SORS has evolved its training programs, including CPR, to increase the availability of and access to health services and care — an important factor in reducing harmful social determinants of health and health inequities.
South Orange (NC) Rescue Squad is run by volunteers like TRT Assistant Chief Scott Laster, and this month’s South Orange Dispatch features a formal introduction to what SORS and the TRT does!
As we’re pulling this together, Orange County is experiencing its fourth straight day under an extreme heat advisory and most of the land area is officially in an exceptional drought, the highest possible rating.
What if I told you there’s an easy way to save someone who’s overdosing? It’s true! Quickly giving naloxone can reverse symptoms and buy time until EMS arrives.
Did you know SORS is completely staffed by volunteers? It’s true! In this issue, we highlight some of our EMS Division members and learn what motivates them to take volunteer shifts on top of their work and school obligations.
It’s one of those texts you don’t want to get, and I got three of them in just over a month’s time. Somebody fell. Not your casual pop right back up kind of tumble, but the serious kind. The sort that can be, and in one case was, fatal.