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This is part 3 of a series that explores the challenges and potential solutions for ambulatory services in Wheeler, Gilliam, and Sherman counties. The global pandemic shook longtime emergency medical service volunteers and healthcare professionals. Increased demand for ambulance services, coupled with a decline in responders has created a crisis in many communities. As we've looked at in this series, the slow erosion of volunteers and an increasing reliance on their services...
Part 2 of a series that explores the challenges and potential solutions for ambulatory services in Wheeler, Gilliam, and Sherman counties Last week we covered the crisis unfolding in Fossil with its volunteer ambulance crew. In Fossil, the two remaining Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) resigned in July. The Fossil City Council oversees the volunteer ambulance and has been searching for answers. Similarly, in Spray, fewer people have stepped up to volunteer with Emergency...
TONED OUT: Emergency Medical Services Part 1 of a series that explores the challenges and potential solutions for ambulatory services in Wheeler, Gilliam, and Sherman counties. The Wheeler Co. Fair and Rodeo was held last week in Fossil, and people throughout the area traveled to the Wheeler County Fairgrounds for the time-honored tradition. By all appearances, everything went off without a hitch. But behind the scenes, volunteers with the fair board were scrambling to find an...
