annual report-2008.pdf - The City of Titusville, Florida

EMS/Training Chief Robert Allard is a 4 year employee with over 26 years ofexperience. In addition to his responsibility overseeing the emergency medicalresponses of our department and providing training in all disciplines to divisionalpersonnel in skills maintenance of mandated and desired training areas, he isalso our department’s Medical Quality Assurance Officer, Safety Officer andInfectious Disease Control Officer.20%2008 EMS CallsBy Patient Age15%10%5%Average median patient age of emergency medical servicecalls in 2008 was 58 years of age: Titusville’s medianpopulation age is 41 years (2000 census)0%0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100-+Age76.3% of emergency calls responded toin 2008 by our department fell withinthe emergency medical service fields.All Titusville fire stations and all of ourfirst-run units provide Advanced LifeSupport (ALS), an enhanced level ofemergency care for our community.◙ Of 1068 trauma calls, 801required transport to ahospital facility by groundtransportation◙ 80 trauma calls were severeenough to call a “traumaalert” and 72 were transportedto a certified traumacenter via helicopter (31%were vehicle v.s. motorcyclecrashes)◙ Level 1 Trauma Centertransport was initiated for 15patients with severe burns(>10% body surface area)◙ Treated 20 gun shot wounds◙ Responded to 31 stabbings◙ Present at 15 obstetricalevents◙ Conducted 10 water rescues◙ Responded to 232 pediatriccalls (0-14 years of age)6412319062008 EMS CallsTotal: 49321594797340Other Medical CVA IllnessTrauma Respiratory Cardiac RelatedNOTE: OTHER MEDICAL includes such emergencies as: dizziness, insect stings,heat-related injuries, lightning strikes, patient lift assists, snake bites, etc.13