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Richmond Rescue, Inc
216 Railroad Street
PO Box 404
Richmond, VT 05477
(802) 434-2394
Serving Richmond, Huntington, Bolton and Southern Jericho, Richmond Rescue is a licensed Vermont EMT rescue squad under the Vermont
EMS / Emergency Medical Services Program. Vermont Emergency Medical Services is part of the Vermont Department of Health. We provide emergency medical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
Richmond Rescue belongs to a mutual aid system to provide you with prompt emergency medical treatment and transport, by Vermont Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), even if we are busy with another patient. The Vermont 911 system will dispatch an ambulance from another rescue squad in our area.
For more information, or to volunteer, give us a call at: 802.434.2394
Richmond Rescue 2008 Memory Tree
Light a bulb on the Richmond Rescue Memory Tree in honor of a loved one. Bulbs are $2.50 each. Print/Download your form from HERE. or pick one up at Bridge Street Café, Richmond or Beaudry's Store, Huntington. Completed forms and payment can be mailed to Richmond Rescue, (Attn: Memory Tree) PO Box 404, Richmond or dropped off at Bridge Street Café and Beaudry's Store.
The Memory Tree will be lit immediately following the 5:30 PM Carol Sing gathering at the Round Church on Sunday, December 7th. A second Carol Sing will start at 7:00 PM.
Baby Safe Haven Law
In the 2006 session, the VT Legislature passed S.27 known as the Baby Safe Haven Law. This statute provides the opportunity for parents of infants less than 30 days old to deliver them to "safe haven" locations where they can be given up for adoption through the Department for Children and Families (DCF).
The statute specifically mentions fire and police stations as safe haven locations, but also provides for delivery of infants to "a 911 emergency responder at a location where the responder and the person have agreed to transfer the child."
The VT EMS Office is working with the DCF on a specific protocol for EMS organizations and personnel who may receive an infant under the provisions of the Baby Safe Haven law. In the interim, if your ambulance service on any EMS personnel encounters a parent who wishes to surrender a newborn infant:
- Accept the child- the goal of the law is to protect newborn children at risk for abandonment.
- Assess the child as any other EMS patient and provide any treatment that may be indicated.
- Transport the child by ambulance to your nearest receiving hospital.
- Contact your local DCFamilies Office to notify them that you received an infant. Office locations and contact information are on the web at: http://www.dcf.state.vt.us/fsd/districtoffices.html. After hours emergency contact for DCF is at 1-800-649-5285.
- Ambulance services may also be contacted by Fire, Police, health care facilities (clinics, physician offices, etc.), or places of worship to transport infants received under the Baby Safe Haven law to a hospital emergency department.
FEMA Independent Study Program
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers more than fifty independent study courses. These are self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. For most courses you will need to download and print the materials. Others are interactive courses that you can take directly over the internet. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. Each Independent Study Course includes lessons with practice exercises and a final examination. Students who score 75 percent or better are issued a certificate of achievement from EMI.
Course completion times vary from two to fourteen hours, depending on the course and the student’s background. College credit can be obtained after successful completion of a course.
For more details click HERE
History of the Rescuer's Star of Life
by Arline Zatz
Each of the six "points" of the star represents an aspect of the EMS System. They are:
- Detection
- Reporting
- Response
- On Scene Care
- Care in Transit
- Transfer to Definitive Care
The staff on the star represents Medicine and Healing.
Just as a pharmacists have the mortar and pestle and doctors have the caduceus, Emergency Medical Technicians have a symbol, its use is encouraged both by the American Medical Association and the Advisory Council within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The symbol applies to all emergency medical goods and services which are funded under the DOT/EMS program. (MORE...)
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Join Us
Did you know that you don't need to be an EMT to join Richmond Rescue. Perhaps you might wish to start out as a driver or as a "First Responder"; a program whereby your training is much simplier than an EMT and gives you a chance to get your feet wet.
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