Today is Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global movement built around generosity. It provides non-profit organizations like Ross West View EMSA with the opportunity for additional fundraising. In unprecedented times such as these such funding opportunities are the most impactful they have ever been. Resources are stretched to an…

Ross/West View EMSA is pleased to announce the unveiling of a fleet of updated Zoll ventilators, which will replace our current ventilators and double as CPAP systems. This upgrade allows us to treat complex breathing patients with more sophisticated settings and options. We will begin this upgrade in our newest…

We are excited to announce that over the past few months, many major projects at Ross/West View are coming to fruition. After many hours of planning, and with the assistance of generous funding and donations, Ross/West View EMSA has ordered a new rescue truck, a 2022 Spartan/4Guys (Walk-In body), which…

Recently Paramedic/Rescue Tech Pritchard and EMT Adams attended a water rescue training course (WRER) and Crew Chief Turkovich attended Advanced Lines Systems course. We also recently sent Honor Guard Members Biernstein, Swab, Semple, and Caryll to Maryland to represent our organization at the National EMS Memorial. Thank you all for…

The 18th annual Ross/West View Emergency Medical Services Authority Golf Invitational is fast approaching! You are invited to join the 2021 Ross/West View EMSA Annual Golf Invitational, which will be held on Monday, June 21st, 2021 at the Diamond Run Golf Club in Sewickley, PA. Proceeds from this year’s four…

A new compilation video for Ross/West View EMSA has just been released- if you want to see some of the work we’ve been doing the past few years give it a look!

Today while returning from a call, Squad 217-5 noticed a disabled vehicle on the side of I-279 flagging down traffic. Upon speaking to the driver, he explained that he had run out of gas, and left his phone at home. After a quick ride up to a local gas station…

  This morning, crews and students practiced rescue scenarios involving patients trapped under large objects, in this case one of our squad vehicles. Teams were split to both lift the vehicle off of the mannequin used to simulate a patient, as well as practice providing medical care to patients in…

This past Saturday, on-duty staff reviewed a 3:1 lowering and haul rope rescue system. Crews also reviewed a seldom required piece of equipment used to provide a high anchor point: the monopod. The monopod is an adjustable-height beam that can be mounted in multiple places on Rescue 40, and secured…

Yesterday, at the Girl Scout Cabin in North Park, Training Coordinator Jen Swab met with a local Troop whom she has been teaching since the girls were in elementary school. Now, seniors, this will be the last badge training that Jen conducted with this group. Not all of the members…