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ated with this increasing trend, as well as a
variety of other health and safety classes
branded through a program that promotes
the ability for participants to go “From Zero
to Hero.”
EXCELLENCE IN THEIR
INDUSTRY
Beyond the extensive training, consulting
and industry advising, NEMHS is a full ser-
vice provider compelled by the whole pack-
age in terms of critical services it provides.
They’ve invested heavily in the resources of
licensed personnel, equipment and techno-
logical resources to effectively respond to
emergency transport needs. Those functions
are furthered by specialized teams uniquely
trained to respond to the direst of medical
urgencies, the transport needs of bariatric
patients, as well as neonatal patients served
by the NEMHS “Angel Team”, a partnership
with the Barbara Bush Children’s Hoapital
at Maine Medical Center. A new North East
neonatal vehicle, put into service this month,
can accommodate two isolettes allowing for
double occupancy, and is one of the biggest
such units in the nation. The Service also
sponsors “North East Mountain Rescue” a
high-angle rescue team that provides access
to patients trapped on cliffs and other dan-
gerous settings. It also has a specialized team
that can respond several staffed ambulances
to mass casualty incidents in Maine and else-
where (they were activated, but not used, in
