2020 Diversity Workshop
Airway Compromise and Pre-Hospital Nasal Pharyngeal Airway
There has been a few incidents with certain nasal airways getting dislodged and causing blockages. Please click the links below to see the SBAR from Sentara and a PDF poster that was created regarding this issue. Feel free to distribute as you see fit.
Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance moves to the roof, adopts IFR routes
Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance transitioned from its original ground helipad at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital to a rooftop array 296 feet above grade
on May 1, 2019. The new rooftop site includes a 45’ x 45’ pad exclusively for Nightingale and an adjacent 65’ x 65’ pad for other air ambulances in the region and U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy helicopters, which called at the hospital 21 times in 2018.
Read more: Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance moves to the roof, adopts IFR routes
Tidewater EMS Council announces 2019 regional EMS award winners
During a beautiful afternoon at Harbor Park in Norfolk on June 16, 2019, the Tidewater EMS Council presented ten regional EMS awards and a special lifetime achievement award. The awards presentation was part of the council's annual EMS family day at the ballpark attended by some 400 responders, dispatchers, emergency department staff and their families.
Read more: Tidewater EMS Council announces 2019 regional EMS award winners
Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo
**2021 Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo from April 27-May 2, 2021 is cancelled!!**
Tidewater EMS Council Presents
2022 Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo
