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Teams Lancaster County EMS believes that the medics running calls are an important part of the decision-making process
Quality Assurance Team
Auxiliary Team
Product Review Team
STAR Team
Bike Team
Ambulance Team
PIER Team
IST Team
Quality Assurance Team
LCEMS utilizes a
peer-based Quality Assurance approach. The team is made up of
the Training Coordinator, the First Responder Coordinator, and a
Paramedic from each shift. All critical calls are reviewed, as
well as calls identified by the Protocol Exception report. QA
is used to encourage exceptional treatment and documentation by
all medics.
This team also interviews all potential employees and make
recommendations to the Director
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Auxiliary Team
The Auxiliary Team
helps to set up policies for the Auxiliary members. They also
interview all potential Auxiliary members and make
recommendations to the EMS Director.
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Product Review Team
The Product Review Team
performs the important function of doing exactly what their
title describes.
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STAR Team
(Specialized Technical Advanced Response)
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This team is
one of the most important teams at LCEMS and in
Lancaster County. The Specialized Technical Advanced Response
Team is a multi-agency, multi-function, all-hazard team
made up of medics, law enforcement officers, and
firefighters from Lancaster Fire Department, Lancaster
Police Department, Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, and Lancaster County
Emergency Management Division.
The team is made up off more than 80 members who are
available to respond to any emergency incident in
Lancaster County that taxes our normal resources. SWAT
team (including SWAT medics), Haz-mat, MCI's, and WMD
incidents are just a few examples of situations the STAR
Team would respond to.
LCEMS has 15 team members.
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Bike Team
The Bike Team
is made up of 12 EMS medics who patrol many events in
Lancaster County to provide quick initial care in case
of an emergency. The addition of a gator equipped with
a stretcher has improved the capability of the team to
respond quickly.
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Ambulance Team
The Ambulance
Team consists of full-time EMS personnel from each
shift, part-time, Auxiliary, and Indian Land Rescue.
The team makes recommendations to the Director
concerning ambulance layout and design.
They also review all ambulance crashes and make
recommendations to the Director.
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PIER Team
The Public
Information Education and Relations team informs and
educates the public on all aspects of EMS.
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IST Team
The IST team is
made up of Instructors and others interested in keeping
IST informative and pertinent. They also ensure that
IST meets DHEC and NR guidelines.
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