At Medic, we believe that our responsibility to the community involves more than just responding to 911 calls.  Whenever possible, we will work to involve the members of this community in protecting their own health.  Over the past six years, these efforts have focused on injury prevention.  We are now focusing on energies on increasing the cardiac arrest survival rate in this community.  Our efforts will include public cpr classes, advocating for the placement of public aed's (or defibrillators), and educating the public about warning signs of heart attack and stroke. 

Medic currently has two full-time positions dedicated to our community education efforts.  In addition to these two employees, we created our Community Education Team.  This Team currently consists of approximately 45 employees, whose experience ranges from over 25 years of Emergency Medical Service experience to as little as six months.  Many of our team members have sought out additional training, including North Carolina's Child Passenger Safety Awareness (16-hour) or the NHTSA Child Passenger Safety Technician (40-hour) programs.  We have more than a dozen CPR instructors on staff and many of our employees help teach local EMT classes.

This team conducted more than 400 programs last year.   Of these programs, more than 60% of these programs were proactive, meaning they focus on specific interventions rather than merely showing off an ambulance.  Previously, our education efforts consisted of ambulance visits to schools, daycares, community fairs, etc.  Staff would show off the ambulance, give away goodies, and, in some cases, provide prevention information.

These employees not only provide this community with the best pre-hospital care possible, they also give of their own time and energies to help make our community safer and healthier.