- Marching in the South
Salem Fire Department Parade, August 2004
- LVAC stands by every
year at the SSFD Carnival.
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In 2007, LVAC did 430 runs. Each
time the ambulance goes out it is staffed by a crew chief who
is a New York State Certified Emergency Medical Technician, and
a driver, who may or may not also be an EMT. Most calls
have a third crew member, who we call the first aider, who also
may or may not be an EMT. The crew chief is in charge of
all patient care decisions, including which hospital the patient
is transported to.
- Our comfortable headquarters
at 777 Route 35 in Cross River, New York
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The Town of Lewisboro is one of several
towns in northern Westchester County which is served by a paramedic
service, Westchester EMS. There are three paramedic fly
cars in service at all times and one is paged out along with
LVAC on all calls. If the patient's condition warrants
ALS, then the paramedic will ride along with the LVAC crew and
provide advanced life support.
- LVAC medical supply
stockroom
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- Our training skeleton
looks over current EMS articles in the news
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LVAC currently has 2 ambulances, 67B1
and 67B2, the B standing for basic life support. We also
have two first response vehicles, fully equipped Chevrolet Tahoes,
which were purchased in 2003 and 2008 in memory of a long time
Lewisboro resident who named us in his will. We have approximately
35 riding members, although this is a fluid number. Several
are junior members under the age of 18, and a few are college
students who ride during summer and vacation breaks. 19
of our members are EMTs, and 13 are crew chiefs. All
members are trained to use AEDs (Automatic Electronic Defibrillators),
and LVAC has 10 Lifepak AEDs. In addition to those in the ambulances
and first response vehicles, 6 crew chiefs carry them in their
personal vehicles. LVAC also participates in the Epipen
program to administer epinephrine and is certified to use albuterol
for the treatment of asthma.
- At the Memorial Day
Parade, May 30, 2005
- Every year, LVAC
stands by at the races before the parade and at the fair after
the parade.
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LVAC also does standbys at local events.
We stand by for the varsity football games at our high
school, at the annual fireworks display in July, at the annual
Leatherman's Run in April, and at other fairs and events as requested.
Scenes inside our headquarters
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LVAC is not funded by any town, state
or government agency. We receive no tax money and we do
not charge anyone for our services. All our funds are raised
by the members themselves, both riding and non riding. We
have an annual auction and a bake sale and we send out letters
of appeal twice a year. We also receive some money from
local grants and memorial donations. We operate on a budget
of approximately $120,000 a year and this includes monies set
aside to purchase one new ambulance every five years. We respond
24 hours a day every day of the year. Most of our patients are
transported to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, but
we also occasionally go to Putnam Hospital in Carmel, Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, and Danbury or Norwalk Hospitals
in Connecticut. We also have access to the stat flight
helicopters from the Westchester Medical Center to quickly transport
a seriously injured person.
LVAC members lining up for the
South Salem Memorial Day Parade on May 29, 2006
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