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 95,000 calls for help in 2010. 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. 

You can do your part by becoming familiar with the tips, information and how-to’s shared throughout Medic’s website. You may also want to learn in a group setting by registering for one of Medic’s CPR courses.