialties are available when an Emergency Department staff 
physician requests them.


The department’s Chest Pain Unit allows the staff to evaluate suspected 
heart disease faster and more accurately in urgent situations without 
transferring the patient from the Emergency Department to other areas of
 the hospital.


Emergency Medical Services provides Basic Life Support services and 
responds to all callers requesting an ambulance on the Walter Reed 
installation. All staff members are nationally registered emergency 
medical technicians and carry modern equipment, including automatic 
external defibrillators, to treat sudden cardiac death.


EMS provides inter-facility transfers from Walter Reed and helps 
coordinate patient transport to Walter Reed, within Army policy 
restrictions. EMS also coordinates patient care and ambulance support 
for air evacuation missions. For more information, phone (202) 782-1199 
or 3928.

> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 00:54:30 -0400
> From: fxpd614 at gmail.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Walter Reed Fire/EMS
> 
> I saw a squad truck running lights on the outer loop on sunday.
> Does anyone know if this vehicle
> is used for hazmat or MCI?   It was painted all white with a red cross
> on the side of the unit.  It was
> enroute to some call in Montgomery County.
> 
> Kenneth
> KD4IIW
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