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    Westchester EMS - Northern Westchester 45 Medics - 5695, up from 5202 in 2014, an increase of 9.5%. Busiest year yet. 5679 covered by WEMS fly-cars and ALS ambulances (99.7%), 16 went to mutual aid (0.3%), of those only 2 resulted in an ALS transport. The fly-cars responded 22 times for mutual aid, including to Mt. Pleasant, Yorktown, Putnam, Ossining and Stamford.

    Westchester EMS ambulances responded to 533 911 calls via 60-Control. Those included ALS ambulances as fly-cars, direct response to facilities and mutual aid to local agencies.

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  2. Posted · Edited by Medibart

    Westchester EMS is accepting applications for per-diem and full-time EMT and paramedic positions. Westchester EMS is a 501©3 non profit organization providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance and paramedic fly-car services throughout Westchester County. WEMS offers competitive salaries and top of the industry benefits. WEMS is an expanding organization that is constantly investing in new vehicles and equipment. To learn more and download an application, go to www.westchesterems.org.

  4. Posted

    You must make a "good faith" effort to collect from all patients, including co-pays. A "good faith" effort does not have to include sending patients to collections, but it does include sending bills directly to the patient. "Soft billing", as described, is against Medicare, and most private insurance, regulations.

    An exception to this is that municipal ambulance services, that operate with tax dollars, can soft bill, if tax monies collected are specifically stated to offset lost billing revenue for residents only. If a municipality contracts with an ambulance service, that can be written into the contract as long as tax monies are used to pay for the contract. Again, this only applies to residents, not non-residents.

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    WEMS, a Westchester based Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Company who provides First Response Paramedic Service, Basic and Advanced Life Support Ambulances, and Dispatching Services in the Northern Westchester area, is accepting applications for per diem Paramedic positions. Come work in a professional environment for a non-profit organization. Our starting salary and benefits are outstanding. To learn more about us and to apply for a position, visit our website at www.westchesterems.org

  11. Posted

    I don't want to rain on the parade here, but the Lucas device hasn't been shown to improve outcomes...

    http://roguemedic.com/2014/03/the-failure-of-lucas-to-improve-outcomes-in-the-linc-trial/

    How about spending (a lot of) money on something that actually can improve outcomes, like more medics?

    Just my 2 cents.

    Each unit costs about $15K. If we were lucky to get 5 years out of one, that would be $3K a year. If you'd like to work for us full time for $3K a year, I'm sure we can find a position for you. Please check the Westchester EMS webpage for an application.

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    Kind of amazed at the level of misinformation presented here. The basic facts are:

    The Somers Fire District did originally end the WEMS dispatching contract as of 12/31/13. At their request, they extended the contract twice, currently slated to end 9/30/14. WEMS agreed to this for the benefit of the district and the town. This gives them the needed time to fully switch to 60-Control, which is the current plan. The plan for WEMS is to re-locate our dispatch center to our HQ where it can better be managed at the end of the current contract.

    Prior to WEMS being contracted in 2002, SFD employed their own dispatchers. They felt rather than continue to manage staff, it would be beneficial to outsource for personnel. The staff is shared between the two services which saved SFD a considerable amount of money rather than having dedicated dispatchers. In addition to dispatching, the dispatchers provide a considerable number of services including monitoring security cameras for four stations with over a dozen pieces of equipment. They also help manage the LOSAP system, state reporting, and possibly most importantly they provide a 24 hour emergency presence in town, since there is no full time police department. This was well appreciated with the recent storms of the last few years.

    The SFD continues to evaluate the costs and benefits of using their own dispatchers, with WEMS, or switching to 60-Control. There's really no "drama" or "controversy".

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  14. Posted · Edited by Medibart

    Date: 02/05/2014
    Time: 1322

    Incident Type: Chimney fire with extension to structure
    Location: 258 Titicus Road

    District: Croton Falls
    Units: CFFD: 2071, 2073, E148, E149, T8, MA17, MA16

    Somers FD: 2441, T16, U88 (Rehab)

    Goldens Bridge FD: T1

    South Salem FD: 2454, T2, E168

    Brewster FD: E1125

    Bedford Hills FD: 2032, 2033, E199 (Fast)

    Mahopac FD: E1821

    North Salem VAC: 72B2, 72B1

    Westchester EMS: 45M3

    WCDES: B16, C&O

    Relocates: Mahopac FD E1821 to Croton Falls FD, moved to scene

    Katonah FD: 2212, E116 to CFFD

    Description: Chimney fire with extension to structure, private home.

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  15. Posted · Edited by Medibart

    Date: 02/01/2014
    Time: 0831

    Incident Type: 3rd Alarm Structure Fire, Apartment Complex
    Location: 470 Pelham Road

    District: New Rochelle
    Units: NRFD: E21, E22, E23, E24, E25, TL11, L12, L13, MSU3, 2301, 2302, 2306, 2309, E18, R4

    YFD: E307, L73, B2

    Greenville FD: SQD15, 2151

    Eastchester FD: TL17, 2103

    NREMS: 30A1, 30A2, 30A3

    WCDES: EMS 10, BAT 15, C&O

    NRPD, WCPD K9

    Relocates:

    Station 1: Pelham FD: E5, Hartsdale FD TL 54, 2171, Larchmont EMS 66A1, NRFD E17, L14

    Station 3: WPFD: E65, L34, Scarsdale VAC 79A1

    Description: Structure fire with injuries.

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  16. Posted

    All I know is that Stellaris, their parent company, was dissolved. Stellaris was a partnership between White Plains Hospital, Lawrence Hospital, Phelps Hospital, and Northern Westchester Hospital, and also operated WEMS. I *think* that made the contracts for each hospital up for grabs again. They continue provide EMT's to Somers FD VAC, and the three Northern Westchester 45-M flycars. I figure they will become a stand alone company and provisions for continued operations have been made already, since I still have seen their ambulances out and about in Westchester.

    Stellaris has not been dissolved, it is still in place as a shared services entity, rather than a parent corporation, for the four Stellaris hospitals. Westchester EMS remains one of those shared services. The four hospitals have committed to continue utilizing WEMS as their transport provider and transfer call center. That commitment will continue whether WEMS is part of Stellaris, or if it becomes a stand-alone company in the future.

    WEMS is working with Somers FD on their transition to 60-Control and will continue to serve the FD and citizens of the Town of Somers as long as needed. WEMS will then move our dispatch operations to our headquarters in Mt. Kisco.

    Scott T. Glaessgen, EMT-P

    Operations Supervisor

    Westchester EMS

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  18. Posted

    This information was posted on The New York City Firefighter Brotherhood Foundation facebook page:

    I have no further info at this time.

    Attention! Tomorrow is a funeral for one of the children from Newtown who also happened to be the relative of two members of the FDNY, two men I work with. This young boy loved firefighters and like all young children wanted to be one someday. In light of his dreams our presence as firefighters is requested in Class A uniform at 10am at St. Rose church in Newtown for a lineup. This is not limited to members of anyone dept any FD members cab show their respect to this young
    Little boy Daniel Barden.

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    I'm entirely impressed that someone in a position of leadership would actually take the time to show up here and be responsive to members questions. Well done sir...Bravo!

    All the information comes from the report given at the September township meeting. These regular meetings are attended by Town Supervisors, other town officials, police chiefs, town OEM officers, VAC officers, hospital administrators, physicians and Stellaris and WEMS management. I'd rather pass along that information than have people state incorrect information.

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  23. Posted

    Scott,

    Would it be feasible to have a Medic assigned to Somers in place of one of the EMTs WEMS provides? This way the 3 Fly-Cars could possibly be re-positioned to decrease their response times? Just a thought I had one night.

    I give the WEMS Medics a lot of credit, the Medics monitor the radio and will post centrally while their partners in the other fly-cars are tied up on calls.

    Again, that's really up to the towns to decide.

  24. Posted

    Hypothetically, if funding wasn't an issue, what would be the optimal location for a 4th or even 5th unit for a more comprehensive coverage of the district?

    Personally, I'd say somewhere in the Bedford Village Fire District. This could improve response times to Bedford Village, Armonk, Banksville and Pound Ridge. Obviously, it would depend on finding a place to house it. Again, a decision like that would be up to the towns.