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VA Medical Center teams with EMS for drill session
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| Lake City VA Medical Center employees and Columbia County EMS workers recently participated in a practice drill to test their response to treating acute coronary syndrome patients. Drill participants included: Karen Conrey (from left), Darlene Perryman, Brian Eldridge, Frances Pilkington, Theda Pryor, Vick Hein, Dr. Hong Vu, Cookie Chatman-Jackson, Denise Perry, Dr. Brad Guerney, Vicki Boston, Clarence Tucker and Isadore Jones. COURTESY PHOTO |
From staff reports
The Lake City VA Medical Center Emergency Department and Columbia County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently conducted a practice drill to test their response to treating acute coronary syndrome patients.
Brian Eldridge and Isadore Jones, employees of the Lake City VA Medical Center Escort Service, and Pam Dugle, Nurse Manager at the Gainesville VA Medical Center Emergency Department, acted as patients coming into the emergency department with varying symptoms related with having a heart attack as part of the exercise. Physicians and nurses worked on each patient and their competencies were verified.
“The Columbia County EMS team, consisting of Bob Hampson, Randy Burnham and Vicki Hein did an excellent job with their radio reports and included a 12-Lead electrocardiogram simulator for the drill,” said Karen Conrey, Nurse Manager of the Lake City VA Medical Center Emergency Department.
The Lake City VA Medical Center is fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a non-profit international society that bridges cardiology, emergency medicine and other professions focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and acute heart failure. The Society of Chest Pain Centers granted the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center to the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville in 2004 and the Lake City VA Medical Center in 2006.
“Having both hospitals in the North Florida/South Georgia Veteran Health System achieve this national accreditation helps identify the system as a leader in cardiac care throughout the region,” said Dr. Mary Lynn Allen, ACOS, Ambulatory Care and Director of the Chest Pain Center. “This is a great example of the high level of collaboration and competence our staff demonstrates in serving our veterans. We have terrific teams and we have improved processes to get our patients the early
intervention steps that are making a difference.”
An after-action meeting was held which allowed the drill’s participants to go over what went well and what could be improved.
One of the strengths identified was the communication between Columbia County EMS, the Lake City VA Medical Center Emergency Department and other
medical center staff.
Brian Eldridge and Isadore Jones, employees of the Lake City VA Medical Center Escort Service, and Pam Dugle, Nurse Manager at the Gainesville VA Medical Center Emergency Department, acted as patients coming into the emergency department with varying symptoms related with having a heart attack as part of the exercise. Physicians and nurses worked on each patient and their competencies were verified.
“The Columbia County EMS team, consisting of Bob Hampson, Randy Burnham and Vicki Hein did an excellent job with their radio reports and included a 12-Lead electrocardiogram simulator for the drill,” said Karen Conrey, Nurse Manager of the Lake City VA Medical Center Emergency Department.
The Lake City VA Medical Center is fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a non-profit international society that bridges cardiology, emergency medicine and other professions focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and acute heart failure. The Society of Chest Pain Centers granted the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center to the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville in 2004 and the Lake City VA Medical Center in 2006.
“Having both hospitals in the North Florida/South Georgia Veteran Health System achieve this national accreditation helps identify the system as a leader in cardiac care throughout the region,” said Dr. Mary Lynn Allen, ACOS, Ambulatory Care and Director of the Chest Pain Center. “This is a great example of the high level of collaboration and competence our staff demonstrates in serving our veterans. We have terrific teams and we have improved processes to get our patients the early
intervention steps that are making a difference.”
An after-action meeting was held which allowed the drill’s participants to go over what went well and what could be improved.
One of the strengths identified was the communication between Columbia County EMS, the Lake City VA Medical Center Emergency Department and other
medical center staff.
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