Summer Safety: How to Keep You and Your Family Safe in the Summertime
Heat-Related Illnesses, Heat-Related Emergencies, and Drowning In the summer of 2021, REMSA Health responded to 124 heat-related illness calls. Nationally, In 2018 and 2019, we saw a record number of hot car deaths; 53 children died. That was the highest number of hot car deaths in two decades. As temperatures rise, our community must be […]
REMSA Recaps Heart Month 2021
Heart Month wrapped up yesterday and we hope you were inspired to take steps to improve your heart health (our favorite is eating dark chocolate!). We also want to mention a couple of heart highlights we had in February. AED Giveaway We were thrilled to give away two AEDs to deserving agencies in Washoe County. […]
REMSA Celebrates Heart Month with an AED Giveaway
? February is all about the hearts – it’s American Heart Month – a time for all of us to focus on how we can make our hearts healthier. Things like quitting smoking, choosing foods that are colorful and getting a good night’s sleep are all ways to improve your heart health. This month, […]
REMSA Inoculates Half its Workforce in One Week
Within seven days of receiving the vaccine that protects against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA) – a high-performance, high-value, out-of-hospital healthcare provider – has vaccinated more than 245 of its 500 employees. The organization anticipates that it will have provided the first of a two-dose Moderna vaccine […]
