NRAD offers a variety of classes free to district residents and businesses, including: Hands-Only CPR, Heartsaver CPR, Heartsaver First Aid and Healthcare BLS Provider. Call 816-858-4450 or contact us through our website at www.NRAD-ems.org to join or set up a class.

Serving the Northland since 1994

Setting the Standard in emergency medical care

Setting the Standard in emergency medical care

1000 Platte Falls Road • Platte City, MO 64079 • 816-858-4450 • www.NRAD-ems.org

YOU can save a life … Learn CPR

Can YOUR address be found in an emergency?

NRAD’s Address Sign Program could be a real life-saver. Readily-visible addresses are critical when every second counts. Call our office or visit our website today to learn how you can make certain first re-sponders can find you or your loved one quickly.

File of LifeWhat medicines does your wife take? What medical conditions does your husband have? Is your daughter allergic to any medications? The answers to these and many other questions are critical to providing the best possible medi-cal care. But, in an emergency, it can be a challenge to remember the answers. That’s why we recommend maintaining a current and complete File of Life form for each person in your family. These forms are available free on our website, www.nrad-ems.org. Stop by our office and pick one up, or call and we’ll send you one via mail or email. Help us help you … get your File of Life today.

Through the hard work and dedica-tion of our EMTs and Paramedics,

NRAD continues to set the standard for pre-hospital emergency care.

You call. We care.

NRAD’s commitment to the communities we serve is unparalleled. Call us for

information on setting up a standby, class, station tour or other event.

4Check - Tap or gently shake victim. Ask the victim loudly, “Are you OK?”

4Call - Have someone call 9-1-1, or call 9-1-1 yourself.

4Compress - Initiate hands-only CPR. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest - 100 to 120 times a minute!

Northland Regional Ambulance District is a political subdivision, established in 1994 by the registered voters within the district’s boundaries. The district is governed by an elected board of directors. An Executive Director, hired by the board, oversees day-to-day operations. The district covers more than 340 square miles in Clay and Platte counties, north of the Kansas City metro area. The district includes the communities of Camden Point, Dearborn, Platte City and Smithville, and portions of unincorporated Clay and Platte counties. NRAD also provides mutual aid to surrounding communities. Our EMTs and paramedics provide Advanced Life Support emergency medical care to the ill and injured. Our crew members are highly-trained in the methods and mechanics of providing the highest level of emergency

NRAD operates three paramedic ambulances and one paramedic supervisor, at minimum, each day. On projected high-volume days, additional paramedics are added to ensure rapid response times to all areas of the District. All three NRAD stations are strategically located to provide easy access to main roadways, ensuring the

• Achieved a score of 93.8% for “overall quality of service” in the most recent independent patient satisfaction survey, and 91.2% for “medical care received.” • Continued to utilize the best practices of current medidal re-search to improve care and outcomes for each of our patients. • Increased our offering of physician-guided advanced skills lab training for our paramedics, and implemented comprehensive methods of providing regular, in-house didactic and hands-on training to all our field crews. • Outfitted our entire staff with industry-standard protective gear. • Updated our fleet through a re-chassis program to take full advantage of taxpayer-provided capital items. This updates an older patient compartment of an ambulance and outfits it with an updated drive train/chassis. •Instructed more than 1,000 people in hands-only CPR to help improve outcomes of cardiac arrest in our communities.•Partnered with Platte County Health Department to provide car seats for families in need. NRAD also offers free car seat installa-tion checks and inspections.

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Call 816-858-4450 or contact us through our website at www.NRAD-ems.org for details on our community classes or to

arrange for an ambulance at your public, youth or sporting event.

medical care to each patient. Our medical personnel are licensed and registered through state and national EMS organizations, and maintain their credentials through constant training and education. NRAD’s 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatching is handled by the Platte County Sheriff ’s Department Communications Center. Using computer-aided 9-1-1 technology, the dispatchers are equipped to identify the location of the emergency call, and dispatch the closest and most appro-priate units to the scene. The dispatchers play a critical role in allowing us to meet and exceed our goals of rapid response, early treatment and efficient assistance.

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Our district-wide average response time is 6 minutes.

The national average is 9 minutes.6

Accomplishments2015

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most efficient and timely response to every call for service received in our district.

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The District’s call volume has more than doubled since its formation in 1994. In 2015, we re-ceived 2,499 calls for ser-vice. NRAD constantly improves and updates training, equipment, fleet and staffing to continue to exceed the high standards we have set for response times, patient care and outcomes district-wide.

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