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VANDALIA, Ohio — The state has a new requirement to all emergency dispatch centers across Ohio that is designed to improve treatment for urgent medical calls.
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services gave all dispatch centers a deadline of April 1 to either be emergency medical dispatch certified or to submit a timeline for compliance.
The city of Vandalia’s dispatch center submitted a compliance timeline and the communications staff complete the required training on June 21. The compliance was accepted on June 26.
The staff members began using EMD as they completed the training.
“Trained telecommunicators, using locally approved EMD Guide-cards, quickly and properly determine the nature and priority of the call, dispatch the appropriate response, then give the caller instructions to help treat the patient until the responding EMS units arrive,” Lt. Ben Walker said.
