WNCC EMS program

❤️🚒🚑❤️ So proud of our communities!

Attention Bridgeport area residents!!

Join us tonight 6 pm @ Fire Hall. I
nformative meeting of what we do and what our needs are. Will be discussing benefits of being a member.

Breaking News 📰🗞️🚨🚨

We will
Now be offering EMT classes in Scottsbluff, Sidney, and Chadron! Don’t wait too long to register…classes are filling up!!🚑🚑

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WNCC EMS Program extends its condolences to RWEMS and all the fire service members on the loss of one of their own, Jim Murray. Jim was truly a selfless man who taught many of us what it meant to be a true public servant. Please keep his colleagues and family members in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Rest easy sir, we have it from here.

“Just get ’em in the truck!”

(We are talking about CRITICALLY ill medical patients here)

It’s a phrase we hear all too often in EMS—but when it comes to critically ill medical patients, that mindset can be dangerous.

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Transport ALONE Isn’t Treatment

Throwing a crashing patient into the back of an ambulance without stabilizing them isn’t JUST fast—it’s risky.

Critically ill patients don’t tolerate motion well. Movement stresses the body, and stress demands reserve… which they don’t have.

Before you load, ask yourself:
• Is the oxygenation appropriate? Is the airway secure?
• Are we supporting their circulation do we need volume? Pressors? Pacing? Etc
• Can they survive the ride, or are they barely surviving the room we found them in?

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The Reality of the Ride

You can’t bag, start pressors, and troubleshoot a crashing patient while bouncing down the road with no access, no definitive airway, and no plan.

You can do these interventions alone but it doesnt mean you should— the teamwork model in healthcare works best

The back of the truck isn’t an ER. It’s a rolling compromise. And unless the scene is unsafe, your best shot at saving that patient MIGHT be right where you are.

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What Stabilization Looks Like

You’re not trying to fix everything—but you need to:
• Oxygenate the patient
• Support perfusion (fluids, pressors)
• Establish access
• Apply a monitor and recognize life threats
• Treat what’s treatable before the rig moves

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Bottom Line

Not every second counts—but the right decisions in those seconds do.

Stabilize before you move. Don’t trade minutes of care for minutes of motion. Because for your sickest patients, the wrong move might be moving too soon.

Stop by and join in on the fun for a great cause! Also talk to one of the volunteers about becoming a volunteer, our communities could use the help!!🚒🚑

Let’s help out our EMS family!!!

So far we have raised just over $7,000.00 for our new building project! June 15th is the deadline for any additional contributions. Thank you to all that have made gracious donations, we look forward to the final stretch!

Click the link to read more, and for a donation link!

https://keithcountybiggive.org/nonprofits/ogallala-community-hospital-and-health-foundation-inc-ems-shelter

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Our EMS program will be offering a new Hybrid Paramedic Program beginning this fall! This program is perfect for an EMT who is ready to take their career to the next level.

If this sounds like you, contact the program director at 308-635-6782 or visit our website for more information.