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Emergency Medial Service to Compete in International Competition
Jul 8, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lee County Emergency Medial Service to Compete in International Competition Ft. Myers, FL.- Lee County Emergency Medical Services announced that Paramedics Jason Ausman, Rex Friedline, Adam Thompson, and Vince Macias will compete in this year's Bill Shearer Advanced Life Support International Competition in Orlando, Fla. July 9. The team will compete against as many as 60 other National and International advanced life support teams. The goal of the competition is to simulate real life cases as closely as possible. Procedures will be carried out in as realistic manner as possible. Procedures and medication administration will take place in real time. IV infusion rates will be monitored. Most procedures, including spinal immobilization/patient packaging, will actually be carried out; however, some procedures will require only explanations of such components as equipment required, indications, contradictions, complications, and the actual procedure technique. Participants are asked to be prepared to perform any procedure contained in a list provided pre-competition. Team coach Lt. Tom Pillsy along with the Lee County EMS training department have developed scenarios and prepared the team through simulation drills. This will be the fourth year for Lee County EMS to compete in the event. In the previous competitions, Lee County finished in the top 20 percent. A panel of judges will score each team's ability to perform the procedures. The top five finishers advance to the finals held July 10.
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