INTERNATIONAL EMS COMPETITION PHOTOS
AUGUST 1-2, 2008  UTICA, NEW YORK
PHOTOS BY JOE MEZZANINI - JOEMEZZ.COM
The City of Utica played host to the first annual International EMS Competition (IEMSC), Four teams participated in the inaugural event, two from Poland (the country) and two from the United States (Utica FD and Dryden ambulance).  The two day event consisted of a Friday night scenario and four Saturday daytime scenarios. 

Each EMS teams was scored based on the appropriateness, timeliness, safety and quality of the team’s response to each scenario. These four photo galleries portray a portion of those events.
The Utica Fire Department hosted a scenario that involved three vehicles and three multi-system trauma victims. On arrival the EMS team was confronted with a light smoke condition and a rail tank car.

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The scene is a large young ladies birthday party.  There was an altercation where three people were injured. The most serious injuries involved a young lady that was stabbed multiple times in the chest and back. Victim number two was a young man with a head injury secondary to being hit with baseball bat. Victim number three was a young lady that was beaten with a baseball bat and sustained severe internal injuries.

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The New Hartford Town Park was the setting for a 3 year old patient stung by bee who had a past medical history of asthma.  The patient had not improved after an inhaled albuterol treatment administered by his mother.  The child quickly deteriorated and became unresponsive.  Crews were required to treat with SQ epinephrine and repeat nebulized treatment.  The child then had agonal respirations and became bradycardic requiring CPR and further ALS resuscitation including endotracheal intubation and external pacing. 

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During a wonderful dinner the volunteers, sponsors, and judges were thanked for their fantastic support, which made this first time event possible.

Dr. Richard Chmielewski, David Ronan, chairman for the IEMSC, discussed the planning, the events, and introduced the judges, and afterwards, the participants. Bill Stubb presented the First Place awards, in their categories, to the Dryden Ambulance Corp., and then to the Polish team headed by Adam Szyksa.

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For IEMSC information go to iemsc.org and emsglobal.org
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT 2008 (C) JOE MEZZANINI - joe@theMezz.com

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