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There was good news and bad news at the Emergency Medical Services Council annual dinner meeting held July 28 at Graves Lodge, Syria.
On the positive side was the report by council president W. J. Bond, Jr., of the advancement in local EMS service: integration between rescue squads in PD-9 and local hospital emergency rooms and more members with advanced life support skills.
The bad news came in the ^orm of termination of federal funds fors improving EMS communications and equipment in rural areas, related by Susan McHenry, director of the Virginia Bureau of EMS. She warned, “Only Virginia’s . Rescue Squad Assistance Fund may be available for financial assistance and it also may disappear.”
The General Assembly has restricted funds in the Highway Safety Department so this money is no longer available to help emergency units, and the Federal Health and Human Services funds will be terminated soon, according to the report.
“It is important that we have the financial support of the Commonwealth and if EMS is going to survive, it will require state and local commitment.”
Dr. Howard Champion, director of the Shock
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