Personnel:

Chief, Emergency Medical Services
Thomas R. Wagener, Jr., EMT-P

Assistant Chief, Emergency Medical Services
Matthew J. Mathias, EMT-P

Shift Leaders:  Paul Cramer, Dawn Sniadecki, and Shari Mullins

James Dusseau, Richard Ellett, Thomas Hunyor, Jr., Richard Davis, Jr., Connie Durham, William Bryan Pouter, Daniel Williams, Justin Butler, and Paul Fornier

Staff:

• 15 - full time paramedics
• 9 - 24 hour on; 48 hour off shift
• 3 – 12 hour shift
• 3 – 8 hour shift
• 26 – paid on-call EMT-A
• 4 - paid on-call EMT-P

Contact us at:  ems@maumee.org  or wagener-tom@maumee.org

RUN VOLUME:

• 2005 - 2,459 EMS runs
• 2004 - 2,449 EMS runs
• 2003 - 2,405 EMS runs
• 2002 - 2,480 EMS runs
• 2001 - 2,351 EMS runs
• 2000 - 2,113 EMS runs
• 1999 - 2,354 EMS runs
• 1998 - 2,285 EMS runs
• 1997 - 2,189 EMS runs
• 1996 - 2,260 EMS runs
• 1995 - 2,221 EMS runs

TRAINING: All paramedics are ACLS, BTLS, PEPP and CPR certified.

EMTA's have completed the full bridge course and are intubation and AED trained.

The paramedics have been performing and interpreting 12 lead EKG's in the field since April 1997. This project has significantly decreased the amount of the time from the onset of acute myocardial infarction to the beginning of thrombolytic therapy at the area hospitals.  Maumee is an active participant in the Lucas County STEMI by-pass system, which by rapid interpretation of 12 lead EKG's, patients are transported to a hospital capable of radio cardiac catherization intervention.

VEHICLES:

· 1 County A.L.S. unit (2006 McCoy Miller Freightliner FL60 Medium Duty) 

· 3 City A.L.S. ambulances (1996 Horton Ford Diesel Turbo, 2001 Horton Super Duty, and a 2005 Horton Super Duty) 

· 3 A.L.S. 1st Response Vehicles (2005 Durango, 2001 Chevrolet Pick-up, 2003 Ford Explorer)

Maumee is a very pro-active A.E.D. (Automatic External Defibrillator) community. A.E.D.'s are carried on all medic units, most police and fire vehicles, and are located at all city school buildings. Many private enterprises have chosen to purchase A.E.D.'s and train their personnel on their use. 

OPERATIONS:

All EMS operations are located at Fire Station #1 (Central Station) located at 220 Illinois Avenue, Maumee, Ohio 43537. 

Free blood pressure screenings are available by on duty personnel. This service is available daily from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

The Fire Division, Bureau of EMS, has a certified child passenger safety technician on duty. Car seats are inspected by calling 419-897-7059 for an appointment. The EMS Bureau strongly recommends that all car seats have an inspection by a certified technician or agency. 

The City of Maumee is H.I.P.A.A. compliant. What is H.I.P.A.A.? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), was the result of efforts by the Clinton Administration and congressional healthcare reform proponents to reform healthcare. The goals and objectives of this legislation are to streamline industry inefficiencies, reduce paperwork, and make it easier to detect and prosecute fraud and abuse and enable workers of all professions to change jobs, even if they (or family members) had pre-existing medical conditions. 

The HIPAA legislation had four primary objectives: 
· Assure health insurance portability by eliminating job-lock due to pre-existing medical conditions. 
· Reduce healthcare fraud and abuse. 
· Enforce standards for health information. 
· Guarantee security and privacy of health information. 

To comply with the above, all personnel have been trained with a video and lecture and all have signed the "Confidentiality of Patient Information and Staff Member Verification".

Fire/EMS scanner frequency is 154.205 
L.C. EMS scanner frequency is ch#9 - 462.950 ch#10 - 462.975