The latest episode of the Feeling The Pulse podcast is live and available on Anchor, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher! This week’s episode features career Paramedic Derek Fuller, who has served VBRescue both as a volunteer and career member for more than 11 years. Before joining VBEMS...
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Posts authored by the Virginia Beach Department of EMS
Making the “state of readiness” of EMS gear obvious
In our world, you never know when it will be critical for someone to instantly know whether a piece of equipment or inventory is ready for action. So you should always leave prominent visual clues if there could be any ambiguity. If you found the following vials, plastic...
VBEMS Chief Brazle Video Update – June 2021
Virginia Beach EMS Chief Ed Brazle addresses loosening COVID-19 restriction, thanks career and volunteer members for handling rising call volume and more in this video update.
LP, EMR, MDC, Lenel and More
LIFEPAK 15 Rainbow Cable 7.13.01 Appendix A Just wanted to provide a couple updates on some technology initiatives: EMR Hardware Replacement – we are in process of acquiring some demo units to deploy to the field of a couple different models of devices. Based on field trials, user feedback,...
Visual cues for Resident Physicians
Members, As you may know, we are sometimes pairing up emergency medicine resident physicians with our medics on zone cars. Residents are recent graduates from medical school who are now learning their specialty — in this case, emergency medicine. They are working their way toward becoming attending emergency...
Elite November 2020 – Who Completes the Report
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Elite Fixes 19OCT2020
VBEMS October 19, 2020 Elite Hotfixes There have been some changes to help clarify several items on the Cardiac Arrest section. Questions have been modified to say, “prior to EMS/FD arrival”. This would include actions performed by lay persons, family members, law enforcement, off-duty EMS certified responders, or...
Elite Field Not Loading Correctly?
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CAD Download Update
All Elite Users – Today a feature has been added in Elite to remind users when CAD information has been updated before posting your incident. If the CAD information has been updated since your last download you will receive this message when you attempt to post: Choose “Download CAD”...
Updates to Repeat Patient Lookup September 2020
Repeat Patients Update September 2020: Updated the Repeat Patients Lookup modal for providers to preview and choose which data from the patient’s record to import into EMS incidents. Previewing the data before import allows for better patient care as they can confirm with the patient that the information is correct...