by admin | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today we are talking to Brian “Bart” Bartolick, our Clinical Care Manager and a very accomplished Paramedic working many years on the road and with air medical. Brian’s first exposure to EMS was from his Father who was an EMT in the 1980’s. “Most kids, at some point,...
by admin | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today, we are speaking with Paul Petrino, an EMT with us at PVA, who “likes to joke about being the closest thing we have to a charter member!” Paul started in the late 70’s with us as a dispatcher, “Though I was a Brighton resident at the time, I was allowed to join...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Next up, we are digging into the mind of one of our Paramedics, Chris Grassman, who is also an Intensive Care Nurse at Noyes Memorial Hospital with past experience as a Nurse in the Neuromedical ICU at Strong Memorial Hospital as well. Chris graduated from St. John...
by admin | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Imagine providing life-saving interventions on the side of a snowy mountain with harsh elements and limited resources; that’s an everyday task for Jeff Baker, one of our EMTs, who also works as a member of the Ski Patrol at Bristol Mountain Ski Resort. “The...
by admin | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Meet Adrielle “Addie” Watkins; our ALS Provider of the Year, and an EMS Provider who was born into the profession. “I recall being a little peanut playing with hot wheel cars in the back of an ongoing refresher class.” Adrielle states, when being asked how she got...
by admin | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently we got the chance to sit down with one of our EMTs, who is also a career Firefighter AND nursing student in the region, and pick his brain. Dan O’Connell has been a member at Pittsford Ambulance since 2016 when he moved here for college. Dan volunteered his...