User:Dmastad/Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps, or PVAC for short, is a privately owned non-profit organization, that provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at the Basic Life Support (BLS) level to the citizens of the Town of Perinton, New York and to the Village of Fairport.

PVAC has about 80 active members, three(3) Road Rescue Type III ambulances, and a command SUV.

History
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps was established on April 30, 1965. PVAC had it's first ambulance by September 1965. Perinton Ambulance has been operationable since this time. Crew's started out only on weekends, then week-nights were added, followed by day time shifts. Today, PVAC responds to over 3,200 incidents a year, and serve's the community of Perinton well by providing free medical aid 24/7.

Services
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps provides Basic Life Support on one of three(3) ambulances, with highly trained New York State Certified EMT-Bs, and ambulance drivers. PVAC supplies these ambulances at no cost to the patient or their family's. Basic Life Support includes care such as splinting bones, immobilizing the spinal collumn, controlling bleeding, cleaning and bandaging wounds, and assisting in delivering babies. An EMT-B can also administer oxygen, aspirin, albuterol, and epinephrine. Perinton Ambulance answers close to 3,500 calls each calendar year. PVAC also send's its ambulances into its neighboring towns Penfield, Pittsford, and East Rochester, when requested by them, usually because they do not have a crew available at the time of their call.

Perinton Ambulance also has a loan cupboard, which is available to all Perinton citizens to rent out all sizes of crutches, wheelchairs, commodes, toilet seat extenders, and shower benches. All these medical supplies have been donated to Perinton Ambulance, and are rented out to people at no cost, for as long as they need it.

Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps also provides free blood pressure checks during normal business hours at the ambulance base. These blood pressure checks are also free, and available to the public.

PVAC also provides an ambulance and crew to standby at major events, where lots of people are expected to attend. This ensures immediate response to anyone who is injured, at events where injuries are often expected. Such as hockey, football, and baseball games. Other events include fairport canal days, where thousands of people come to shop on Main St. in July, as well as concerts at center stage. The resoning behind this is, the more people, the higher the chance that someone will get hurt.

Operation
PVAC is run by decissions made by its Board of Directors, President, and four Vice Presidents. There are also many appointed positions below these 5 individuals.

Day-to-day operations is run mainly by the crew on duty. The dispatcher is responsible for acknowleding calls delivered to the base from Monroe County's downtown 9-1-1 center. The dispatcher is in charge of the base, and the ambulance crew.

Links

 * Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corps's Official Webpage, Perinton Ambulance
 * PERINTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS HAS AWARDS BANQUET, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
 * Fairport's Memorial Day Parade Photos, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle