by mgresh | Jun 30, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
Healthcare providers are required to document a patient’s symptoms and each action taken in his care, including medicines, test results and procedures. Doctors, nurses and medical teams rely on the electronic patient care reports (ePCR) provided by Sunstar Paramedics...
by mgresh | May 31, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
Sunstar Paramedics’ dispatchers work closely with the EMTs and paramedics inside the ambulance to quickly respond to emergencies in Pinellas County. Dispatchers Leah Dallaire and Mike Stevenson maintain professionalism and compassion in their work with Sunstar’s...
by mgresh | Apr 30, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
In March 2015, Sunstar Paramedics responded to a 9-1-1 call for an elderly man who had fallen out of his wheelchair. After falling, the man had not been able to get back into his wheelchair and had laid on the floor for 16 hours. When paramedic Craig Gesterling and...
by mgresh | Mar 31, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
On March 7, Sunstar paramedic Rick Small and EMTs Adam Renelt and Chris Wells responded to a 9-1-1 call for an elderly man who was having a massive stroke and needed immediate care. The team quickly transported him to the nearest hospital, but they knew their job...
by mgresh | Feb 28, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
Josh Hoover’s supervisor shift on February 18 started like many other days. That morning, he began preparing to monitor the Sunstar Paramedics crews on duty and to assist on the scene of emergencies. Then Sunstar Paramedics received a call about a child in cardiac...
by mgresh | Jan 31, 2015 | Sunstar Care Plus
In late December, Sunstar Paramedics received a call that every crew is prepared for – but rarely receive – a woman going into labor. A Largo woman who was 36 weeks pregnant with twins was having complications during labor. Paramedic David Sims and EMT Ken...
