Sometimes things happen that are beyond our control.
That seems to be the case for a staffed EMT and her staffed driver in the botched response to a West Lebanon call for a seizure patient on Thursday, August 17, 2015.
The Lebanon EMT and her Certified Driver, were in the middle of their scheduled shift at the Lebanon Fire and EMS Station, when Lebanon's Deputy Chief told the pair to leave their shift and take the station's trash to the Lebanon Transfer Station.
Even though the pair are paid to stay put at the station, the Deputy Chief's decision was made to send them away from their post, all the way to the other side of town, to dispose of the trash.
While the two paid Department members on duty were unloading station trash at the Transfer Station, a call came in for an address in West Lebanon for a seizure patient. Hearing the call and knowing she was further from the station than could warrant a proper response, the EMT on duty made the correct decision and called in to dispatch and had them reroute the call to our Mutual Aid responders in Milton, NH.
Milton responded immediately to the call and rendered medical aid to the patient. Lebanon's responders did also respond to the call, however, Milton had the patient loaded into the ambulance and ready to roll as transport to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH.
In a written response from Lebanon Fire and EMS Chief Daniel Meehan, he stated that this call was one of the growth and change events that will serve to better shape the Lebanon Fire and EMS Department, and that in the future, staffed responders will not be asked to leave the station for any reason. He took a moment to thank Chief Marique of Milton, NH for his department's speedy answer to Lebanon's Mutual Aid call. Meehan was also sure to add that this call was not the fault of EMT or Driver, and that he's viewing this call as a learning and teaching experience for the newly combined department.
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