Community Education

As healthcare providers, we believe that our responsibility to the community extends beyond merely responding to calls. It is also our mission to educate the public to help themselves.
Medic will receive more than 92,000 calls for help in 2009. Nearly 30% of these calls are for various types of traumatic injuries, many of which could have been prevented. The other 70% of these calls are related to health issues.

Our challenge is to involve the community in their own safety, through education and prevention, but also by encouraging bystanders to become involved when an incident happens. Dispatchers in the 911 center can often provide pre-arrival instructions to callers, allowing them to deliver care such as stopping bleeding, delivering a baby, even performing CPR. When the public becomes involved, people begin receiving the help they need faster and this has a positive impact on overall patient outcomes. 

Do your part and become familiar with the information shared throughout Medic's website.  You may also consider registering for one of Medic's CPR courses.