[Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert

[Glen Jackson]

This is a nationwide problem.

Compound it with fewer medical responders, and failing infrastructure of
the local governments to prepare. No maintenance for vehicles, no planning,
no facilities, no support staff - only mandatory overtime, etc. It is only
going to get worse.

No kid coming out of school wants to go into the EMS field making $30 -
$50K a year with an associates degree, when they can take very
similar coursework and become an RN and be double that salary.

I've tried to help the system for over 25 years now - it's getting time to
turn it over to the newer group - but they're not here...

My 0.02c,

     Glen---


On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 9:21 PM <edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:

> This has been happening regularly. COVID cases are again jamming
> hospitals. This results in nowhere to put patients that arrive via
> ambulance. That results in EMS units being held for extra long times at ERs
> before they can unload their patients. That results in fewer EMS units in
> service even though there are no weather events or catastrophes, other than
> the catastrophe of COVID.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of along at comcast.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 9:15 PM
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert
>
> Right, that’s why I asked.  It was concerning, especially since there were
> no apparent weather incidents, MCI’s or anything else out of the ordinary
> besides having to dispatch an ambulance from station 20 for a cardiac
> arrest to Georgia/Bel Pre area during late afternoon rush hour just after
> the Blue Alert went out.
>
>
>
> -Andy
>
>
>
> From: Glen Jackson <kd4tzg at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 4:55 PM
> To: ecps92 at earthlink.net
> Cc: along at comcast.net; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert
>
>
>
> We call that Level ZERO if it's the EMS term. Meaning - NO AMBULANCES
> AVAILABLE.
>
>
>
> People would be surprised how frequently it happens everywhere...
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 3:40 PM ~Bill <ecps92 at earthlink.net <mailto:
> ecps92 at earthlink.net> > wrote:
>
> BLUE ALERT: When an EMS jurisdictional system is temporarily taxed to its
> limits in providing pre-hospital care and ambulance transportation due to
> extraordinary situations such as multi-casualty incidents, snow, icing, or
> flooding or other circumstances that contribute to high demand for
> ambulance service. The jurisdiction may declare blue alert suspends yellow
> alert.
>
>
> https://miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/Region_II_Alert_
> <
> https://miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/Region_II_Alert_Status_Policy.pdf?ver=2015-07-27-143552-300#:~:text=BLUE%20ALERT%3A%20When%20an%20EMS,high%20demand%20for%20ambulance%20service
> >
>
> Status_Policy.pdf?ver=2015-07-27-143552-300#:~:text=BLUE%20ALERT%3A%20When%2
> 0an%20EMS,high%20demand%20for%20ambulance%20service.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mailto:
> scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mailto:
> scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> ] On Behalf Of along at comcast.net <mailto:
> along at comcast.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2021 2:33 PM
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert
>
> All,
>
>
>
> Any idea what's going on in Moco?  They just went on blue alert.
>
>
>
> -Andy
>
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