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Beaver Island EMS reports 2008 calls and 2009 training and equipment plans

Also BIEMS 2008 annual report February 2009

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TypeEvent
Dates2008 – 2009
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
2008 – 2009
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Medical
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Beaver Island

Summary

Sarah McCafferty’s reported EMS figures record 91 calls in 2008: 53 involving Advanced Life Support patients, 27 Basic Life Support, and 11 assists or standbys. The report also describes ambulance repairs, training, and planned defibrillator and education upgrades for 2009.

Evidence limits

These are reported annual figures and plans, not dispatch logs, clinical data, certification records, or proof that proposed upgrades were completed.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "News from the Townships."
    Reports 91 EMS calls in 2008, the ALS/BLS and assist breakdown, ambulance repairs, a Basic EMT class, CPR participation, and 2009 plans for defibrillators, off-Island training, and an EMT Specialist program. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the EMS report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island EMS reports 2008 calls and 2009 training and equipment plans”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-2008-activity-2009-plans/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "News from the Townships." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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