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is 987-8526 for Sperryville, Castleton, Washington, Amissville and Flint Hill residents. For Huntly and Chester Gap residents, the number is 6354488.
The dispatcher will obtain the following information: Type of illness or injury; age and level of consciousness of the patient; the exact location (please give exact directions, including route numbers); the name of the person calling and a call-back number.
After receiving this information, the dispatcher will determine the appropriate units to send to the scene.
Rappahannock County provides emergency services to all citizens. The county is served with six ambulances.
Sperryville and Chester Gap provide a basic life support ambulance. This ambulance is staffed with at least one EMT.
This technician has completed a state-certified, 110-hour course that teaches basic life support, assessment of the ill or injured patient, cardiopulmonary resusitation (CPR), stabilization and transport.
He or she also is recertified every three years to meet state requirements. In addition, drivers for all ambulances are required to complete a National Safety Council defensive driving course.
Castleton, Washington, and Amissville are equipped as basic life support and also as shock-trauma units.
When these ambulances run as shock-trauma units, they are staffed with at least one shock-trauma technician.
This technician is an EMT that has additional training that enables him or her to treat victims of shock, which is caused most commonly by severe injury. These are the technicians who communicate directly with the emergency room physician and can administer intravenous fluids and give certain medications to treat severe respiratory distress.
Flint Hill is equipped to run as a medic unit. This is an advanced life support ambulance staffed with at least one cardiac rescue technician (CRT).
The CRT is trained to interpret normal and abnormal rhythms of the
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