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This Week:

Simulations Begin

Next Week 2

Novant Health

Presbyterian

Construction

Notice

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Hutchinson

McDonald Road

Closure

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Community Event

Highlight 5

September

Birthdays 6

September

Corporate

Compliance

Training Sessions

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Training Schedule 8

Medic Calendar 8

News From The Front Line September 3, 2013

The MEDIC Dispatch

Mecklenburg

EMS

Agency

Be sure to bring your entire family to the 2013 Medic Health & Benefits Fair!

The 2013 Medic Health & Benefits Fair is coming...are you ready?

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th from

2:00—8:00 pm for this fun-filled, family event as we encourage all our Medic employees to be

healthy, live well and retire strong.

Check back with the Medic Dispatch for more details!

HRA

Flu Shot

Benefits Information

Raffle Prizes

Games for the Kids

Save the Date: Health & Benefits Fair

Dates to

Remember:

September 2nd

Labor Day

Medic Offices

Closed

September 4th

Scope of Practice

Testing

September 6th

Scope of Practice

Testing

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The next simulation center rotation will begin on September 11th, 2013. All EMT and paramedic-certified personnel

with MEDIC and all full time EMT and paramedic-certified members affiliated with Mint Hill Fire Department are required

to complete this simulation rotation. Again, the simulation scenarios are written to meet the North Carolina Office of

EMS objectives, U.S. DOT curriculum objectives, and Mecklenburg EMS Patient Care Protocols and do provide continuing

education credit toward recertification.

In order to make the experience in the simulation center as realistic as possible, it will be

necessary for full-time employees of both Medic and Mint Hill to schedule an appointment to

go through the simulation center with their partner (if one is currently assigned). If you are a

new employee riding in a third-person status, you should plan to go through the rotation with

your current crew. Part-time employees of Medic and/or Mint Hill may schedule themselves to

go through the simulator with another part-time employee or can schedule to fill an existing

simulation center appointment vacancy. EMT personnel with Mint Hill Fire Department are

welcome to accompany a Mint Hill Paramedic through his/her simulation rotation.

All certified personnel with Medic and full-time certified personnel with Mint Hill Fire

Department must contact a member of Medical Services to schedule an appointment.

The deadline to schedule an appointment is this Friday,

September 6th. Again, attending the simulation rotation is

mandatory and provides 10 hours of continuing education toward

your recertification.

In addition, please keep the following in mind:

Do not sign up within two (2) hours of your 10-42 time.

Operations will follow the disciplinary process for a no call/no show to your scheduled

simulation appointment.

If you cannot attend the time slot that you signed up for, it is your responsibility to do a

switch and a find a replacement for your time slot.

A simulation center rotation schedule will be posted in Operations. Please be sure to

remember the date and time that you sign up for as we will not send out

appointment reminders.

Come dressed in your Medic/Mint Hill Fire Department uniform for your scheduled

simulation.

Please contact a member of Medical Services if you have any questions about the upcoming Simulation Center Rotations

in September at:

Tom Porcelli - ext. 6024 Brian Shimberg - ext. 6142

Sam Barnes - ext. 6143 Jim Lockard - ext. 6144

David Garber - ext. 6026 Trevor Taylor - ext. 6025

Simulations Begin Next Week

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Novant: Emergency Department Construction

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The City of Charlotte continues in its efforts to widen Statesville Road

from two lanes to four. Employees are asked to make note of the

following important changes that will affect access to Building #1 and

Building #2 of Post 100:

Access to Hutchinson McDonald Road from

Statesville Road will be closed, September 4th—

September 16th.

Construction also continues near the Learning & Development end of

Post 100. The final result of the construction process will be an

additional entrance onto Hutchinson McDonald Road from Post 100.

Again, Hutchinson McDonald Road from Statesville Road will be closed, September

4th—September 16th.

Please contact Operations Manager Bryan Edwards at bryane@medic911.com for questions about the ongoing Statesville

Road Widening Project.

Hutchinson McDonald Road Closure Continues

Registration is now open for Medic’s next THREE Community CPR classes! The classes are open to anyone in the

community who wishes to become CPR certified.

The next THREE Medic Community CPR classes are:

Saturday, September 28th beginning at 8:00 a.m.

at Post 100

Saturday, October 26th beginning at 8:00 a.m. at Post 100

Saturday, November 16th beginning at 8:00 a.m.

at Post 100

All classes are the six-hour CPR/AED AHA Heartsaver certification

class.

Certifications are valid for two years and the cost for the course is $20.

Registration is limited and can be found at http://www.medic911.com/

cpr_registration.

If you have questions about upcoming Community CPR classes, please contact Community Engagement Coordinator Katie

Rutland at ext. 6021 or via e-mail at katier@medic911.com.

Medic Community CPR Classes

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2013 Scope of Practice Schedule

October:

Friday, October 4th

Monday, October 7th

Wednesday, October 9th

Thursday, October 17th

November:

Friday, November 1st

Monday, November 4th

Wednesday, November 7th

Thursday, November 13th

December:

Friday, December 6th

Monday, December 9th

Wednesday, December 11th

Thursday, December 19th

Please be advised of the above dates for the 2013 Scope of Practice.

Please contact a member of Medical Services to schedule a time and date within 90 days of

your state expiration.

Medic was asked to teach Wells Fargo employees all about the

Agency and Hands-Only CPR during an American Heart

Association Heart Walk kickoff event last Monday, August

26th.

This is the second year Medic has been invited by partners at

the AHA to teach CPR while Wells Fargo employees got the

chance to sign up for a walk team and fundraise.

Many of the employees said they had never learned CPR, but

were excited to get the chance— and many said they would

be interested in attending a CPR/AED certification class.

This is just one of several

events Medic and the AHA

partner on annually. The

next event is the Heart

Walk, which takes place on

Saturday, September 21st

in Uptown Charlotte.

If you are interested in

participating in community

events, contact

Community Engagement

Coordinator Katie Rutland

at katier@medic911.com.

Medic Teaches CPR at Wells Fargo

Top: Amber Davis taught two

Wells Fargo employees how easy

chest compressions are to learn.

Many employees said they had

never learned CPR before this

event.

Left: Paramedic Crew Chief Amber

Davis and EMD David Gerig

taught hands-only CPR and passed

out information about CPR classes

to Wells Fargo employees during

the AHA Heart Walk Kickoff

event.

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Medic would like to extend special birthday wishes to the following employees celebrating a birthday in the month of

September:

September Birthdays

Tony Pattillo September 1 Todd Childers September 12 Donnell Wilson September 23

Robie Wilcox September 1 Kara Murray September 13 Margaret Kingsley September 23

Justin Minton September 2 Adrian Wright September 13 Audrey Hunt September 23

Tonya Whitesides September 3 Allison Brinzey September 14 Joe Penner September 24

Laurie Feola September 4 Patti Whaples September 14 Robert Parker September 25

Shelly Forward September 4 CJ Wright September 14 Heather Clay September 25

Monroe Hicks September 4 Angela Tart September 15 Adam Bolinger September 26

Robin Farrar September 5 Christy Iyoob September 15 Brandon Boyles September 26

Bryan Rucker September 6 Michael Schmidt September 15 Luis Barrera September 27

Anne Carter September 7 Katie Henderson September 17 Jonathan Wise September 29

Tanaya Jones September 7 Melissa Garifo September 19 Chuck Gunter September 29

Michael Durham September 8 Ralph Giuliano September 19 Heather Teague September 29

Ryan O’Donnell September 9 Daniel Hagemeyer September 19 Linda Hendley September 30

Tiffany Nash September 11 Tom Porcelli September 20 John Hunt September 30

Drew Nicoletti September 11 Scott Wilson September 21

Jacob Brod September 11 Rebecca Zamagni-

Mander

September 21

Christina Stauber September 12 Missy Caldwell September 21

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Required Employee

Attendance

Luis Barrera, Doug Bell,

Abby Bowers, Keisha Boyer,

Steven Bridges, Anne Carter,

Jamey Center, Stephen

Church, James Davis,

Chelsea Dewell, Laurie

Feola, Jenna Galanti, Ray

Hanna, Russell Harrell,

David Hawks, Linda Hendley,

Allison Infinger, Tiffany

Johnson, Morgan Kettles,

Kristin King, Kim Krakower,

Erin Lee, Rebecca Lee,

Lakisha Lee, Jake Lowe,

Mikhail Makarov, Gabe McGaha, Bruce Mills, Shelby Modisett, Gary Moore, Thomas Muhammad,

Brittany Murray, Tiffany Nash, Robert Owens, Kathy Paino, Mark Peck, Justin Pfund, Helen Reed,

Megan Ruane, David Simonini, Kate Spitzmiller, Mike Stanford, Christina Stauber, Lakissha Steele,

Brett Testerman, Raymond Thoman, Steve Vandeventer, Robie Wilcox, James Wilkinson, Andrew

Williams, Colby Willison, Lisa Wilson, Donnell Wilson, Chad Wilson, Ted Wise, Joan Wisham,

Jesse Wolfram, Heidi Wozniak and Patrick Young.

**Please Note: If your Annual Performance Review was in August and you did not attend a

August class you must contact Amy Johnson and attend an September class.**

Information Updates:

The duration of the Medic Safety & Compliance Training sessions is 4 hours.

Attendees will be paid for the total time spent in class and each employee with an Annual

Performance Review in that month must attend one of the available Compliance

Training Sessions.

Compliance sessions are held next to the Medic Fitness Center, please contact Amy Johnson

at amyj@medic911.com for directions.

September Compliance Training Sessions

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Visit Us on the Web!

www.medic911.com

MEDIC Mecklenburg EMS Agency

4525 Statesville Road

Charlotte, NC 28269

Tel: 704-943-6000

Fax: 704-943-6001

In-Service

Training

Medic Events

Holidays

Recertification Testing

September 2013

2013 Training Schedule

September Corporate Compliance Trainings

September 9th: 1200—1600

September 16th: 1300—1700

September 18th: 0800—1200

September 21st: 1600—2000

September 25th: 1300—1700

Please note— because of simulations

that will be taking place throughout

the next several months, there will

not be another Medic InService until

January 2014.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 B 2 A

Labor Day

Medic Offices Closed

3 A 4 B

Scope of Practice

Testing

5 B

6 A

Scope of Practice

Testing

7 A

8 A

9 B

Corporate Compliance

1200—1600

Scope of Practice

Testing

10 B

11 A

Simulations Begin

12 A

13 B

Scope of Practice

Testing

14 B

15 B

16 A

Corporate Compliance

1300—1700

Scope of Practice

Testing

17 A

18 B

Corporate Compliance

0800—1200

19 B

20 A

21 A

Corporate Compliance

1600—2000

22 A

23 B

24 B

25 A

Corporate Compliance

1300—1700

26 A

27 B

28 B

29 B 30 A