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! <br /> <br />! <br />! <br />! <br />! <br />! <br />! <br />! <br /> <br /> ! <br /> <br /> ! <br /> <br /> Elk River Fire <br />and Ambulance Service <br /> <br />The following pages represent the volume and specific activity of the Elk River <br />Ambulance for the calendar year 1999. <br /> <br />Several significant events took place in the past year. 1999 was the third <br />consecutive year of responses being over 1000 in volume. <br /> <br />We established an Ambulance Board of Directors. This board consists of 2 <br />firefighters and 3 E.M.T.'s as acth~g members. The Fire Chief, Secretary Treasurer, <br />and Ambulance Coordinator are on the board as ex-officio members. <br /> <br />This past year was the first full year of offering our community Advanced Life <br />Support (ALS) service. In conjunction with this upgrade ail of our E.M.T.'s have <br />raised their level of skills and training and are all certified in I.V. management. <br /> <br />Our service was also selected to participate in a national study. This study is <br />referred to as the TIMI trial. TIMI stands for Thrombolytics In Myocardial <br />Infarctions and features a cardiac medication called Retavase, a drug with "clot <br />busting" capabilities. <br /> <br />Elk River Ambulance was choosen as one of 20 regions nationally to participate <br />and was the first non-metro ambulance to submit a study' for the TIMI Trial. <br /> <br />1999 proved to be eventful and successful. All of this was only possible because of <br />the dedication and committment of our E.M.T. staff. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br />Steve Dittbetmer <br />Ambulance Coordinator <br /> <br />415 Jackson Avenue · Elk River, Minnesota 55330 · (612) 441-4919 - Fire Station <br /> <br /> <br />