Meet the Medic Monday-Bridgette Vine
Welcome to the first Meet the Medics Monday of the year! Bridgette Vine is one of our newer Paramedics at Gold Cross Ambulance. Meet Bridgette! I am a new Paramedic but I am not new to the medical field. I worked as a CNA and AEMT for 4 years each prior to advancing to Paramedic. Prior to ems I did road construction and heavy equipment operating for 6 years and loved every minute of it! EMS isn’t for everybody…You need […]
https://www.goldcross.org/blog/meet-the-medic-monday-bridgette-vine/Meet the Medics Monday-Zip
Meet Mike Vanderperren. Better known as “Zip” a nickname he got on his first day as a shift cadet at Gold Cross. He has been an employee of Gold Cross since 1988, going on 31 years of full time service! He is the 1,143rd Paramedic to be licensed in the state of Wisconsin, making him one of the original Paramedics in the entire state! Zip, What is your favorite part about being a Paramedic? “The people I work with and […]
https://www.goldcross.org/blog/meet-the-medics-monday/Emergency Vehicle Operation at Gold Cross: Keeping our Employees, Patients, and the Public Safe.
Happy Friday! Today, nine Gold Cross Ambulance Paramedics and EMTs, myself included, completed the EVOC refresher at Fox Valley Technical College Public Safety Training Center. EVOC, or Emergency Vehicle Operation Course, is designed to teach Emergency Vehicle Drivers safe driving techniques for driving with or without lights and sirens. Activities in the course include safe backing, serpentine maneuvers, emergency stopping, road recovery and accident avoidance. All Emergency Drivers are required to renew this certification every 2 years. From 1999-2011, there […]
https://www.goldcross.org/blog/emergency-vehicle-operation-at-gold-cross-keeping-our-employees-patients-and-the-public-safe/