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Free Vessel Safety Checks
A Vessel Safety Check (VSC) is performed at your boat − ranging in locations from boat to your driveway. A vessel safety check usually takes 15 to 30 minutes, depending upon the size of your boat. What’s In it For Me? Vessels passing safety checks are awarded a U.S. Coast Guard / Auxiliary Decal that…
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Washington Governor Inslee issues 2-week ‘stay-at-home’ order amid coronavirus outbreak
Click For List Of Essential Workers in Washington State During COVID-19 “Carona Virus” POSTED 5:36 PM, MARCH 23, 2020, BY Q13 NEWS STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 06:33PM, MARCH 23, 2020 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday ordered non-essential businesses to close and the state’s more than 7 million residents to stay home unless necessary…
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Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators offers a series of strategies or options on how healthcare facilities can optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering facepiece respirators when there is limited supply availability. This checklist is intended to help healthcare facilities prioritize the implementation of the strategies following the prioritization used in the concept of…
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Fit Testing N95 Respirator’s in Washington State During COVID-19 “Corona Virus”
Please Note: Northwest Response has been advised by Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, with additional guidance from the United States Department of Labor, CDC/ NIOSH of an acceptable protocol to expedite N95 Fit Testing. The “Just In Time” Method It is now an option. Just in time allows us to use Qualitative Testing…
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First Aid, CPR, AED Training Compliance during COVID-19 (Corona Virus)
Over the past several days we have addressed many concerns from our clients about conducting First Aid and CPR/AED Compliance training during this Novel coronavirus (named COVID-19) international outbreak. COVID-19 Now a Pandemic A pandemic is a global outbreak of disease. Pandemics happen when a new virus emerges to infect people and can spread…
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Environmental Medical Emergencies – Hypothermia
Don’t Miss our upcoming class at the Center For Wooden Boats [ecs-list-events id=’42345′] Hypothermia: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments Hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature, is a dangerous condition that can occur when a person is exposed to extremely cold temperatures. Stay safe this winter by learning more about hypothermia, including who is most at risk,…
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Happy New Year!
Northwest Response Wishes You A Very Happy New Year! Thank you to all of our clients, supporters, and our great team of EMS responders. Wishing you all the best in the New Year!
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Sharing Lessons Learned for “Safer Seas”
By Dione Lee Most cultures use storytelling or “lessons learned” as a teaching opportunity for passing on information gained from experience that is usually intended to keep the learner out of harm’s way. “This is what you never want to do and I am going to tell you why….many years ago, when I was a…
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Dr. Heimlich Performs Heimlich
Dr. Heimlich’s, Heimlich Save Dr. Henry Heimlich, 96, performed the lifesaving technique he invented for the FIRST TIME when a woman choked on her hamburger in the seat beside him. By Joanna Walters in New York For The Guardian The surgeon who gave his name to the simple but dramatic procedure used to rescue people from choking…
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