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Our Employees Make the Difference |
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The personnel who make up Austin-Travis County EMS are our most important and most precious resource. ATCEMS works diligently to find people who will fit well into the department, and who will improve our team. Our next priority is to ensure that we develop our personnel throughout their careers, allowing them to not only meet their own expectations and potential, but – more importantly – the expectations of the community. This requires that we work with employees to identify and meet their needs; acknowledge and celebrate the service they provide; and ensure that each and every person works in a safe and healthy environment.
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“TAKE10” Goes on the Road |
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Take Heart Austin Week, celebrated in conjunction with National CPR Awareness Week is June 6-11, 2011. This year the public safety groups including the Office of the Medical Director, Austin-Travis County EMS, and the Austin Fire Department will launch TAKE10, a citywide campaign to improve cardiac arrest survival throughout the community.
The program coordinators will take this opportunity to train community leaders and organizations on an innovative hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation program that teaches the life-saving skill in just 10 minutes with the hope that they in turn will train their family, friends and other community members.
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Leaders in Preparedness and Response |
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 ATCEMS is actively involved in advancing the capability of the State of Texas to respond to major and catastrophic events. ATCEMS provides ambulance strike teams, urban search and rescue teams, incident management personnel and mobile communications support to multiple regional disasters as members of the following groups:
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ATCEMS Outperforms the Nation in Cardiac Arrest Survival Benchmarks |
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 The ultimate measure of success for cardiac arrest treatment is the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients. In FY 2007, ATCEMS joined the CARES (Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival) program as one of its initial participants.
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