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Armstrong Ambulance Takes Part in Department of Children and Families College Fair

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Armstrong Ambulance
87 Mystic St.,
Arlington, MA 02474

For Immediate Release

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Armstrong Ambulance Takes Part in Department of Children and Families College Fair

ARLINGTON — Armstrong Ambulance representatives attended a college fair held by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Wednesday.

ARLINGTON — Armstrong Ambulance representatives attended a college fair held by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Wednesday.

The Wednesday, April 17 fair was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Westborough. Students and foster parents attended the fair to meet with schools and organizations and learn about academic and career opportunities for young people following high school.

Last year, almost every public college in the state was represented at the fair, among other post-secondary groups and private colleges.

Armstrong Ambulance Basic Life Support Training Coordinator Larry LeDoux and HR Generalist Michael McCusker attended the fair, where they informed teens about the available paths to pursue a career in emergency services. They spoke with students about the opportunities and education available to become chair car driver, EMT, or paramedic.

“Working in emergency services is incredibly rewarding, and crucial for the vitality and safety of every community,” McCusker said. “It was a great opportunity for us to share that with students, and inform them about the opportunities and programs available to them to pursue a career in this field, helping people and making a difference every day.”

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Armstrong Ambulance to Participate in Touch-A-Truck Portion of Masonic Lodge’s MYCHIP Event

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Armstrong Ambulance
87 Mystic St.,
Arlington, MA 02474

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Armstrong Ambulance to Participate in Touch-A-Truck Portion of Masonic Lodge’s MYCHIP Event

ARLINGTON — Members of the community will have an opportunity to explore a vehicle from Armstrong Ambulance’s fleet in Saugus later this month.

WHEN:

Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: 

Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St.

WHAT: 

Armstrong Ambulance will take part in a touch-a-truck event alongside first responders from the Saugus Police and Fire Departments, as well as construction equipment from local businesses.

The touch-a-truck is part of the William Sutton Masonic Lodge’s MYCHIP event, which provides parents with an opportunity to develop identification kits for children in the event they go missing.

MYCHIP stands for Masonic Youth Child Identification Program.

The MYCHIP kits– including fingerprints, dental impressions, DNA swabs, video interviews and more identifying information — will be generated on a compact disc and given parents as a vital resource to provide to law enforcement in an emergency in order to expedite the search process. The program is entirely free to all who attend, and you do not have to be a Saugus resident to take part.

As part of the day, Armstrong will have an ambulance available to explore as well as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) on scene to explain equipment and answer any questions children and adults may have regarding Emergency Medical Services.

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Armstrong Ambulance Takes Part in Medford High School’s Credit for Life Fair

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Armstrong Ambulance
87 Mystic St.,
Arlington, MA 02474

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Armstrong Ambulance Takes Part in Medford High School’s Credit for Life Fair

ARLINGTON — A member of Armstrong Ambulance’s team took part in Medford High School’s second annual Credit for Life Fair last week.

The event on Friday, April 5, gave Medford High School and Medford Vocational Technical High School juniors a chance to play the part of young adults responsible for balancing their personal budgets. Students were assigned a career based on their individual interests, along with a corresponding salary, before being tasked with managing a month’s worth of theoretical bills.

Armstrong — represented by HR Generalist Michael McCusker — was one of several businesses and other organizations that volunteered to participate in the event. The fair was designed to help students build a hands-on understanding of the real-world responsibilities that come with paying for housing, transportation, education, luxuries and other expenses.

McCusker was stationed at the Health and Dental booth, which was a required stop for all students at the fair. Students were given three health plan options to choose from, and McCusker explained the pros and cons of each plan and reviewed how the plans would fit into students’ budgets.

“I was glad to participate in this program and help high school students understand all of the different factors that will contribute to their financial situations as they get older,” McCusker said. “This was a great event, and I enjoyed interacting with students and working with them to help them become better informed about healthcare decisions.”

The experience demonstrated the correlation between education and career choice, and helped students better realize how those decisions ultimately dictate their financial flexibility as adults.

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*Media Advisory — TOMORROW*Armstrong Ambulance and NEMLEC Partner for “Stop The Bleed” Training

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Armstrong Ambulance
87 Mystic St.,
Arlington, MA 02474

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

*Media Advisory*

Armstrong Ambulance and NEMLEC Partner for “Stop The Bleed” Training

ARLINGTON — Armstrong Ambulance Service’s Special Operations Division and its partner Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) will be conducting hemorrhage control and first aid training for members of NEMLEC’s SWAT and Regional Response Teams.

WHEN: 

Wednesday, April 3, from 8:30 a.m. to noon

WHERE: 

Shriners Auditorium, 99 Fordham Road, Willmington

WHAT: 

Tomorrow’s training, led by Armstrong SWAT Clinical Educator Stephen Wood, will provide all NEMLEC team members with the essential skills they need to assess and treat life-threatening blood loss.

The training will include both a lecture and hands-on instruction, with Wood teaching SWAT and RRT members how to apply a tourniquet in a situation that will closely mimic that of a real world incident response.

Armstrong’s NEMLEC SWAT medics will provide hands-on training with tourniquets during simulated massive bleeding scenarios to the NEMLEC SWAT/RRT members. Additionally, Armstrong has invited its partners from Lahey Clinic’s Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery staff to support the Armstrong NEMLEC SWAT medics. Lahey Clinic provides medical direction and oversight support for Armstrong Ambulance Service.

“This training is critical for law enforcement officers who work in these highly volatile situations,” Armstrong CEO Rich Raymond said. “While these skills could ultimately help members save the life of a fellow officer injured in a SWAT response, they also benefit members of the public, when these same officers are carrying out their day-to-day responsibilities responding to all kinds of medical emergencies.”

Wood is a full-time acute care nurse practitioner at Winchester Hospital’s Emergency Department and part-time educator and tactical medic at Armstrong. He also holds a master’s degree in toxicology, is a bio-ethics fellow at Harvard University, and nationally recognized expert and lecturer. Wood speaks about tactical medicine, the opioid epidemic, clandestine drug labs, and public health consequences and coordination regarding the human trafficking crisis, pre-hospital care and EMS systems.

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