Medstar

The real winners of the 2024 Shock and Save Golf Classic were the Macomb Elks Club, who were awarded this Automated External Defibrillator. Training and installation will be performed by the Medstar staff.

These lifesaving devices are made possible by grants through the Shock and Save Initiative and by our generous sponsors. If your non-profit organization would like to apply for an AED grant, fill out this grant application: https://www.medstarambulance.org/aed/

Again, thank you to our sponsors, our golfers, Greystone Golf Club and to our Medstar team for making the 2024 Golf Classic one to remember.

On this First Responders Day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep others safe and out of harm's way.

The FORE-cast for Thursday is sunny skies and saving lives! We are closet to capacity, so register now!
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The Red Cross national blood product supply has fallen by more than 25% since July 1. The Red Cross is working with hospitals around the clock to meet the blood needs of patients – but can’t do it alone. We need donors, like you, to help provide this lifesaving care.

Yesterday's storms broke branches, toppled trees and sent debris flying in all directions. Many residents are still without power. If you have a downed power line in your neighborhood, please remember:

Stay at least 25 feet away from a downed power line and anyone or anything in contact with it, even if there are no sparks. A live wire may whip or sweep through a wide area looking for a ground. A ground is the earth or something touching the earth, like a fence, puddle or even a tree. A live wire that has already found a ground may lie silent, but be equally deadly.

Call DTE immediately at 800.477.4747 if you see a downed power line.

Heat Advisory Today from 10AM - 10PM.
Heat index values are expected to reach 102 degrees!
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Let's stay safe together.

Many students are going Back 2 School this week, which means WE need to remember to:
*Slow down in school zones
*STOP for school buses with red flashers on
*Watch for students crossing the street

Dangerous heat is back this week too! Back sure you and your little learners are hydrated. Make sure they have water bottles and that they drink them during the school day.

Lets stay safe together.

This was a great week for the Medstar team. We are proud to certify these 28 dedicated healthcare professionals. 18 will be serving in our Southern Operations and 10 in our Northern Operations.

Paramedics are the highest level of EMS provider, capable of advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities, utilizing advanced airway, cardiac, and other specialized clinical equipment, medications, and procedures.

They averaged nearly 650 hours of classroom instruction, 280 hours in ambulances and Emergency Rooms and 250 hours in their Capstone Externships. The required number of clinical hours to graduate is 530, our students averaged over 600. In total, they invested over eleven hundred hours in the course, while still working their regular EMT shifts.

Congratulations on a job well done. You persevered and your patients will reap the rewards.

Congratulations to our second team of Paramedic graduates.
Benjamin Bonathan, Lucas Davis, Avery DePauw, Tanya Grezeszak,
Robert Kilgore, Emilie Lewis, Carlos Mancha, Jacob Saroli,
Jason Stansfield & Kylie Steinhauser. Your hard work and dedication to your craft are appreciated. Great job graduates!

When someone’s heart suddenly stops beating, every minute without defibrillation and CPR lowers the chance of survival by nearly 10%. When a bystander uses an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) on a person in cardiac arrest, their likelihood of survival doubles.

To that end, we are hosting our 4th Annual Shock and Save Golf Classic on Thursday, September 12th at the Greystone Golf Club.

AED Donation to the Bay County Sheriff's Office When someone’s heart suddenly stops beating, every minute without defibrillation and CPR lowers the chance of survival by nearly 10%. When a bystander uses a...

Welcome our first of two new teams of Medstar Paramedics: Beth Alvarez, Autumn Anderson, Kaleb Campbell, Alyce Carl, Madeline Gladieux, Kylie Hayes, Stephen-Jordan Henderson, Jennifer Jocque, Casimir Luetz, Ryan Rivard, Cameron Rubio, Louis Schutt, Danielle Solomon, Alynee Suida, Mikaila Thomas, Mindy Thomas, Steven Van Doeselaar, Jared Van Voorde & Connor Verduci. Your road was not easy, but you persevered and we are so proud of you!

Join us in welcoming our first of two new teams of Paramedics: Beth Alvarez, Autumn Anderson, Kaleb Campbell, Alyce Carl, Madeline Gladieux, Kylie Hayes, Stephen-Jordan Henderson, Jennifer Jocque, Casimir Luetz, Ryan Rivard, Cameron Rubio, Louis Schutt, Danielle Solomon, Alynee Suida, Mikaila Thomas, Mindy Thomas, Steven Van Doeselaar, Jared Van Voorde & Connor Verduci.
Congratulations, it was hard work, but you persevered and we are so proud of you!

Today is National Aviation Day and in that spirit, we honor our Medstar LifeFlight crew. These dedicated professionals are such an important piece to our lifesaving service.

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Novi for the fantastic First Responders BBQ! It was great to share a meal with our police officers and firefighters. While everything was excellent, the cheesecake was the star of the show! Thank you again.

Start a new, healthy habit. Wash your water bottles every Wednesday to prevent mold and bacteria from growing. Make sure to clean under the rubber washer too! Let's stay safe together!

Emergency Blood and Platelet Shortage!
The Red Cross national blood product supply has fallen by more than 25% since July 1. The Red Cross is working with hospitals around the clock to meet the blood needs of patients – but can’t do it alone. We need donors, like you, to help provide this lifesaving care.

Schedule a Blood, Platelet or Plasma Donation | American Red Cross Find the nearest Red Cross blood, platelet or plasma donation center. Make a difference in someone's life, give the gift of life.

Driver safety was the theme of the week at Medstar! Academy 20 graduates had their skills tested, while VFIS held two Driver Instructor courses (in Macomb and Genesee counties) to teach the next generation of Medstar driving instructors!

The Medstar LifeFlight crew dropped in for a visit to Clinton Twp. this morning. EMS and other team members learned about their role in the Medstar mission and they got to meet the flight crew.

Weather Advisory Day today. The heat and humidity combine to form a dangerous combination. Please stay indoors if possible. Limit your outdoor activities. Please stay hydrated and check on our at-risk friends and family members. Let's stay safe together!

Incredible work by the Medstar LifeFlight team!

We are entering the final stages of completion of our new Detroit deployment and education facility! All rough inspections have been received, and we now moving into finishes for walls, ceiling and floor coverings.

The facility will house 30 ALS, BLS, NICU, and critical care ambulances, crew lounge and make-ready area, dispatch and EOC facilities, clinical quality assurance team offices, a 4,800 square foot education, training and high-fidelity simulation lab, as well as community CPR, AED, and STB training space.

Rehabilitating a 102-year-old building and preserving the automobile production and marketing history, as well as artifacts found in the building, has taken some time and effort! The close-up and finishes, as well as external and parking completion phase is here, and we are excited to see the facility move closer to coming on line.

When someone’s heart stops beating, every minute without defibrillation and CPR lowers the chance of survival by nearly 10%. When an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) is used on a person in cardiac arrest, their likelihood of survival doubles. In our continuing effort to save lives, Medstar presented an AED to the Bay County, Michigan Sheriff's Office for use in their Marine Division.

Pictured: Lt. Ben Latocki, Sgt. Don Middleton, Medstar Operations Supervisor, Sheri Bird and Bay County Sheriff, Troy Cunningham.

Life Flight trained with the Chesterfield Fire Dept. this week. Ensuring a safe landing zone in the event we are called upon to deliver life-saving transportation.

When someone’s heart suddenly stops beating, every minute without defibrillation and CPR lowers the chance of survival by nearly 10%. When a bystander uses an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) on a person in cardiac arrest, their likelihood of survival doubles. Medstar recognizes community AED placement as the most important component of increasing cardiac arrest survival throughout its eleven-county service area.

The recent expansion of our “Shock and Save” community AED initiative is off to a fantastic start. Through three charity golf outings, we have raised over $200,000, with Medstar matching another $200,000, providing 220 AEDs throughout our service area, and over 1400 hours of CPR and AED training at no cost!

Join us the 4th Annual Golf Classic on Thursday, September 12th at Greystone Golf Club and lets tee off to save a life!

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Today's Heat Index could reach near 95 degrees. Tropical conditions are here today and Tuesday. Please drink water, stay indoors whenever possible. Check on your At-Risk friends and family. Let's stay safe together!

The Medstar team of EMT Sarah Krueger, Paramedics James Cates and Angela McCormick are standing ready and enjoying the action at the Women's Pickleball Tournament in Clinton Twp.