I want to thank the Kosciusko Soccer League for another successful season. The coaches, sponsors and the support of family and community brought smiles to a lot of kids.
The CCAC is a wonderful complex and a great place for family fun.
Connie Jetter
Child Support
Editor, Times-Union:
Recently I read a success story regarding one of the eastern states. When child support is not paid, the county informs the state and all professional licenses and drivers license are suspended. This includes doctors, lawyers, hair stylists, contractors, plumbers, etc. Perhaps our county and state officials would consider this.
Dennis G. Lundgren Warsaw
Milford Firemen
Editor, Times-Union:
The most important responsibility of any emergency response personnel is patient care. When it comes to a vehicle accident, patient care includes extrication, treatment and transportation of the injured patients(s) in the fastest, safest manner possible.
It is the responsibility of the EMS department to treat and transport the patient. It is the responsibility of the fire department personnel to extricate the patient from the vehicle and assist in packaging the patient for transport to the hospital. This is the accepted norm most anywhere in the state of Indiana.
The Milford Fire Department would like to improve on the way it provides patient care to our community. The Milford Fire Department has proposed to purchase a new fire-rescue truck to better deliver their part of patient care, extrication of injured patient(s) from the vehicle and packaging of patients for transport to the hospital. The new rescue truck would improve patient care from the fire department in three ways.
1. The smaller vehicle size of the fire-rescue truck would allow for a quicker response time to the accident scene.
2. All the extrication equipment being kept in one truck will expedite setting up at the accident scene, so the job of getting the patient(s) out to receive treatment can be started quicker.
3. By responding with just one smaller truck instead of two or three much larger trucks, there would be less congestion at the accident scene. This would make it easier, especially on narrow roads, to let other emergency vehicles in and out of the scene.
This increased efficiency could save up to five minutes in getting the patient(s) out of a badly damaged vehicle. Five minutes that could mean the difference in life or death. In anyone's book that is better patient care.
The Milford EMS Department supports the purchase of a new fire-rescue truck because of the better patient care it will provide to our community. That is what it is all about. Remember, the life that may be saved could be yours or a loved one.
John Corbin, EMT-D Board of Administrators Milford EMS Volunteer
