Re: 911 dispatch

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Not only the lack of training, but who knows if an Aide, cook, or

custodial/maintenance worker

might be the one answering the phone, taking the info, and doing the

dispatching? Is there a

liability issue here due to the lack of training?

TRACY BACHMAN wrote:

> how can you run a safe dispatch out of a nursing home thier not trained

> to ask certain questions like regular dispatchers do...i think it's not

> a good idea for the nursing home get someone like emt or paramedic to

> take a shift and dispatch

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> >I run a very effective dispatch for very little money and it scares me

> >to death that you said you are running dispatch from a nursing home.

> >What questions do you have and I will do my best to help.

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> >Hello, My name is Hargrave. I am the President of the East Coke

> >County EMS in

> >Bronte, Texas. We are a Volunteer organization including our dispatch.

> >Currently our

> >dispatch is operated by the Nursing home. We are investigating how

> >other volunteer

> >services handle thier dispatch. The county can not afford a central

> >dispatch right

> >now so we are open to suggestions.

> >Thank you.

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