March 2015
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velopment.
“Wanting to grow our own paramedics, we
want to bring people that are local that are
going to want to work for us and stay local,”
Communications and Community Out-
reach Manager Ron Hasson said. “As op-
posed to bringing people in from elsewhere
to get trained and move somewhere else.
Our initial focus is to sustain our local EMS
system.”
THE FUTURE
Exploring networking opportunities with
other companies throughout the country,
AlStar EMS continues to prepare for the fu-
ture by understanding the challenges being
faced from Florida to Michigan and taking
a proactive approach rather a reactive one to
meet those obstacles. By balancing technol-
ogy, community and education, AlStar EMS
remains a loyal and firmbeliever that the best
medicine is human interaction.
“It’snot the tools andtoys thathelpthepeople
the most, it’s the people – the care providers,
the hands-on, bedside EMT’s, paramedics
and nurses that take care of our patients that
make this community and company what it
is,” Weaver said. “I don’t want the personal
touch to get lost in the middle of all the bells,
whistles, lights and sirens.”
