Habitat for Humanity works to “eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.” Thank you to Nature Coast EMS team members and their families for participating in a wall-raising for Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County! From right to left; Misty Boyers, Holly Martin, [...]

Here is the Nature Coast EMS question of the month; Why should you pull over when an ambulance comes up behind your vehicle? It’s safer for you and those in the emergency vehicle if they don’t have to maneuver around you, so pull over.  You would want other drivers to do the same if you [...]

Nature Coast EMS is proud to present our Explorer Post 605 and two Sheriff’s Explorers members whom have successfully completed 40 hours of First Responder Training. This will allow them to assist NCEMS field crews in managing and treating patients while they respond to emergency calls with them.  From Left to Right David Mejia, EMT-Paramedic [...]

We are excited to post some of our photos from the annual company picnic held at Whispering Pines Park, Inverness, on Sep. 17th. Thank you to everyone that came and brought their families, it was a great time for all!        

Nature Coast EMS is proud to announce FREE CPR classes will be held at our education center in Lecanto starting in October.  The Education programs presented at Nature Coast EMS are facilitated by our Team of EMS Instructors that are actively working on the streets providing EMS. Our Education Center features state of the art [...]

Proceeds benefit the Robby Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund for those interested in the emergency medical field, planning to attend the Nature Coast EMS EMT/Paramedic Program. The tournament will be held Saturday, October 15th, at the Twisted Oaks Golf Club. Event activities will include 1st, 2nd & 3rd place trophies, contests, 50/50 raffle, lunch, gift bags and [...]

From EMSWorld.com:

The Florida Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators (FAEMSE), in cooperation with corporate sponsors, awarded Nature Coast EMS team members Floyd Mead and Ron Bray with State Continuing Educational Instructor of the Year and State EMS Preceptor of the Year respectively for exemplifying excellence in EMS education in Florida…

Lecanto, FL — Nature Coast EMS paramedics and EMTs were recently visited by former Tampa Bay Buccaneer punter, Mark Royals; Atlanta Falcons kicker, Matt Bryant; San Diego Chargers running back, Michael Bennett and their community liaison David Williams in an effort to get to know one another better and to assist Citrus County’s 9-1-1 ambulance provider with building awareness of upcoming National EMS Week. Says David Williams, “I have taken these guys (referring to the NFL players) to visit with law enforcement and fire fighters here in Citrus County and we just felt we were amiss in not engaging with the County’s EMS heroes as well.”

Lecanto, FL — For heart attack victims, time is muscle. With the goal of exceeding the 90 minute standard time for heart attack patients to receive the benefits of reperfusion (Re-etstablishing an oxygen rich blood circulation through the heart muscle) through cardiac catheterization, Nature Coast EMS recently equipped its paramedic ambulance crews with fourteen (14) newly purchased Zoll E Series cardiac monitor/defibrillators.

Lecanto, FL — The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently announced the results of the Bureau’s 2009 Excellence in EMS Awards naming Nature Coast EMS’ Gabriel Trujillo the Florida State EMT of the Year. According to the DOH, “the EMT of the Year is awardd to an EMT whose job responsibility is direct patient care and who has demonstrated independent initiative in the areas of quality assurance/improvement, patient care, public access, medical control, disaster preparedness, public education and/or training and support, involvement and dedication to their EMS community and profession.”

Orlando, FL — Speaking at the 34th Annual ClinCon Conference at The Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, FL, on Friday, July 11, Florida-based EMS Medical Director Dr. Mary Ann Kolar astounded physicians and EMS professionals with a presentation on the impressive results of the Induced Hypothermia treatment protocol of post cardiac arrest patients in Citrus County, Florida.