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10k runner goes into cardiac arrest

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Help Austin’s Paramedics protect their jobs: Vote YES on Prop 11 this November.

When you vote YES on Prop 11, you are giving a City of Austin Uniformed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Employees inclusion in the State of Texas Civil Service Statute §143. Both Austin Police and Austin Fire Department already have been included in prior elections by the Austin voters, and your Paramedics deserve the same protections.

YES on Prop 11 will allow EMS uniformed staff to be active in ensuring a safe work environment, without having to be afraid they may lose their job.

YES on Prop 11 will offer protections to EMS uniformed staff to be more proactive in informing the public if they feel that decisions made by EMS management are adversely affecting the public’s well-being, without having to be afraid that they may lose their job.

YES on Prop 11 will allow EMS uniformed staff more input into how the EMS department is operated. We feel it is important that the frontline EMS provider has real input into how we as a department take care of those we serve — you. We feel that this will help us to improve service and make sure that our departments focus stays on serving you, when you need EMS most.

Join our growing list of supporters!

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Austin Travis County EMS Association office

austin, TX, September 20, 2012:  The Austin Travis County EMS Association endorses proposition 1 supporting Senator Watson’s initiative to establish a medical school to serve the Austin/Travis County Community and the central Texas region.

 

Proposition 1 will garner greater access to care for our community by providing a variety of health care services and projects, including those supporting a new medical school at the University of Texas at Austin; improved trauma care; and increased access to community-wide health clinics, primary care, prevention and wellness programs.

 

Emergency Medical Services plays an extended role as the safety net for the underserved advocating for the community and embracing the evolving healthcare system. There is no more opportune time to bring medical research and expand an understanding of the possibilities beyond traditional delivery. Advances in technology, research, and healthcare reform are outpacing our current medical infrastructure’s capacity to respond to a shifting dynamic that centers on the health of our community rather than merely treating disease. A medical university is more than a facility, it lends to advances in prevention and out of hospital care augmenting our means to expand community programs.

 

ATCEMS has long recognized the benefit of education and mandates more requirements and invests more in our frontline staff than the majority of EMS providers in the Nation. EMS has pioneered programs in safety education and prevention and our medical providers are motivated, resourceful, and resilient. A medical research university is the welcome alliance to make positive advancement in the future of healthcare in our community. Enabling innovative projects in healthcare is an immediate opportunity during a period of reform that is best capitalized with the grant funded research that a medical school affords.

 

The Austin Travis County EMS Association leadership and political action committee enthusiastically support Senator Watson and prop 1 as advocates for the future health of our community.

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Public safety consumes city’s budget

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A memorial fund has been set up for the family of slain Austin Police Officer Jaime Padron who was killed April 6, 2012 while trying to apprehend a disruptive customer at a local Austin Walmart.

The Jaime Padron Memorial Fund was established by Austin Cops for Charities to help his two daughters, Olivia age 6 and Ariana age 10 and their mother Amy with necessary family financial obligations.

To make a charitable donation via PAYPAL for the Jaime Padron Memorial Fund, please click below. For donations via check or money order, please make check/money order payable to Austin Cops for Charities and reference Jaime Padron Memorial Fund and mail to the following address:

Austin Cops for Charities
5817 Wilcab Road
Austin, Texas  78721

Funeral arrangements have been announced for fallen Senior Police Officer Jaime Padron.

Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday April 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cook Walden Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shoreline Church, with graveside police honors following.

Before serving the Austin community, Padron was a San Angelo officer for 14 years. Much of Padron’s family still lives there.

“He did an honorable job while he was here,” said San Angelo Police Chief Tim Vasquez. “He loved being a police officer, and he loved being an aggressive police officer. He was a hard worker, and he’s been missed since he left.”

People have already started remembering and honoring Padron by signing an online GuestBook. The entries range from Central Texas to Louisiana and all the way to Mexico and Iraq.

Early Friday morning, Padron was gunned down inside a North Austin Walmart off I-35 and Parmer Lane. Padron was responding to a 911 call about a drunken man trying to steal merchandise. Brandon Montgomery Daniel, 24, is now charged with capital murder.

 

]]> http://austinparamedics.org/2012/04/09/468/feed/ 0 http://austinparamedics.org/2012/04/04/465/ http://austinparamedics.org/2012/04/04/465/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:01:57 +0000 admin http://austinparamedics.org/?p=465 The Austin/Travis County EMS Association Political Action Committee 2012 City Council Endorsements. These candidates have demonstrated ongoing support for community EMS and prevention initiatives.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell

Council Member Mike Martinez place 2

Council Member Bill Spelman Place 5

Council Member Sheryl Cole Place Place 6

 

 

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Yesterday we completed our final child seat inspection event for 2011. This year has brought many new highs. Austin-Travis County EMS completed 28 inspection events resulting in the installation of 680 car seats, distribution of 402 new car seats to families in need and education to over 800 families. Austin-Travis County EMS was also awarded the “Child Passenger Safety Program of the Year” by Safe Kids Austin and continues to have one of the largest groups of certified technicians in central Texas.

Our success is a direct representation of the work ethic and professionalism of our group. Other organizations continually complement our personnel while our community boasts about their experience at our events. I am extremely proud to be a part of this group and want to thank all of you for your dedication and hard work. Together, we will continue to make an impact on our community and ensure children are traveling safely while in vehicles.

I wish you all a Merry Everything and look forward to a New Year with new highs.

Sincerely,

Randy Chhabra

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