Naemsp West Virginia

My travels around the State continue with a visit to Morgan County, West Virginia. I had the honor of attending their first orientation session for their new Hamilton T1 ventilators. An amazing investment for their community! I truly appreciate their invitation to participate. Great work and commitment to your community, Morgan County EMS!!

This week my travels across the State of WV continued with a wonderful visit to Cabell County. Admittedly, Region 2 is the part of the State that I know the least about, since I grew up on the opposite side of WV. Aside from flying into Huntington’s hospitals , I had never been there by ground.
I have to thank Gordon Merry for his amazing tour and orientation to the Cabell County EMS program. I also need the thank Julia Zeto and all at CCEMS, for the amazing work they have done, becoming WV’s first EMS agency carrying whole blood. Their program has immerged as a leader guiding the implementation of such services all across the State.
I must also recognize a special program that CCEMS has developed and contunues to support. I thank Gordon, Connie Priddy, Larrecsa Cox, and their entire team referred to as CCEMS’s QRT (Quick Response Team) Referral Services. An absolutely awesome program that has emeged due to the opioid crisis in that region. The program assists overdose patients, encountered by CCEMS, helping them secure treatment options and recovery services. Over the years they have expanded the program to assist with many social issues experienced by their patients, including detox, primary care, transportation to treatment, treatment center placement (inpatient and outpatient), HIV/hepatitis testing/treatment, clothing, food, and many more resources. The QRT team is an exceptional multi disciplinary team consisting of members from EMS, social work, community health-related represtatives, members of pastoral services, and off-duty plain-clothed Police officers. I am truly impressed at how members from these varied disciplines are working together, demonstrating an ultimate commitment and dedication to their community. I would love to see this program expand statewide!! ❤️
As with every encounter so far, I have learned so much from you and cannot thank you enough for the opportunity. Each visit gives me vital inspiration and experience to utilize as WVOEMS works to move WV EMS, into the future.
THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, FOLKS!!