Hot Springs – LifeNet Emergency Medical Services

2016 Community Report for Hot Springs

Sarah Anderson — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:56:07 +0000

We are pleased to submit our annual report to the community. As a community-driven organization, our core values for treating our patients, customers, stakeholders, and each other with compassion and honesty complement the City’s focus on integrity and cooperation. As a not-for-profit firm, we are free to concentrate on our bottom line—patient care. The report covers a variety of topics including nature of call requests, call volume data, review of system enhancements that were accomplished, response time performance, clinical performance, and customer satisfaction. You can download an electronic copy of the report at the link below.

Download 2016 Hot Springs Community Report

Quarterly EMS Survey Team Reports

Sarah Anderson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:16:03 +0000

LifeNet released the quarterly EMS Survey Team reports for each of their divisions. The survey asks respondents randomly selected to evaluate each phase of their experience, from interacting with dispatchers and the care they received from the medics, to the cleanliness and quality of the ambulance in which they were transported.

The purpose of the survey enables EMS agencies to provide the best experiences by measuring overall satisfaction, accessing the company’s specific information and benchmarking services against other providers in the EMS industry.

Smart 911

Sarah Anderson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:38:14 +0000

Sign up for Smart911 and create your own Safety Profile to give 9-1-1 valuable information about yourself, family members, your home, pets and even vehicles that will automatically display on the 9-1-1 call taker’s screen when you make an emergency call.

Hannah’s Light

Sarah Anderson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:36:15 +0000

It started just like every other morning; a seven year old went to her bus stop, but what happened next leaves a hole in the hearts of her family and friends and changed many people’s lives forever. Sadly, a young girl was struck and killed by the school bus. It happened at approximately 6:25 in the morning in front of her home on Old Dallas Road in Garland County. There’s a curve before the bus stop and at 6:25 am it is still dark and there are no street lights on this rural road.

The victim’s name is Hannah Martin.

Like many others, LifeNet Paramedic Bobby King was concerned about this tragic accident. He wanted to prevent these types of accidents involving school children. He did some research and proposed the “Hannah’s Light” project to the LifeNet management team as a way to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

Hannah’s Lights are small plastic flashing lights that are designed to clip onto a child’s backpack or clothing. The intent is to add some additional flashing lights to make the children more visible to all drivers in the early morning hours. LifeNet public relations manager Melodi Kastner states “This is the second year that we have done this simple and cost effective project. Injury prevention is always on our mind. If we can keep one child safe, then we have accomplished Bobby’s vision and perhaps established something positive from this horrible event.”

LifeNet has contacted each of the school districts in Hot Spring and Garland Counties. 10,000 lights are needed to be distributed to K-3rd grade children in both Counties. “Our hope is that each child will be able to wear the light to make them more visible to all drivers, not just the bus drivers,” said Kastner. “We envision this program to expand to reach children of all ages and grade levels in the future”.

Kamo’s Kids Foundation and ESPN Radio have partnered with LifeNet to help maintain and expand this program. LifeNet is accepting donations from anyone who would like to contribute. “Every dollar donated to this project will be used to continue this program. Each device costs about a dollar so a simple $5 or $10 donation can make these lights available for 5 or 10 kids” said Kastner. A link on the LifeNet website will allow the public or any other organization to donate to the program and receive a receipt for their tax deductible donation. The LifeNet website can be found at www.lifenetems.org.?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

LifeNet is an Arkansas not-for-profit corporation providing cost effective, high quality ground and air ambulance services throughout Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas.

For more information on Hannah’s Light contact Melodi Kastner at 501-321-2427 or mkastner@lifenetems.org.