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Welcome to Washington County Ambulance District!

The professional team at Washington County Ambulance District is proud to serve the residents and visitors of Washington County, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Washington County Ambulance District is a political subdivision in the State of Missouri and is the sole provider of Emergency Medical Services in Washington County, Missouri.

The providers at Washington County Ambulance District are proud to be considered pre-hospital clinicians who provide top notch care to the patients we serve.

We ensure four (4) ambulances are available for emergency responses and inter-facility transfers at the Advanced Life Support or Critical Care Transport level 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have the ability to staff up to three (3) additional ambulances during predicted peak times or on short notice due to high call volume with on-call staff or members of the leadership team.

Washington County Ambulance District responds to approximately 5,000 calls for service each year and proudly provides coverage to all 762 square miles of Washington County, Missouri. Most of the calls for service result in patients being transported to facilities in Washington County, St. Francois County, Jefferson County, Franklin County and the St. Louis metro area.

Feel free to navigate our website to learn more about Washington County Ambulance District and the services we provide our community.

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WCAD held neonatal resuscitation training this week at our HQ. Providers trained and practiced skills such as neonatal intubation and ventilation, needle decompression, neonatal cardiac arrest care and management, medication administration, umbilical vein catheterization and suturing, and management of the newborn and premature infant.

Due to our county’s social and economic status as well as our residents’ limited access to OB and prenatal care, we see a significant amount of pre-term deliveries and high risk pregnancies in our emergency system. Most of these patients are ineligible for flight until after delivery, and if high risk, they become time critical. Even an uncomplicated or low risk field or ED OB delivery results in two patients requiring treatment. This can create a challenge for our small rural system.

To prepare our providers for this challenge , we designed a new set of high fidelity simulation neonates and a training session that included our fellow health care providers from WCMH ER. We were so pleased to be able to cross-train with them in order to better facilitate care for these adorable and tiny patients. ... See MoreSee Less

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Our 5th semi-annual Fundamentals of Critical Care Transport simulation lab was held today.

Our FCCT students had the opportunity to perform multiple skills on our high fidelity mannequins, including finger thoracotomy, chest tube insertion and sutures, difficult airway decontamination and management, cricothyrotomy, power port access, central line placement/invasive line monitoring, neonatal airway management, neonatal chest decompression and umbilical line catheterization.

This year we were thankful to be able to partner with Mineral Area College EMS Programs to host this event in their simulation lab. While this class is normally reserved for FCCT students, their amazing facility allowed many other students to be able to observe and learn. We were visited by nursing, radiology, EMT and paramedic students; nursing instructors, and multiple rural and urban EMS systems were represented. Our Dean of Career and Technical Education, and our Dean of Students were both even able to stop in and trial our simulators!

We love the opportunity to reach, teach, and learn from so many professionals and we are excited and proud to be a part of the education endeavor. ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago ·

Great day today with our partners at MAC! More photos coming soon! ... See MoreSee Less

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