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and are on Morning Call. When the husband answered
the phone, he said his wife was too sick to come talk.
EMS went over to check on her and they discovered she
had a perforated ulcer. Another senior citizen had gone
out to her barn at 3 a.m. and fell. When she did not
answer her phone, EMS made the call and found her
lying outside. Later on, EMS arranged to get her a
walker.
Seminole EMS also has a regular weekly column in the
local newspaper. Beverly Gressett has written two recent
columns - one on 9-1-1 and one on poisonous plants -
that came from some personal experiences. One caller
to 9-1-1 could not understand why she had to stay on
the line to give the dispatcher information about the
accident, and in this case it was a multiple casualty call
which made specific information critical. So Beverly's
newspaper article explained to the readers what was
happening while the caller was talking to the dispatcher,
and that EMS was already being dispatched. She wrote
the poisonous plants column after a visitor to the office
ate two castor beans that were lying on the table. She
thought they were peanuts.
But Morning Call and the EMS newspaper column are
just two of the many ways Seminole EMS keeps the
public aware of emergency medical services.They do Career Day and CPR demonstrations at the
high school and blood pressure checks in the com-
munity. Gary and Monika Roberts started the Gaines
County Division of American Health Association which
raised $5,000 last year with a tele-pledge drive, Jail Bail,
Dance for Heart, and a Food Festival. Joe Hunter
coordinated two bike-a-thons to benefit St. Jude's
Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The Semi-
nole Volunteer EMS Association sponsored a Toys for
Tots Dance last December for the Optimist Club. Stacy
James teaches CPR courses in Seminole at no charge
to the public. Seminole EMS and Seminole Volunteer
EMS Association adopted 2 miles of Highway 180
outside of Seminole to support the Texas Highway
Department's anti-litter efforts.
Seminole's paramedics get excited when they talk about
the future. "Dr. Parmar wants to get an external pace-
maker for us," said Gary Roberts, because so many of
the calls are cardiac. They want to get everybody in the
community trained in CPR. "That's the whole thing," said
Monika Roberts. "We want to improve patient care." And
one other thing. In September, says Monika, they want
the Public Information Award at the Texas EMS Confer-
ence.Seminole Volunteer EMS Association members (left to right) Danette Fleckensteinn,
Stacy James, Cathy Kelley, Toni Rocha, and Bill Wallace.8
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