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 Responding to 911 calls is only one of the many ways we serve our community. One of our top priorities is to enable everyone in the community to care for themselves and to prevent injuries from occurring. We provide this service through community integration at local events focused on improving health and safety. Our paramedics instruct classes at the high school and college levels which train students for future career possibilities in pre-hospital medicine. A second priority is to ensure that our staff is active and involved in community public safety initiatives. This enables us to quickly and efficiently mobilize the entire department - whether paramedics or office staff – in conjunction with other agencies when large scale emergencies occur.
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Take Heart Austin Survivor Celebration |
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 Seventy-Three See Tomorrow and Rejoice at the Take Heart Austin Survivor Celebration - Austin-Travis County EMS was selected as one of four cities to participate in Take Heart America, an initiative to build a system approach to improve the survivability of sudden cardiac arrest in the community.
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ATCEMS is one of the founding members and strongest supporters of the Central Texas Water Safety Coalition. The coalition’s goal is to promote water safety and to educate children and parents on the importance of safe practices in and around the water. The group’s diverse membership includes public safety professionals, hospitals and private industry.
Mock drowning at Garrison Park to promote water safety and bystander CPR.
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ATCEMS Cadets Collect More Than 3,000 lbs of Food and Over $2,500 in Monetary Donations for the Capital Area Food Bank. - What started as a community project challenge for a class of nineteen Austin-Travis County EMS cadets grew beyond anyone’s expectations. Austin-Travis County EMS Cadet Class No. 0807 took their challenge to another level by acquiring enough monetary and food donations to provide 10,000 meals for the Capital Area Food Bank.
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ATCEMS Makes Strides to Train the Entire Community in CPR - According to the American Heart Association (AHA), if CPR is not provided, a sudden cardiac arrest victim's chances of survival fall 7 to 10 percent for every minute of delay. Therefore, ATCEMS wants everyone in the Austin-Travis County community to be able to provide CPR in an emergency. The department's CPR Training Coordinator oversees, coordinates and provides training in eight different AHA courses year-round. In addition to the department's internal instructors, the program manages 195 independent instructors under the AHA Training Center umbrella.
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A/TCEMS Offers Child Safety Seat Inspections on the 1st Wednesday of Every Month - Since 1999, Austin-Travis County EMS has been a key player in local and regional child safety initiatives including regularly scheduled child safety seat inspections. ATCEMS employees volunteer their time to provide child safety seat inspections by appointment, and to participate in organized large scale child safety seat community inspection events. This valuable and free service provides area parents with hands on knowledge in proper use and placement of child safety seats. |
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Community Activities