Huron Valley Ambulance Provides Paramedic Bike Teams at Special Events, video interview by Kathy Toth
Friday, August 22, 2008
What a treat to meet Marty Overholser and some of the other fine nationally accredited paramedics at Dexter Daze. The teams are ready to handle emergencies at crowded events even on bikes. These bikes have life support equipment and enable medics to ride easily in crowded areas, as seen in video below.
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As you will see, they have emergency lights and sirens to move through crowds. The bikes are laden with equipment and are managed by accredited and highly trained paramedics. I did find out that you can register information about family members with specific medical problems in the Computer Aided Dispatch system.
Consider this if:
- Significant health problems
- Physical disabilities
- Infant on an apnea monitor